The Judge Advocate General of the Navy is nominated for appointment by the President, who chooses from a list of candidates recommended by the Secretary of the Defense and the Secretary of the Navy, and must be confirmed by a majority vote from the Senate. The Judge Advocate General is appointed for a four-year term, there is no term limit, and has traditionally been a Naval officer, however the statute for the office states that the JAG can also be Marine Corps officer, as long as they meet the requirements; though all but one JAG has been a Navy officer, only the very first JAG was a Marine: Colonel William Remey. When the position of the Judge Advocate General was created in 1880 the statute stipulated that the JAG of the Navy be at least paygrade O-6, Captain if a Naval officer or a Colonel if a Marine. In 1918 the statute was amended to require that a potential candidate for the office of JAG of the Navy must be a flag officer, so at least a Rear Admiral L.H. (formerly a Commodore) in the Navy and a Brigadier General in the Marine Corps; the statute also stated that upon appointment as the JAG of the Navy the officer would be promoted to the paygrade/rank of O-8, which would be a Rear Admiral in the Navy and a Major General in the Marine Corps. Often times both the Judge Advocate General of the Navy and the Deputy JAG held the rank of Rear Admiral, as such in 2008 the statute guidelines for the office of JAG of the Navy was once again amended to state that upon appointment as JAG of the Navy said officer would be promoted to the paygrade/rank of O-9, which would be a Vice Admiral in the Navy and a Lieutenant General in the Marine Corps.
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