Executive Order 11151—Suspension of the Provisions of Section 5770 of Title 10, United States Code, Relating to Promotion of Certain Officers of the Regular Navy
April 08, 1964
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5785(b) of Title 10 of the United States Code, I hereby suspend the provisions of Section 5770 of Title 10 of the United States Code which require certain male officers on the active list in the line of the Navy to have had specified sea or foreign service before they may be promoted.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
The White House,
April 8, 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Order 11151—Suspension of the Provisions of Section 5770 of Title 10, United States Code, Relating to Promotion of Certain Officers of the Regular Navy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239141