[Red_Devil 232]

"...or some other officer in the chain-of-command ..."

Which ends eventually with the CIC. Then discovery could be used to ascertain if the CIC is eligible.

[Non-Sequitur]

Which ends eventually with the CIC. Then discovery could be used to ascertain if the CIC is eligible.

Sure. And it can also be used to find out if Elvis is really dead and where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. But I doubt that will happen either.