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14 U.S.C. § 2305 — Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service
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Any enlisted member who has completed thirty years’ service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Commandant, be retired from active service.
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Any enlisted member who has completed thirty years’ service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Commandant, be retired from active service.
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**(a)**
(1) A Commandant who is not reappointed shall be retired with the grade of admiral at the expiration of the appointed term, except as provided in [section 306(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section306/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) A Vice Commandant who is retired while serving as Vice Commandant, after serving not less than 2 years as Vice Commandant, shall be retired with the grade of admiral, except as provided in section 306(d).
**(b)** A Commandant or Vice Commandant who is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the grade of admiral.
**(c)** An officer who is retired prior to the expiration of the officer’s term, while serving as Commandant or as an officer serving as Vice Commandant who has served less than 2 years as Vice Commandant, may, in the discretion of the President, be retired with the grade of admiral.
**(d)** Retirement under this section is subject to [section 2501(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2501/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2303
The words ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision of
law’’ and ‘‘or reenlisted’’ are omitted as surplusage. 34
U.S.C. 188 (proviso) is omitted as executed.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 351 of this
title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘the duration of
their’’ before ‘‘minority’’.
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–293 substituted ‘‘a pe-
riod of at least two years but not more than six years.’’
for ‘‘terms of full years not exceeding six years.’’
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference
to persons for reference to men.
1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, repealed and reenacted section
by general amendment thereby designating existing
provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b), relating
to grades or ratings of enlistees.
1950—Act Aug. 3, 1950, struck out references to two
types of enlistments that were deemed necessary prior
to the enactment of the Career Compensation Act.
§ 2303. Promotion
Enlisted members shall be advanced in rating
by the Commandant under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, § 352; Pub. L.
98–557, § 15(a)(3)(C), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; re-
numbered § 2303, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b),
Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derived from title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 23 (Apr. 16,
1908, ch. 145, § 8, 35 Stat. 62).
Inasmuch as all phases of promotion of enlisted men,
except the points covered by title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
§ 23, have been left to administrative control here-
tofore, and this has proved most satisfactory, the en-
tire promotion of enlisted men is delegated to adminis-
trative control by this section. 81st Congress, House
Report No. 55
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