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14 U.S.C. § 2150 — Captains; continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement
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**(a)** The Secretary may, whenever the needs of the service require, but not more often than annually, convene a board consisting of not less than six officers of the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or rear admiral to recommend for continuation on active duty officers on the active duty promotion list serving in the grade of captain, who during the promotion year in which the board meets will complete at least three years’ service in that grade and who have not been selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half). Officers who are subject to retirement under [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim) during the promotion year in which the board meets shall not be considered by this board.
**(b)** Whenever he convenes a board under this section, the Secretary shall establish a continuation zone. The zone shall consist of the most senior captains eligible for consideration for continuation on active duty who have not previously been placed in a continuation zone under this section. The Secretary shall, based upon the needs of the service, prescribe the number of captains to be included in the zone.
**(c)** Based on the needs of the service the Secretary shall furnish the board with the number of officers that may be recommended for continuation on active duty. This number shall be no less than 50 percent of the number considered. The board shall select from the designated continuation zone, in the number directed by the Secretary, those officers who are, in the opinion of the board, best qualified for continuation on active duty.
**(d)** The provisions of sections 2108, 2109, 2115, and 2117 of this title relating to selection for promotion shall, to the extent
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**(a)** The Secretary may, whenever the needs of the service require, but not more often than annually, convene a board consisting of not less than six officers of the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or rear admiral to recommend for continuation on active duty officers on the active duty promotion list serving in the grade of captain, who during the promotion year in which the board meets will complete at least three years’ service in that grade and who have not been selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half). Officers who are subject to retirement under [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim) during the promotion year in which the board meets shall not be considered by this board.
**(b)** Whenever he convenes a board under this section, the Secretary shall establish a continuation zone. The zone shall consist of the most senior captains eligible for consideration for continuation on active duty who have not previously been placed in a continuation zone under this section. The Secretary shall, based upon the needs of the service, prescribe the number of captains to be included in the zone.
**(c)** Based on the needs of the service the Secretary shall furnish the board with the number of officers that may be recommended for continuation on active duty. This number shall be no less than 50 percent of the number considered. The board shall select from the designated continuation zone, in the number directed by the Secretary, those officers who are, in the opinion of the board, best qualified for continuation on active duty.
**(d)** The provisions of sections 2108, 2109, 2115, and 2117 of this title relating to selection for promotion shall, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, apply to boards convened under this section.
**(e)** The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation the detailed procedures whereby officers in a continuation zone will be selected for continuation on active duty.
**(f)** A board convened under this section shall submit its report to the Secretary. If the board has acted contrary to law or regulation, the Secretary may return the report for proceedings in revision and resubmission to the Secretary. After his final review the Secretary shall submit the report of the board to the President for his approval. Except as required by the procedures of this section, the proceedings of the board shall not be disclosed to any individual who is not a member of the board.
**(g)** Each officer who is considered but not recommended for continuation on active duty under the provisions of this section shall, unless retired under some other provision of law, be retired on June 30 of the promotion year in which the report of the continuation board convened under this section is approved, or the last day of the month in which he completes twenty years of active service, whichever is later.
**(h)** Notwithstanding subsection (g) and [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commandant may by annual action retain on active duty from promotion year to promotion year any officer who would otherwise be retired under subsection (g) or [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim). An officer so retained, unless retired under some other provision of law, shall be retired on June 30 of that promotion year in which no action is taken to further retain the officer under this subsection.
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**(a)** Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard serving in the grade of captain whose name is not carried on an approved list of officers selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall, unless retired under some other provision of law, be retired on June 30 of the promotion year in which he, or any captain junior to him on the active duty promotion list who has not lost numbers or precedence, completes thirty years of active commissioned service in the Coast Guard. An officer advanced in precedence on the active duty promotion list because of his promotion resulting from selection for promotion from below the zone, or from being placed at the top of the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under [section 2121(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121/a&num=0&edition=prelim), is not subject to involuntary retirement under this section earlier than if he had not been selected from below the zone or placed at the top of the list of selectees, as applicable.
**(b)** Retired pay computed under [section 2504(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) of an officer retired under this section shall not be less than 50 percent of the basic pay upon which the computation of his retired pay is based.
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**(a)**
(1) The President may appoint permanent commissioned officers in the Regular Coast Guard in grades appropriate to their qualification, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories:
(A) Graduates of the Coast Guard Academy.
(B) Commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members of the Regular Coast Guard.
(C) Members of the Coast Guard Reserve who have served at least 2 years as such.
(D) Licensed officers of the United States merchant marine who have served 2 or more years aboard a vessel of the United States in the capacity of a licensed officer.
(2) Original appointments under this section in the grades of lieutenant commander and above shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(3) Original appointments under this section in the grades of ensign through lieutenant shall be made by the President alone.
**(b)** No individual shall be appointed a commissioned officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a commissioned officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe.
**(c)** Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine.
**(d)** For the purposes of this section, the term “original”, with respect to the appointment of a member of the Coast Guard, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a demotion.
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Professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructors in the Coast Guard shall be subject to retirement or discharge from active service for any cause on the same basis as other commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, except that they shall not be required to retire from active service under the provisions of [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim), nor shall they be subject to the provisions of [section 2150 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2150&num=0&edition=prelim), nor shall they be required to retire at age sixty-two but may be permitted to serve until age sixty-four at which time unless earlier retired or separated they shall be retired. The Secretary may retire any member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff who has completed thirty years’ active service. Service as a civilian member of the teaching staff at the Academy in addition to creditable service authorized by any other law in any of the military services rendered prior to an appointment as a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor shall be credited in computing length of service for retirement purposes. The provisions of law relating to retirement for disability in line of duty shall not apply in the case of a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor serving under a temporary appointment.
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**(a)** The Secretary shall assign a running mate to each Reserve officer in an active status not on the active duty promotion list. The officer initially assigned as a running mate under this section shall be that officer on the active duty promotion list of the same grade who is next senior in precedence to the Reserve officer concerned. An officer who has twice failed of selection or who has been considered but has not been recommended for continuation under [section 2150 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2150&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be assigned as a running mate under this section.
**(b)** A Reserve officer in an active status not on the active duty promotion list shall be assigned a new running mate as follows:
(1) If a previously assigned running mate is promoted from below the promotion zone, is removed from the active duty promotion list, suffers a loss of numbers, fails of selection, fails to qualify for promotion, or declines an appointment after being selected for promotion, the new running mate shall be that officer on the active duty promotion list, of the same grade, who is next senior to the previous running mate and who is, or may become, eligible for consideration for promotion. If the previous running mate was on a list of selectees for promotion, the new running mate shall be that officer on the active duty promotion list, of the same grade, who is on a list of selectees for promotion and who is next senior to the previous running mate.
(2) If a Reserve officer suffers a loss of numbers, the new running mate shall be that officer on the active duty promotion list who, after the loss of numbers has been effected, is the running mate of the Reserve officer next senior to the Reserve off
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for promotion from below the zone, or from
being placed at the top of the list of selectees
promulgated by the Secretary under section
2121(a) of this title, is not subject to involuntary
retirement under this section earlier than if he
had not been selected from below the zone or
placed at the top of the list of selectees, as ap-
plicable.
(b) Retired pay computed under section 2504(a)
of this title of an officer retired under this sec-
tion shall not be less than 50 percent of the basic
pay upon which the computation of his retired
pay is based.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77
Stat. 185, § 288; amended Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(8),
May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 140; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(25),
Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 96–342, title
VIII, § 813(f)(1), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1109; Pub. L.
97–417, § 2(7), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2085; Pub. L.
99–348, title II, § 205(b)(4), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat.
700; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, § 1343(c),
Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3995; renumbered § 2149
and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b),
123(b)(2), title III, § 309, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat.
4216, 4240, 4248.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 288
of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 309, substituted ‘‘zone,
or from being placed at the top of the list of selectees
promulgated by the Secretary under section 2121(a) of
this title, is’’ for ‘‘zone is’’ and inserted ‘‘or placed at
the top of the list of selectees, as applicable’’ before pe-
riod at end.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted
‘‘section 2504(a)’’ for ‘‘section 423(a)’’.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–661 substituted ‘‘rear ad-
miral (lo
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