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14 U.S.C. § 2152 — Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service
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Any regular commissioned officer who has completed twenty years’ active service in the Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, or the Reserve components thereof, including active duty for training, at least ten years of which shall have been active commissioned service, may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the President, be retired from active service.
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Any regular commissioned officer who has completed twenty years’ active service in the Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, or the Reserve components thereof, including active duty for training, at least ten years of which shall have been active commissioned service, may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the President, be retired from active service.
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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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The Retired Reserve consists of the following Reserves:
(1) Reserves who are or have been retired under section 7311, 8323, or 9311 of this title or under section 291 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14.
(2) Reserves who have been transferred to the Retired Reserve, retain their status as Reserves, and are otherwise qualified.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2152
1 See 1986 Amendment note below.
tive commissioned service and deleted the alternative
seven year permanent grade service.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 92–451 incorporated provisions of
former subsec. (b) in provisions designated as subsec.
(g), and among other changes, substituted officer for
rear admiral.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 92–451, § 3, Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 757, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 50 and 51 of this
title, and amending this section, sections 41, 42, 44, 47,
and 287 of this title, and section 202 of Title 37, Pay and
Allowances of the Uniformed Services] is effective upon
enactment [Oct. 2, 1972] except that continuation
boards, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 290 [now
2151] of title 14, United States Code, as amended by this
Act [subsec. (a) of this section], may not be held until
one year following enactment hereof [Oct. 2, 1972]. Dur-
ing the period of one year following enactment hereof
the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
Guard is operating shall convene a board consisting of
not less than three Coast Guard officers serving in the
grade of vice admiral to recommend for continuation
on active duty Coast Guard officers on the active duty
promotion list serving in the grade of rear admiral,
who during the fiscal year in which the board meets
will complete not less than five years’ service in that
grade. Subsections (b) through (g) of section 290 [now
2151] and other sections of title 14, United States Code,
as amended by this Act [sections 41, 42, 44, 47, 50, 51, and
287 of this title], apply to continuation board action
taken pursuant to this section. No officer who is enti-
tled to the basic pay of
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