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14 U.S.C. § 304 — Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant

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14 U.S.C. § 304 — Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant

**(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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14 U.S.C. § 303 — Vice Commandant; appointment

The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one Vice Commandant who shall rank next after the Commandant, shall perform such duties as the Commandant may prescribe and shall act as Commandant during the absence or disability of the Commandant or in the event that there is a vacancy in the office of Commandant. The Vice Commandant shall be selected from the officers on the active duty promotion list serving above the grade of captain. The Commandant shall make recommendation for such appointment. The Vice Commandant shall, while so serving, have the grade of admiral with pay and allowances of that grade. The appointment and grade of a Vice Commandant shall be effective on the date the officer assumes that duty, and shall terminate on the date the officer is detached from that duty, 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).

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14 U.S.C. § 2305 — Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service

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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14 U.S.C. § 304 — Vice Commandant; appointment

Page 14 TITLE 14—COAST GUARD § 304 Commandant before being eligible for retirement with the grade of admiral and retired pay computed at the highest rates of basic pay applicable to him while he served as Commandant. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89–444, § 1(5), repealed subsec. (d) which provided that a Commandant who retired within 21⁄2 years of the date of his original appointment as Commandant would retire in his permanent grade and with the retired pay of that grade. 1963—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 88–130 substituted ‘‘of admiral and retired pay computed at the highest rates of basic pay applicable to him while he served as Com- mandant’’ for ‘‘and retired pay of admiral’’. 1960—Pub. L. 86–474 authorized any Commandant who is not reappointed at the expiration of his term to be retired with the grade and retired pay of admiral, di- rected placement on the retired list with the grade and retired pay of admiral for a Commandant who is retired for physical disability, reduced from three to two and one-half years the period that the Commandant must serve before he may voluntarily apply retirement with- out regard to total length of service, and provided that any Commandant who retires within two and one-half years of the date of his original appointment as Com- mandant shall retire in his permanent grade and with the retired pay of that grade. § 304. Vice Commandant; appointment The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one Vice Com- mandant who shall rank next after the Com- mandant, shall perform such duties as the Com- mandant may prescribe and shall act as Com- mandant during the absence or disability of the Commandant or in the event that there is a va- cancy in the office of Commandant. The Vice Commandant shal

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