CHAPTER 21 — Personnel; Officers
61 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION 33 sections
- § 2101. — Original appointment of permanent commissioned officers
- § 2102. — Active duty promotion list
- § 2103. — Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list
- § 2104. — Appointment of temporary officers
- § 2105. — Rank of warrant officers
- § 2106. — Selection boards; convening of boards
- § 2107. — Selection boards; composition of boards
- § 2108. — Selection boards; notice of convening; communication with board
- § 2109. — Selection boards; oath of members
- § 2110. — Number of officers to be selected for promotion
- § 2111. — Promotion zones
- § 2112. — Promotion year; defined
- § 2113. — Eligibility of officers for consideration for promotion
- § 2114. — United States Deputy Marshals in Alaska
- § 2115. — Selection boards; information to be furnished boards
- § 2116. — Officers to be recommended for promotion
- § 2117. — Selection boards; reports
- § 2118. — Selection boards; submission of reports
- § 2119. — Failure of selection for promotion
- § 2120. — Special selection boards; correction of errors
- § 2120a. — Special selection review boards
- § 2121. — Promotions; appointments
- § 2122. — Removal of officer from list of selectees for promotion
- § 2123. — Promotions; acceptance; oath of office
- § 2124. — Promotions; pay and allowances
- § 2125. — Wartime temporary service promotions
- § 2126. — Promotion of officers not included on active duty promotion list
- § 2127. — Recall to active duty during war or national emergency
- § 2128. — Recall to active duty with consent of officer
- § 2129. — Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers
- § 2130. — Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant
- § 2131. — College student pre-commissioning initiative
- § 2132. — Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or healthcare
SUBCHAPTER II — DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE 26 sections
- § 2141. — Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service
- § 2142. — Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion
- § 2143. — Regular lieutenants; separation for failure of selection for promotion; continuation
- § 2144. — Regular Coast Guard; officers serving under temporary appointments
- § 2145. — Regular lieutenant commanders and commanders; retirement for failure of selection for promotion
- § 2146. — Discharge in lieu of retirement; separation pay
- § 2147. — Regular warrant officers: separation pay
- § 2148. — Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of
- § 2149. — Regular captains; retirement
- § 2150. — Captains; continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement
- § 2151. — Rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half); continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement
- § 2152. — Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service
- § 2153. — Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service
- § 2154. — Compulsory retirement
- § 2155. — Retirement for physical disability after selection for promotion; grade in which retired
- § 2156. — Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons
- § 2157. — Flag officers
- § 2158. — Review of records of officers
- § 2159. — Boards of inquiry
- [§ 2160. — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7223(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1702]
- § 2161. — Composition of boards
- § 2162. — Rights and procedures
- § 2163. — Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary
- § 2164. — Officers considered for removal; retirement or discharge; separation benefits
- § 2165. — Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty
- § 2166. — Continuation on active duty; Coast Guard officers with certain critical skills