14 U.S.C. § 306 — Retirement
submitted 54 years ago by Pub. L. 92-451 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 276 words · no verdicts yet
This law sets the retirement grade for Coast Guard officers (other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant) who served as admiral or vice admiral. Most keep that highest grade if their service in it was satisfactory. It also says how long an officer keeps admiral or vice admiral rank while awaiting disability processing or retirement.
(a) An officer, other than the Commandant* or Vice Commandant, who is retired for physical disability while serving as admiral or vice admiral, is placed on the retired list at the highest grade they served satisfactorily, as determined under section 2501.
(b) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who retires while serving as admiral or vice admiral — or who, after serving at least 2½ years in that grade, retires while in a lower grade — may, at the President's discretion, retire at the highest grade they served satisfactorily, under section 2501.
(c) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who retires in a lower grade after serving less than 2½ years as admiral or vice admiral, retires in their permanent grade if their service there was satisfactory under section 2501.
(d) An officer serving as admiral or vice admiral keeps that grade (1) while being processed for physical-disability retirement, from the start of processing until retirement, but no more than 180 days; and (2) while awaiting retirement, from the day they leave the position of Commandant, Vice Commandant, or Vice Admiral until the day before retirement, but no more than 60 days.
An officer, other than the Commandant* or Vice Commandant, who, while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired for physical disability shall be placed on the retired list with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under section 2501 of this title.
An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who is retired while serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, or who, after serving at least 2½ years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, may in the discretion of the President, be retired with the highest grade in which that officer served satisfactorily, as determined under section 2501 of this title.
An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant, who, after serving less than 2½ years in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, is retired while serving in a lower grade, shall be retired in his permanent grade if performance of duties in such grade is determined to have been satisfactory pursuant to section 2501 of this title.
An officer serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral shall continue to hold that grade—
while being processed for physical disability retirement, beginning on the day of the processing and ending on the day that officer is retired, but not for more than 180 days; and
while awaiting retirement, beginning on the day that officer is relieved from the position of Commandant, Vice Commandant, or Vice Admiral and ending on the day before the officer’s retirement, but not for more than 60 days.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 92–451, § 1(5), Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 755, § 51; amended Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(3), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700; Pub. L. 103–206, title II, §§ 204(d), 205(c), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2421, 2422; Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 511(c), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2952; Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 201(c), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3528(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2318; renumbered § 306, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8201(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4641; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.)
- 1972Enacted · Pub. L. 92-451 · 86 Stat. 755
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-348 · 100 Stat. 700
- 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-206 · 107 Stat. 2421, 2422
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-281 · 124 Stat. 2952
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-120 · 130 Stat. 33
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 2318
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4196
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 4641
- 2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1675
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-451 on 1972-10-02.
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