Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73
§1922 Appointments
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - COAST GUARD ACADEMY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CADETS › § 1922
Summary
The Secretary sets the rules for cadet appointments — age limits, how applicants are picked, how long someone is a cadet before graduation, and other appointment details. The Secretary must let women apply and be admitted, using the same standards as men for selection, training, graduation, and commissioning, except for small needed physical adjustments.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §1922
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Appointments to cadetships shall be made under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, who shall determine age limits, methods of selection of applicants, term of service as a cadet before graduation, and all other matters affecting such appointments. In the administration of this section, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure 11 So in original. Probably should be “ensure”. that female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the Coast Guard Academy, and that the relevant standards required for appointment, admission, training, graduation, and commissioning of female individuals shall be the same as those required for male individuals, except for those minimum essential adjustments in such standards required because of physiological differences between male and female individuals.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 1922
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73