§2102 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

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The Secretary must keep one active-duty promotion list for Coast Guard officers at the rank of ensign and above. That list does not include certain people: reserve officers on active duty unless they serve under an active-duty agreement under section 12311 of title 10, retired officers, the permanent commissioned teachers at the Coast Guard Academy, and anyone the Secretary excludes. Officers are placed on the list by how senior they are in their current rank. Those in the same rank are ordered by their seniority in that rank. New regular officers join the list by their date of rank and seniority. Reserve officers who are not excluded are added by grade and seniority, and the Secretary decides their spot if they share the same date of rank. The Secretary can fix any administrative errors.

Title 14, §2102

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(a)The Secretary shall maintain a single active duty promotion list of officers of the Coast Guard on active duty in the grades of ensign and above. Reserve officers on active duty, other than pursuant to an active duty agreement executed under section 12311 of title 10, retired officers, officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy, and officers designated by the Secretary pursuant this section shall not be included on the active duty promotion list.

(b)Officers shall be carried on the active duty promotion list in the order of seniority of the grades in which they are serving. Officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their seniority in that grade. The Secretary may correct any erroneous position on the active duty promotion list that was caused by administrative error.

(c)An individual appointed in the grade of ensign or above in the Regular Coast Guard shall be placed on the active duty promotion list in the order of his date of rank and seniority.

(d)A Reserve officer, other than one excluded by subsection (a), shall, when he enters on active duty, be placed on the active duty promotion list in accordance with his grade and seniority. The position of such a Reserve officer among other officers of the Coast Guard on active duty who have the same date of rank shall be determined by the Secretary.

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2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy, and officers designated by the Secretary pursuant this section” for “and officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy”. 2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “An individual” for “A person”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 41a of this title as this section. 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted “section 12311 of title 10” for “section 679 of title 10”. 1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–206 struck out before period at end of second sentence “, except that the rear admiral serving as Chief of Staff shall be the senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay”. 1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(a)(1), substituted “Reserve officers on active duty, other than pursuant to an active duty agreement executed under section 679 of title 10, retired officers, and officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy shall not” for “Retired officers and officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy shall not be included on the active duty promotion list. Reserve officers on extended active duty, other than those serving in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Reserve components or assigned to the Selective Service System, shall”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(a)(2), inserted exception that rear admiral serving as Chief of Staff shall be senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(a)(3), substituted “enters on active duty” for “enters on extended active duty”. 1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–174 substituted “Retired officers and officers” for “Retired officers, officers” and struck out “, and officers of the Women’s Reserve” after “Coast Guard Academy”. 1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–278 inserted “or assigned to the Selective Service System” after “components” in last sentence.

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of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an

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note under section 10001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§2102 Active duty promotion list

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