§3751 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can take a Reserve officer off active duty if the officer fails selection for the next higher grade two times. The Secretary must take off active duty any Reserve officer who is a captain, has completed 30 years of total commissioned service, and is not on the approved list for promotion to rear admiral (lower half). If an officer has two failed selections but is kept on active duty, the Secretary decides how long they stay. Under section 12646 of title 10, an officer removed from active duty may transfer to the Retired Reserve if eligible. If not retired, the Secretary can move them to the inactive list or discharge them. The transfer or discharge happens on the June 30 after the board approval date for the second failure, or on the June 30 after the date the captain completes 30 years. Total commissioned service is counted from the date a Reserve officer accepted appointment as an ensign, with special rules for those first appointed above ensign.

Title 14, §3751

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(a)The Secretary—

(1)may remove from an active status a Reserve officer who has twice failed of selection to the next higher grade; and

(2)shall remove from an active status a Reserve officer serving in the grade of captain who has completed thirty years of total commissioned service and whose name is not carried on an approved list of selectees for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).

(b)A Reserve officer who has twice failed of selection to the next higher grade and who is not removed from an active status under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be retained for the period prescribed by the Secretary.

(c)Subject to section 12646 of title 10, a Reserve officer who is removed from an active status under subsection (a) of this section shall be given an opportunity to transfer to the Retired Reserve, if qualified, but unless so transferred shall, in the discretion of the Secretary, be transferred to the inactive status list or discharged as follows:

(1)if removed from an active status under subsection (a)(1) of this section, on June 30 next following the approval date of the board report by virtue of which the officer’s second failure of selection occurs; or

(2)if removed from an active status under subsection (a)(2) of this section, on June 30 next following the date on which the officer completes thirty years of total commissioned service as computed under this section.

(d)For the purpose of this section, the total commissioned service of an officer who has served continuously in the Reserve following appointment in the grade of ensign shall be computed from the date on which that appointment to the Reserve was accepted. A Reserve officer initially appointed in a grade above ensign is considered to have the actual total commissioned service performed in a grade above commissioned warrant officer or the same total commissioned service as an officer of the Regular Coast Guard who has served continuously from an original appointment as ensign, who has not lost numbers or precedence, and who is, or was, junior to the Reserve officer, whichever is greater.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 787 of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 740 of this title as this section. 2012—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted “that appointment to the Reserve” for “that appointment”. 1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted “section 12646 of title 10” for “section 1006 of title 10”. 1985—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted “rear admiral (lower half)” for “commodore”. 1983—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–417 substituted “commodore” for “rear admiral”.

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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.

§3751 Failure of selection and removal from an active status

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Title 14, §3751

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