§1909 Policy on Hazing

Summary

The Superintendent of the Academy must, with the Commandant’s approval, publish public written rules that define hazing, try to prevent it, and set punishments like dismissal or suspension. If a cadet charged with an offense that could lead to dismissal asks in writing for a general court-martial, the cadet may not be dismissed except by sentence of that court. A cadet dismissed for hazing or bullying cannot be reappointed and cannot become a commissioned officer in a regular Coast Guard component until 2 years after the cadet’s class graduation date. When writing the rules, the Superintendent must, as much as possible, define “hazing” as an unauthorized taking of authority by a cadet that causes another cadet to suffer cruelty, humiliation, hardship, oppression, or the loss or reduction of any right.