Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-110
§1922 Appointments
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 19 — COAST GUARD ACADEMY › SUBCHAPTER II — CADETS › § 1922
Summary
The Secretary sets the rules for cadet appointments, including age limits, how applicants are chosen, how long cadets serve before graduation, and other appointment details. The Secretary must allow women to apply and be admitted, and the standards for admission, training, graduation, and commissioning must be the same for women and men, except for small necessary changes because of physiological differences.
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 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
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110