Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2126 Promotion of Officers Not Included on Active Duty Promotion List
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 21 — PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION › § 2126
Summary
Secretary may set rules to promote officers off the active‑duty promotion list; for reserve-related or Secretary‑named officers, the rules must, as nearly as possible, match the selection and promotion chances of similar active‑duty officers.
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Title 14, §2126
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Officers who are not included on the active duty promotion list may be promoted under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary. These regulations shall, as to officers serving in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components and as to officers designated by the Secretary pursuant to this section, provide as nearly as practicable, that such officers will be selected and promoted in the same manner and will be afforded equal opportunity for promotion as officers of the corresponding grade on the active duty promotion list.
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Amendments
2025—Pub. L. 119–60 inserted “and as to officers designated by the Secretary pursuant to this section” after “reserve components” in second sentence. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 276 of this title as this section.
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14 U.S.C. § 2126
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102