§2145 Regular Lieutenant Commanders and Commanders; Retirement for Failure of Selection for Promotion

Summary

Lieutenant commanders and commanders in the Regular Coast Guard who are passed over for promotion a second time must be retired at a set time. If they have at least 20 years of active service or are already eligible to retire under any law on June 30 of that promotion year, they must be retired on that June 30. If they are not yet eligible on that date, they stay on active duty until they finish 20 years and then are retired on the last day of that month, unless removed earlier by another rule. The Secretary can tell a promotion board to keep a limited number of those officers on active duty. The board picks the officers it thinks best meet the Coast Guard’s needs. Approved officers are told and offered an extra term. A lieutenant commander kept this way cannot stay past 24 years of active commissioned service unless promoted to commander. A commander cannot stay past 26 years unless promoted to captain. If an officer kept on this extra service is not later promoted or picked to stay, and they are eligible to retire under any law, they will be retired on the first day of the month after the month their extra service ends.