Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2148 Separation for Failure of Selection for Promotion or Continuation; Time Of
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Summary
Delay discharge or retirement falling within six months after a report's approval if a board didn't select the officer, until the end of that sixth month.
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Title 14, §2148
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If, under section 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2150, or 2151 of this title, the discharge or retirement of any officer would be required less than six months following approval of the report of the board which considered but did not select him for promotion or continuation, the discharge or retirement of such officer shall be deferred until the last day of the sixth calendar month after such approval.
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2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2150, or 2151” for “section 282, 283, 284, 285, 289, or 290”. Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 287 of this title as this section. 1972—Pub. L. 92–451 inserted reference to section 290.
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Effective Date
of 1972 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 92–451 effective Oct. 2, 1972, except that continuation boards may not be held until one year thereafter, see section 3 of Pub. L. 92–451, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
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14 U.S.C. § 2148
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102