Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73not60
§2153 Voluntary Retirement After Thirty Years’ Service
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 21— PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › Subchapter II— DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE › § 2153
Summary
A regular commissioned officer who has completed 30 years of service can apply to retire, and the Secretary may approve retiring them from active duty.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §2153
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Any regular commissioned officer who has completed thirty years’ service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retired from active service.11 See 1986 Amendment note below.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 292 of this title as this section. 1986—Pub. L. 99–348 which directed that “, with retired pay of the grade with which retired” be struck out was executed by striking out that phrase after “from active service” as the probable intent of Congress even though there was no comma before “with retired”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Retired Pay on or Prior to September 24, 1963
Savings Provision
s in section 5(g) of Pub. L. 88–130, providing that Pub. L. 88–130 does not affect the retired pay of anyone retired on or prior to Sept. 24, 1963, are set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2153
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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