Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§2316 Discharge Within Three Months Before Expiration of Enlistment

Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 23 — PERSONNEL; ENLISTED › § 2316

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under rules the Secretary makes, an enlisted member may be discharged within three months before enlistment ends, without losing rights or benefits except pay or allowances for the unserved period.

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Title 14, §2316

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any enlisted member may be discharged at any time within three months before the expiration of his term of enlistment or extended enlistment without prejudice to any right, privilege, or benefit that he would have received, except pay and allowances for the unexpired period not served, or to which he would thereafter become entitled, had he served his full term of enlistment or extended enlistment.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 370 of this title as this section. 1984—Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.

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14 U.S.C. § 2316

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102