Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§3745 Qualifications for Promotion
Title 14 › SUBTITLE III — COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY › CHAPTER 37 — COAST GUARD RESERVE › SUBCHAPTER II — PERSONNEL › § 3745
Summary
Reserve officers may not be promoted unless they are found medically fit and their conduct and performance since the selection board that recommended them are checked and found satisfactory. If a medical board says an officer is unfit for sea or field duty because of wounds received in the line of duty, that officer still may be promoted as long as those wounds do not keep them from doing the other duties of the higher rank.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §3745
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(a)A Reserve officer shall not be promoted to a higher grade unless the officer has been found to be physically qualified and the character of the officer’s service subsequent to the convening of the selection board which recommended the officer for promotion has been verified as satisfactory.
(b)Subsection (a) of this section does not exclude from promotion a Reserve officer physically disqualified by a medical board for duty at sea or in the field, if the disqualification results from wounds received in the line of duty, and those wounds do not incapacitate the officer for other duties in the grade to which the officer is to be promoted.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 786 of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 734 of this title as this section.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 3745
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102