Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§3025 Length of Service for Promotion Purposes
Title 33 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › SUBCHAPTER II — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS › § 3025
Summary
For promotions, officers are treated as having at least the same service time as anyone below them on the official list; if an officer has "lost numbers," they are treated as having no more service than the officer now directly above them.
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Title 33, §3025
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(a)General rule
Each officer shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, at least the same length of service as any other officer below that officer on the lineal list.
(b)Exception
Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer who has lost numbers shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, no greater service than the officer next above such officer in such officer’s new position on the lineal list.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 853f of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.
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33 U.S.C. § 3025
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110