Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty
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/us/usc/t14/s3711
Title
14 — Coast Guard
Chapter
STIII/CH37
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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(a) A member of the Reserve on active duty, who is appointed or promoted under section 2104 or 2125 of this title, is entitled upon release from that duty to the highest grade satisfactorily held by reason of that appointment or promotion. The Secretary shall determine the highest grade satisfactorily held.
(b) Unless otherwise entitled to a higher grade, a member recalled to active duty shall be recalled in the grade in which released under subsection (a).
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1006, § 710; renumbered § 3711 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233, 4240.)
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 759a of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322.
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 118(b), renumbered section 710 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2104 or 2125” for “section 214 or 275”.
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