14 USC § 2129 - Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2129"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2129 - Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2129"
section_name: "Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–444, § 1(20), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 197, § 373; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(28), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; renumbered § 2129 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), title III, § 313, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4249.)"
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# § 2129. Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers

**(a)** An aviation cadet designated under section 2317 who fulfills the eligibility requirements of section 2003 of title 10 for designation as a naval aviator may be appointed an ensign in the Coast Guard Reserve and designated a Coast Guard aviator.

**(b)** Aviation cadets who complete their training at approximately the same time are considered for all purposes to have begun their commissioned service on the same date, and the decision of the Secretary in this regard is conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–444, § 1(20), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 197, § 373; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(28), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; renumbered § 2129 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), title III, § 313, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4249.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , inserted “designated under section 2317” after “cadet”.

1976—Subsec. (a).  substituted reference to  for reference to .