14 USC § 2157 - Flag officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2157"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2157 - Flag officers"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2157"
section_name: "Flag officers"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 212(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 296; renumbered § 2157, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)"
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# § 2157. Flag officers

section 1216(d) of title 10

During any period in which the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy,  does not apply with respect to flag officers of the Coast Guard.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 212(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 296; renumbered § 2157, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.