14 USC § 2165 - Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2165"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2165 - Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2165"
section_name: "Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 189, § 333; renumbered § 2165, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)"
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# § 2165. Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty

Any regular officer on the retired list recalled to active duty who during such active duty is advanced to a higher grade under an appointment shall, upon relief from active duty, if his performance of duty under such appointment has been satisfactory, be advanced on the retired list to the highest grade held while on such active duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 189, § 333; renumbered § 2165, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.