14 USC § 2306 - Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service

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title: "14 USC § 2306 - Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2306"
section_name: "Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; ENLISTED"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 521, § 355; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(8), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2306, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)"
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# § 2306. Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service

Any enlisted member who has completed twenty years’ service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Commandant, be retired from active service.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 521, § 355; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(8), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2306, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 185a (, ).

Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1986— struck out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired” after “active service”.

1984— substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.