33 USC § 3032 - Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

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title: "33 USC § 3032 - Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3032"
section_name: "Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 232, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3088.)"
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# § 3032. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

For purposes of promotion, there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer or junior engineer.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 232, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3088.)

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