33 USC § 3062 - Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force

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title: "33 USC § 3062 - Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3062"
section_name: "Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "SERVICE OF OFFICERS WITH THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 252, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3091.)"
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# § 3062. Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force

When serving with the Army, Navy, or Air Force, an officer of the Administration shall rank with and after officers of corresponding grade in the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the same length of service in grade. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect or alter an officer’s rates of pay and allowances when not assigned to military duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 252, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3091.)

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### Prior Provisions

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