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Code · U.S. Code · Title 14 - COAST GUARD · CHAPTER 21— PERSONNEL; OFFICERS · SUBCHAPTER II— DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE · § 2152

§ 2152. Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service

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Any regular commissioned officer who has completed twenty years’ active service in the Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, or the Reserve components thereof, including active duty for training, at least ten years of which shall have been active commissioned service, may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the President, be retired from active service.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 187, § 291; amended Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(5), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2152, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 927(b)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3831.)
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  • Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C)
  • 77 Stat. 187
  • Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(5)
  • 100 Stat. 700
  • 132 Stat. 4216
  • 134 Stat. 3831
  • section 291 of this title
  • Pub. L. 99–348
  • section 5(g) of Pub. L. 88–130
  • Pub. L. 88–130
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§ 2152
Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service
U.S.C.×2
Pub. L.Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C)
Stat.77 Stat. 187
Pub. L.Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(5)
Stat.100 Stat. 700
Stat.132 Stat. 4216
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