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PUBLIC LAW 773-SEPT. 3, 1954

Guard to the grade of rear admiral shall apply to officers of the Reserve except that no officer in the grade of captain shall be eligible for consideration who has not completed a minimum of twenty years of total commissioned Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve service. Until January 1, 1963, for purposes of this subsection, in addition to actual commissioned service, a Reserve officer initially appointed in a grade above that of ensign shall be allowed a period of constructive service equal to that of the regular officer next senior to him in precedence who has served continuously on active duty and who has not lost numbers or precedence, computed from the date of such regular officer's first appointment as ensign up to the date of original appointment of such Reserve officer. (f) The report of each promotion board shall be submitted to the Commandant for review and transmission to the President for approval. I n case any officer or officers recommended by a board for promotion are not acceptable to the President, the final action by the President will disapprove their selection for promotion. (g) The recommendations of promotion boards, as approved by the President, will constitute promotion lists from which promotion of officers of the Reserve will be made, subject to establishment of physical qualification and verification that service subsequent to the convening of the promotion board has remained of satisfactory character. Officers on a promotion list will remain thereon until promoted unless removed by the President for due cause. If an existing promotion list has not been exhausted by the time a later list has been approved, all remaining officers on the older list shall be tendered appointments before use of the later list is commenced. (h) The procedure of selection boards and the procedures for effecting the promotion of those officers selected shall be as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 605. Officers of the Reserve shall have rank and take precedence in their respective grades among themselves and with officers of the same grades of the Regular Coast Guard respectively in accordance with the dates of rank as stated in their commissions. When Reserve and Regular officers have the same date of rank in a grade, such officers shall take precedence as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 606. (a) Each officer of the Reserve in an active status shall have a running mate who shall be the officer of the Regular Coast Guard of the same grade, exclusive of extra numbers, who is next senior to him in precedence as determined in the manner prescribed in section 605 of this title. (b) When necessary, new running mates shall be determined at the times and in the manner set forth below: (1) If a running mate is retired, dies, or otherwise is separated from the service, suffers loss of numbers, or fails to qualify for promotion, the new running mate shall be the officer of the Regular Coast Guard of the same grade who was next senior to the old running mate, exclusive of extra numbers, or if there be no such Regular officer then the most senior Regular officer in the grade. (2) If an officer of the Reserve suffers loss of numbers, the new running mate shall be the officer of the Regular Coast Guard, exclusive of extra numbers, who is the running mate of the Reserve officer next senior to the officer concerned after the loss of numbers has been effected. (3) If an officer of the Reserve fails of selection or fails to qualify for promotion and his running mate is promoted, the new running mate shall be the senior officer of the Regular Coast Guard remaining in that grade, exclusive of extra numbers, whose name is not on a promotion list.

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