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PUBLIC LAW 88-130-SEPT. 24, 1963

"§290. Rear admirals; retention on the active list; involuntary retirement " (a) Any rear admiral, unless retired under some other provision of law or retained on active duty under subsection (b) of this section, shall be retired on June 30 ol the fiscal year in which he completes a total of seven years of service in the permanent grade of rear admiral or a total of thirty-five years of active commissioned service, including service creditable for retirement purposes under sections 432, 433, and 434 of this title. "(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Commandant, with the approval of the Secretary, may by annual action retain on active duty from fiscal year to fiscal year any rear admiral who would otherwise be retired under subsection (a). A rear admiral so retained, unless retired under some other provision of law, shall be retired on June 30 of that fiscal year in which no action is taken to further retain him under this subsection. "(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to any officer serving as Commandant. "§ 291. Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service "Any regular commissioned officer who has completed twenty years' active service in the Coast Guard, Navy, Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, 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, with retired pay of the grade with which retired. "§292. Voluntary retirement after thirty years' service "Any regular commissioned officer who has completed thirty years' service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retired from active service with retired pay of the grade with which retired. "§ 293. Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two "Any regular commissioned officer, except a commissioned warrant officer, who has reached the age of sixty-two shall be retired from active service, with retired pay of the grade with which retired. "§ 294. Retirement for physical disability after selection for promotion; grade in which retired "An officer whose name appears on an approved list of officers selected for promotion to the next higher grade and who is retired for physical disability under the provisions of chapter 61 of title 10 70A Stat. 91. prior to being promoted shall be retired in the grade to which he was i^^",^^*^ ^^°^" 1221. selected for promotion. "E. Separation for Cause "§ 321. Review of records of officers "The Secretary may at any time convene a board of officers to review the record of any officer of the Regular Coast Guard to determine whether he shall be required to show cause for his retention on active duty— "(1) because his performance of duty has fallen below the standards prescribed by the Secretary, or "(2) because of moral dereliction, professional dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security.

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