US Code · Through Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)

33 U.S.C. § 3025: Length of service for promotion purposes

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Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 43—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS

(a) General ruleEach officer shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, at least the same length of service as any other officer below that officer on the lineal list. (b) ExceptionNotwithstanding subsection (a), an officer who has lost numbers shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, no greater service than the officer next above such officer in such officer’s new position on the lineal list.

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