33 USC 3025: Length of service for promotion purposes
Text contains those laws in effect on December 2, 2024
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 43-NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPSSUBCHAPTER II-APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS
§3025. Length of service for promotion purposes
(a) General rule
Each 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) Exception
Notwithstanding 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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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 853f of this title prior to repeal by