---
kind: "unit"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
key: "stI/ch3/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Positions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/stI-ch3-schII"
sections_count: 17
---

# Subchapter II — Positions

Title 14 — Coast Guard › Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration › Chapter 3 — Composition and Organization

## Sections

- [§302. Commandant; appointment](/usc/14/302.md)
- [§303. Vice Commandant; appointment](/usc/14/303.md)
- [§304. Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant](/usc/14/304.md)
- [§305. Vice admirals](/usc/14/305.md)
- [§306. Retirement](/usc/14/306.md)
- [§307. Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade](/usc/14/307.md)
- [§308. Chief Acquisition Officer](/usc/14/308.md)
- [§309. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director](/usc/14/309.md)
- [§310. Director of Coast Guard Investigative Service](/usc/14/310.md)
- [§311. United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director](/usc/14/311.md)
- [§312. Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program](/usc/14/312.md)
- [§313. Chief of Staff to President: appointment](/usc/14/313.md)
- [§314. Captains of the port](/usc/14/314.md)
- [§315. Congressional affairs; Director](/usc/14/315.md)
- [§316. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate](/usc/14/316.md)
- [§317. Special Advisor to Commandant for Tribal and Native Hawaiian Affairs](/usc/14/317.md)
- [§318. Judge Advocate General; Deputy Judge Advocate General: appointment; duties](/usc/14/318.md)