---
kind: "unit"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
key: "stIII/ch37/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Personnel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/stIII-ch37-schII"
sections_count: 28
---

# Subchapter II — Personnel

Title 14 — Coast Guard › Subtitle III — Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary › Chapter 37 — Coast Guard Reserve

## Sections

- [§3731. Definitions](/usc/14/3731.md)
- [§3732. Applicability of this subchapter](/usc/14/3732.md)
- [§3733. Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency](/usc/14/3733.md)
- [§3734. Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay](/usc/14/3734.md)
- [§3735. Authorized number of officers](/usc/14/3735.md)
- [§3736. Precedence](/usc/14/3736.md)
- [§3737. Running mates](/usc/14/3737.md)
- [§3738. Constructive credit upon initial appointment](/usc/14/3738.md)
- [§3738a. Direct commissioning authority for individuals with critical skills](/usc/14/3738a.md)
- [§3739. Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty](/usc/14/3739.md)
- [§3740. Promotion; recommendations of selection boards](/usc/14/3740.md)
- [§3741. Selection boards; appointment](/usc/14/3741.md)
- [§3742. Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system](/usc/14/3742.md)
- [§3743. Eligibility for promotion](/usc/14/3743.md)
- [§3744. Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status](/usc/14/3744.md)
- [§3745. Qualifications for promotion](/usc/14/3745.md)
- [§3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office](/usc/14/3746.md)
- [§3747. Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay](/usc/14/3747.md)
- [§3748. Type of promotion; temporary](/usc/14/3748.md)
- [§3749. Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate](/usc/14/3749.md)
- [§3750. Failure of selection for promotion](/usc/14/3750.md)
- [§3751. Failure of selection and removal from an active status](/usc/14/3751.md)
- [§3752. Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion](/usc/14/3752.md)
- [§3753. Maximum ages for retention in an active status](/usc/14/3753.md)
- [§3754. Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade](/usc/14/3754.md)
- [§3755. Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer](/usc/14/3755.md)
- [§3756. Grade on entry upon active duty](/usc/14/3756.md)
- [§3757. Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release](/usc/14/3757.md)