---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch43/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Separation and Retirement of Officers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch43-schIII"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter III — Separation and Retirement of Officers

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps

## Sections

- [§3041. Involuntary retirement or separation](/usc/33/3041.md)
- [§3042. Separation pay](/usc/33/3042.md)
- [§3043. Mandatory retirement for age](/usc/33/3043.md)
- [§3044. Retirement for length of service](/usc/33/3044.md)
- [§3045. Computation of retired pay](/usc/33/3045.md)
- [§3046. Retired grade and retired pay](/usc/33/3046.md)
- [§3047. Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected](/usc/33/3047.md)
- [§3048. Continuation on active duty; deferral of retirement](/usc/33/3048.md)
- [§3049. Recall to active duty](/usc/33/3049.md)