Status of recalled personnel

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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE II—PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 25—PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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All retired personnel when recalled to active duty shall serve in the grade or rate in which they were serving at the time of retirement.

( Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 , 63 Stat. 524 , § 422; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(10) , July 1, 1986 , 100 Stat. 700 ; renumbered § 2503, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4223 .)

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