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

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accumulated sea service on a vessel of the Armed Forces (as such term is defined in section 527(e)); and

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title III, § 305(b)(1) , Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3044 , § 428; renumbered § 2510 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b) , title III, § 318(c), Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4223 , 4252.)

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