14 U.S.C. § 190 : US Code - Section 190: Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff

Search 14 U.S.C. § 190 : US Code - Section 190: Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff

Professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and
instructors in the Coast Guard shall be subject to retirement or
discharge from active service for any cause on the same basis as
other commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, except that they
shall not be required to retire from active service under the
provisions of section 288 of this title, nor shall they be subject
to the provisions of section 289 of this title, nor shall they be
required to retire at age sixty-two but may be permitted to serve
until age sixty-four at which time unless earlier retired or
separated they shall be retired. The Secretary may retire any
member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff who has
completed thirty years' active service. Service as a civilian
member of the teaching staff at the Academy in addition to
creditable service authorized by any other law in any of the
military services rendered prior to an appointment as a professor,
associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor shall be
credited in computing length of service for retirement purposes.
The provisions of law relating to retirement for disability in line
of duty shall not apply in the case of a professor, associate
professor, assistant professor, or instructor serving under a
temporary appointment.