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# 33 U.S.C. § 3032 - Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

## Text

For purposes of promotion, there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer or junior engineer.

(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 232, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3088.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 854a of this title.