that proper arrangements have been made with the local Commanding Officers.

[CGFR 52-1, 17 F.R. 2502, Mar. 22, 1952] § 8.5305 Appropriate duty.

(a) The purpose of appropriate duty is to enable the Commandant, District Commanders, and the Commanding Officers of authorized units to accomplish various tasks and effect training of Coast Guard Reserve personnel who are not on active duty or on active duty for training.

(b) Periods of appropriate duty shall consist of not less than two (2) hours' duration. Duty performed in one calendar week may not be credited in a subsequent calendar week.

(c) The Commandant and District Commanders may authorize reservists to perform periods of appropriate duty by the issuance of written orders which stipulate:

(1) That the Reservist is authorized to perform appropriate duty, with or without pay, as the case may be.

(2) That the nature of the duty to be performed will consist of work assignments or similar duties which are commensurate with grade or rate.

(3) The number of periods of appropriate duty which may be performed.

(d) Commanding Officers of authorized units may authorize personnel assigned to their units to perform, without pay, periods of appropriate duty in connection with the administration of the units or the instruction of the members thereof, by the issuance of orders which stipulate:

(1) That such duty is to be performed without pay.

(2) The nature of the duty to be performed.

(3) The number of periods of appropriate duty which may be performed.

(e) The Commandant may prescribe the maximum number of periods of appropriate duty that may be performed by any reservist in any one fiscal year. [CGFR 52-1, 17 F.R. 2502, Mar. 22, 1952] § 8.5306 Equivalent instruction or duty.

(a) Periods of equivalent instruction or duty are analogous to regular drills and may be performed for the sole purpose of substituting for regular drills which were missed. Under instructions issued by the Commandant, the commanding officer will determine which members of his unit may perform such instruction or duty.

(b) Subject to instructions issued by the Commandant, periods of equivalent instruction or duty may be performed with or without pay and shall be scheduled in advance by the commanding officer of the unit or by the district commander who will coordinate such periods of equivalent instruction or duty with the commanding officer of the facility where training is to be conducted. The commanding officer of the appropriate unit will certify periods of equivalent instruction or duty as having been performed. In areas where 2 or more units are located within a reasonable distance of each other and in the same Coast Guard district, the district commander may schedule periods of equivalent instruction or duty to be attended by members of all such units who are authorized by their commanding officers to perform such instruction or duty.

(c) Equivalent instruction or duty must be:

(1) A period of not less than 2 hours' duration but, in any event, not less than the duration of a regularly scheduled drill.

(2) Conducted on a day other than the one on which a regular drill is scheduled for the individual or for the unit.

(3) Performed by the member not more frequently than is prescribed by the Commandant.

(d) Members assigned to interservice training shall be allowed to perform periods of equivalent instruction or duty with or without pay under the same circumstances and to the same extent as is prescribed for members of the unit belonging to the service conducting the training except that interservice trainees not assigned in a drill pay status shall not be allowed to perform equivalent instruction or duty with pay.

(e) Periods of equivalent instruction or duty shall not be credited for purposes of competitive standing in any competition.

[CGFR 57-23, 22 F. R. 7054, Aug. 31, 1957] § 8.5307 Group training.

(a) Personnel of Organized or Volunteer Units of the Reserve may be authorized by the District Commander under written orders for training duty with or without pay, to perform short periods of less than four (4) days of group training duty on board vessels or at shore stations.

(b) Employment of a single set of orders is authorized for the individuals comprising a group, provided the grade or rate and unit to which attached is stated therein opposite their respective names.

(c) Physical examinations shall be in accordance with § 8.1404.

(d) Appropriate records shall be maintained by the District Commander. [CGFR 52-1, 17 F.R. 2503, Mar. 22, 1952] § 8.5308 Annual training duty.

(a) The Commandant may prescribe annual training duty with pay for personnel of the Organized Reserve and the Volunteer Reserve to be performed on board vessels or at shore stations designated for this purpose.

(b) Quotas and instructions for such training shall be as determined by the Commandant.

[CGFR 52-1, 17 F.R. 2503, Mar. 22, 1952] § 8.5309

ments.

Minimum training require

(a) Under the Reserve regulations prescribed in § 8.1106 (c), the Commandant, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe minimum training requirements and minimum standards of performance of training duty for retention of personnel in an active reserve status. The Commandant may transfer to the Inactive Reserve Status List any officer or enlisted man who fails to meet such minimum requirements and standards.

(b) The Commandant, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe the conditions under which officers and enlisted men who have been transferred to the Inactive Reserve Status List may become eligible for restoration to an active reserve status. The Commandant may transfer officers and enlisted men who become so eligible to an active reserve status.

(c) The Commandant, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe minimum training requirements for officer personnel to become eligible for promotion under §§ 8.3103 to 8.3112, inclusive; the names of officer personnel who thereafter fail to conform to such minimum training requirements, shall not be submitted to a promotion board and such personnel shall not receive consideration for promotion during any period in which they have failed so to conform.

[CGFR 61-55, 26 F.R. 12572, Dec. 28, 1961]

(b) The Commandant shall provide for the placement in and transfer between training categories of the following:

(1) All members of the Ready Reserve not on active duty.

(2) All members of the Standby Reserve voluntarily participating in training.

(3) All units designated as units of the Ready Reserve.

(c) In assigning units and members to training categories, the following policies, considerations, and limitations shall govern:

(1) The number of drills and amount of annual training shall be the minimum required to maintain the proficiency of the unit and the skill of the member.

(2) The personal circumstances of the member shall be taken into account to the degree that is consistent with military requirements.

(3) A member subject to the training requirements of section 208 (f) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act, as amended, shall not be assigned to training Category G unless he has performed active service and, under instructions issued by the Commandant, unless no training requirement exists for the member due to the mobilization requirements or because

of the degree of military or civilian skill attained.

(4) A member who is exempt from induction under the provisions of section 6 (c) (1) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, or who is deferred from induction under the provisions of sections 4 (c) (2) or 6 (d) (1) of the said act shall only be assigned to training Categories A, B, C, or E.

(5) No member shall be involuntarily placed in training Categories A, B, C, or E unless there is an appropriate drilling unit with a vacancy therein within reasonable commuting distance as determined by the Commandant.

(d) The Commandant may prescribe such additional training, not inconsistent with law, within any category as he deems necessary.

(e) Any member assigned to a unit need not be required to participate in training additional to that prescribed for the training category to which he is assigned.

[CGFR 56-19, 21 F.R. 5623, July 26, 1956, as amended by CGFR 58-12, 23 F.R. 7070, Sept. 12, 1958]

COMMANDING OFFICERS OF VESSELS AND UNITS TO WHICH RESERVISTS REPORT FOR TRAINING DUTY; RESERVE INSTRUCTORS

§ 8.5401

Commanding officers of vessels and units to which Reservists report for training duty.

(a) District Commanders will, when ordering individual Reservists to training duty, with or without pay, to vessels or units, indicate the type of training it is desired the Reservist will be given during the training period.

(b) The type of training to be conducted will be such as to qualify the officer or man for active duty.

(c) Commanding officers of vessels and units will provide for the particular training indicated by assigning officers attached to the vessels or units additional duty to assist in the required training.

[6 F.R. 1937, Apr. 15, 1941, as amended by CGFR 58-12, 23 F.R. 7068, Sept. 12, 1958]

be utilized in the training and instruction of Reservists. To further provide regular Coast Guard instructors, District Commanders shall recommend to Headquarters the issuance of additional duty orders as instructors of Reservists for officers most available and best suited for such duty. In making these recommendations, District Commanders shall endeavor to limit travel required of instructors as much as practicable, and shall give due consideration to the effect upon paramount duties of officers concerned.

(b) It is desirable, where travel is not involved, to use the regular officers and men of the recruiting services who are sufficiently trained to assist in the instruction and District Commanders shall make such arrangements as may be possible to that end.

(c) At localities distant from district offices, it is particularly desirable to take advantage of regular officers performing duty thereat for liaison and training aids, where travel is not involved. District Commanders should initiate action leading to use of such officers whenever their services from their regular duties permit.

[6 F.R. 1937, Apr. 15. 1941, as amended by CGFR 58-12, 23 F.R. 7068, Sept. 12, 1958] INSTRUCTIONS AND TRAINING OF RESERVE § 8.5502 Organizations of Reservists to perform regular drills and training duty.

(a) Headquarters may authorize the formation of organizations of Reservists to perform regular drills and training duty.

(b) The number of organizations and their composition will be specified by Headquarters and will depend on the availability of funds for this specific purpose.

(c) Authorized organizations of the Reserve will be trained in accordance with instructions issued by Headquarters. [6 F.R. 1937, Apr. 15, 1941]

DISCIPLINE, DISCHARGES, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS

DISCHARGES

SOURCE: §§ 8.6201 to 8.6210 contained in CGFR 56-40, 22 F.R. 238, Jan. 11, 1957, unless otherwise noted.

§ 8.6201 Separation of Reservists.

(a) Commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, and warrant officers shall be separated only in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.

(b) Enlisted personnel may be separated in the discretion of the Commandant.

(c) District Commanders shall separate enlisted personnel under the conditions prescribed in § 8.6206 and as directed by the Commandant.

(d) Commanding officers may separate enlisted personnel serving on active duty or active duty for training under the same conditions as apply to enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard. § 8.6202 Restrictions on separation.

(a) Except as provided in §§ 8.6208 and 8.6210, no officer who has completed three years of commissioned service shall be involuntarily separated except pursuant to the approved recommendation of a board of officers or the approved sentence of a court-martial.

(b) No member shall be separated by the issuance of a discharge under conditions other than honorable except upon a finding of one or more of the following:

(1) That the approved sentence of a court-martial was discharge under conditions other than honorable.

(2) That the approved findings of a board of officers recommended discharge under conditions other than honorable.

(3) That the member consented thereto in writing with waiver of courtmartial or board proceedings.

§ 8.6203 Type and character of discharge certificates.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, members shall be separated with the same type and character of discharge certificate as is provided for personnel of the Regular Coast Guard under similar circumstances.

(b) If the type and character of discharge was in issue, a member who is separated pursuant to board action shall be issued the type and character of discharge certificate recommended by the board, as approved.

(c) Members who are dropped from the rolls as provided for in § 8.6208 will not be issued a discharge certificate.

(d) The type and character of separation as evidenced by the discharge certificate shall be entered in the service record.

§ 8.6204 Procedure for discharge generally.

Except as indicated in § 8.6205, the procedures for effecting the discharge of members shall be as prescribed for

personnel of the Regular Coast Guard under similar conditions.

§ 8.6205 Composition and procedure for discharge by board action.

(a) All boards convened to consider the involuntary discharge of Reservists shall be composed as prescribed in § 8.1110 and shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions relating to boards of investigation as contained in the U.S. Coast Guard Supplement to the Manual for Courts-Martial.

(b) Each member whose name is referred to a board shall be accorded the rights of a party.

(c) Review and final action of all boards shall be as follows:

(1) By the Secretary of the Treasury if, as approved by the Commandant, the board recommended the separation of an officer.

(2) By the Commandant if, as approved by him, the board recommended retention of a member or recommended the discharge of an enlisted member. § 8.6206 Reasons for discharge of enlisted personnel.

Unless otherwise indicated, the appropriate District Commander is authorized and directed to effect the discharge, without prior authority from the Commandant, of enlisted members for the following reasons and under the following conditions:

(a) Expiration of enlistment. Enlisted personnel shall, if otherwise ellgible therefor, be discharged upon expiration of enlistment or upon expiration of enlistment as extended.

(b) Fulfillment of service obligation. Enlisted personnel having a military obligation pursuant to law shall, if otherwise eligible therefor, be discharged upon completion of the term of service required for fulfillment of such obligation. Personnel having such an obligation shall not be discharged upon fulfillment thereof in those cases where a portion of an enlistment or extension thereof remains to be served unless such discharge is authorized by the Commandant.

(c) Convenience of the Government. (1) Upon receipt of written evidence of acceptance of an appointment to commissioned or warrant status in any component of any Armed Force. Discharge will be effective as of the day next preceding acceptance of such an appointment.

(2) Upon receipt of written evidence of enlistment in a Reserve component of another Armed Force for the purpose of enrolling in an officer training program. Included in this category are those who will be enrolled in the aviation cadet or Reserve Officer Training Corps programs of the Army, Navy, or Air Force or in the Officer Candidate Course or Platoon Leaders Class of the U.S. Marine Corps. Discharge shall be effective as of the day next preceding acceptance of such an enlistment.

(3) Upon receipt of written evidence of enlistment in the Regular Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. Discharge shall be effective as of the day next preceding such enlistment.

(4) When inter-service transfers are authorized, discharge shall be effected as of the day next preceding the date of enlistment in the gaining Armed Force.

(5) Upon request of the individual concerned and after receipt of written evidence from a licensed physician that a woman member is pregnant.

(6) Upon request of the individual concerned and after receipt of written evidence that a woman member is the mother of a child under 18 regardless of the legal custody of the child or is the step-parent of a child under 18 and the child lives within the household of the woman for a period of more than 30 days a year.

(7) Upon receipt of formal notice from the Selective Service System or from competent military authority that a member has been inducted into the active service of another Armed Force. Discharge shall be effective as of the day next preceding the date of such induction.

(8) Upon request of the individual concerned and after receipt of written evidence that he has become a regular or duly ordained minister of religion.

(9) Other good and sufficient reasons when authorized or directed by the Commandant.

(d) Physical disability. Reservists who are found not physically qualified will be discharged only after review by the Commandant of the medical information received.

erned and processed in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Manual. Special authority to direct discharge under certain conditions may be granted to specified commands by the Commandant when considered appropriate.

(f) Minority. The discharge of Reservists by reason of minority will be effected only after approval of the Commandant in each individual case and will be governed and processed in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Manual. Special authority to direct discharge under certain conditions may be granted to specified commands by the Commandant when considered appropriate.

(g) For cause. (1) In any case in which it is considered that an enlisted person should not be retained in the Coast Guard Reserve, a detailed report including all available facts together with an appropriate recommendation shall be forwarded to the Commandant.

(2) If a discharge is recommended by reason of unsuitability, inaptitude, unfitness, or misconduct, the member concerned shall be so informed and shall be permitted to submit a statement in connection therewith, as provided in the Personnel Manual. Reports of civil convictions or fraudulent enlistments shall be submitted in accordance with the Personnel Manual and shall include a statement from the person concerned, if feasible, and a recommendation relative to disposition. If, in any case, the individual does not desire to submit a statement, a notation to this effect shall be made in his service record and shall be included in the report specified in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. § 8.6207

cers.

Reasons for discharge of offi

(a) The following or similar reasons warrant recommendation for discharge of officers:

or

(1) Failure to keep the Commandant Commander appropriate District

informed of official residence.

(2) Failure to answer official correspondence.

(3) Willful declination or refusal to complete any administrative forms or procedures that may be directed by competent authority.

(4) Failure to maintain an acceptable standard of efficiency as indicated by fitness reports or other information evaluating professional fitness.