Promotions

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Three Procedures• Meritorious - Commander

Authority

• Examination - Junior Enlisted Personnel

• Selection Board - Senior Enlisted and Officers

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Meritorious

• Commander authority to promote junior enlisted based on merit and performance

• Quotas per command based on number of personnel

• Used to help deserving personnel who have problems with examinations

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Examination

• Enlisted (Non-NCOs)

• Based on written evaluations, examinations, and other factors

• If pass examination with qualifying score and otherwise qualified

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Selection Boards

• Senior Enlisted and all Officers

• Formal Process

• Impartial - Centralized

• Rights and Fairness are key

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Officer Selection Boards• Based on U.S. Constitution,

Federal Law and Regulation, Service Regulations

• U.S. Constitution Art. II - The President shall nominate, and with the approval of the Senate, shall appoint “all other Officers of the United States.”

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Officer Selection Boards

• Federal Law = Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

• Implementing Service Regulations by the Secretaries of the Departments

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Background Issues

• Active Duty List

• Must be “Eligible” based on time in grade and meet other DOPMA requirements (Promotion Plans)

• Competitive Categories - Lawyers compete against lawyers, etc.

• Reserves have similar procedure

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Selection Boards• The “Precept” - Written Guidance to the Board

Members

• Board Membership

• Select those officers who are “fully qualified” and “best qualified” for the higher grade

• Under oath and confidentiality rules

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Selection Boards

• Internal Workings of the Board

• Review of Professional records

• Secret Voting - Equal Votes among members

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Selection Boards

• Board Reports - Legal Review and up chain of command to Congress and President

• Notification

• Actual Promotion

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Selection Boards

• No promotion or extra salary until promotion actually approved and DOPMA allows promotion

• Those who “Fail to Select”

• Special Boards

• Other Rights for Military Personnel

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Conclusion• Detailed system should be in place to ensure fair

and efficient promotions

• Promotion procedures should be detailed and clear

• Appeals system

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