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Promotion Board Recommendations |
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Besides providing a numerical score for each officer, the promotion board will make
a promotion recommendation. The majority recommendation (at least 3 of 5 board members)
becomes the overall board recommendation.
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For the Permanent Grade
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Recommend
- This means that if the success rate is 100 percent, the board feels this
officer should be promoted. Just because
a board recommends an officer doesn’t
necessarily mean the officer will be promoted.
Their score must also rank the officer
high enough based on the success rates
to be above the success line (See
Promotion
Process in the Table of Contents).
Not Recommend - This means that
regardless of the score or success rate, the board does not feel this officer should
be promoted.
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If an officer gets an overall board recommendation of “Not Recommend” two consecutive
years in a row in the permanent grade, he/she will be referred to an involuntary
retirement/separation board. The promotion board members are instructed of the consequences
of a “Not Recommend” and do not make this decision lightly.
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For the Temporary Grade
there are three options: |
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Recommend
- This means that if the success rate is 100 percent, the board feels this officer should be promoted. Just
because a board recommends an officer doesn’t
necessarily mean the officer will be promoted;
their score must also rank the officer
high enough based on the success rates
to be above the success line (See
Promotion
Process in the Table of Contents).
Defer
- This means that the board feels this officer is not quite
ready to serve in the
next higher grade but is an otherwise good
officer that should be retained in the
Corps. An officer receiving a “Defer” from
the promotion board will be eligible for
promotion review the following promotion
year, but will be required to engage in counseling to improve the “promotability” of their record.
Not
Recommend - This means that regardless of the score or success rate,
the board
does not feel this officer should be promoted.
Officers will also receive an automatic
“not recommend” at the end of the board
review if they were reported by OFRD as
not meeting readiness standards at the
time of the December quarterly check.
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| If an officer gets an overall board recommendation “Not Recommend” in the temporary grade, he/she will be referred to a Retention Review Board. The promotion board members are instructed of the consequences of a “Not Recommend” and do not make this decision lightly.
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| If an officer gets an overall board recommendation “Not Recommend” in the temporary grade, he/she will be referred to a Retention Review Board. The promotion board members are instructed of the consequences of a “Not Recommend” and do not make this decision lightly.
If Promotion Boards recommend that an officer be promoted and there is an absence of any adverse actions, an officer may be considered for promotion until successful unless the officer scores/ranks in the bottom decile (10 percent) for their category and grade three consecutive years. Officers who score/rank in the bottom decile (10 percent) three consecutive years are removed from Temporary Grade promotion eligibility and will be referred to a Retention Review Board. The Retention Review Board may recommend the reinstatement of the officer’s Temporary Grade eligibility or recommend the referral of the officer to involuntary separation/retirement boards for final decision by the Assistant Secretary for Healt
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