§14305 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Before a required promotion board meets, the military department secretary must set a promotion zone for officers in each rank and competitive group. The zone is made from officers who meet the promotion-eligibility rules and are otherwise fit for promotion. To pick how many go in the zone, the secretary must estimate three things: how many officers that group will need in the next-higher rank in each of the next five years; how many must be considered because of any maximum-in-grade rules; and how many should be placed in the zone each year for the next five years so promotion chances stay roughly equal.

Title 10, §14305

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(a)Before convening a mandatory promotion board under section 14101(a) of this title, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall establish a promotion zone for officers serving in each grade and competitive category to be considered by the board.

(b)The Secretary concerned shall determine the number of officers in the promotion zone for officers serving in any grade and competitive category from among officers who are eligible for promotion in that grade and competitive category under the provisions of section 14303 and 14304 of this title and who are otherwise eligible for promotion.

(c)The Secretary’s determination under subsection (b) shall be made on the basis of an estimate of the following:

(1)The number of officers needed in that competitive category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years.

(2)In the case of a promotion zone for officers to be promoted to a grade to which the maximum years of in grade criteria established in section 14304 of this title apply, the number of officers in that competitive category who are required to be considered for selection for promotion to the next higher grade under that section.

(3)The number of officers that should be placed in the promotion zone in each of the next five years to provide to officers in those years relatively similar opportunities for promotion.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

§14305 Establishment of Promotion Zones: Mandatory Consideration for Promotion

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Title 10, §14305

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