§14315 Position Vacancy Promotions: Army and Air Force Officers

Summary

Lets reserve officers in the Army Reserve or Air Force Reserve who are on the reserve active‑status list and who are first lieutenant, captain, major, or lieutenant colonel may be picked for a promotion to the next higher rank if three things are true: they are filling or have been recommended for a job in the same competitive group that is authorized at the higher rank; they meet the job qualifications the service Secretary sets; and they have served the minimum time in their current rank required by section 14303. Colonels and brigadier generals in the reserves can be considered for promotion to the next general‑officer grade when they are assigned or recommended for those duties and meet the Secretary’s standards. For Army colonels and brigadier generals, the minimum time‑in‑grade in section 14303 also applies. A vacancy promotion board convened under section 14101(a) makes the promotion decisions. Not being chosen by that board does not count as a failed selection. If an officer was ruled a failed selection under section 14501, they can only be considered or promoted under these rules if the service Secretary personally finds they are the only qualified person for the vacancy, and that finding cannot be delegated.