§20251 Failure of Selection for Promotion

Summary

Applies sections 14501, 14503, 14504, 631, and 632 to promotions of officers on the Space Force officer list, with some changes. Any mention in those laws of the reserve active‑status list or the active‑duty list means the Space Force officer list. Any mention of a promotion board under section 14201 or section 611 means a board under section 20211. The part of section 14501 that talks about an officer “above the promotion zone” does not apply to Space Force promotions. When using sections 631 or 632, a reference to qualifying for retirement under certain sections must be read as qualifying under any law except chapter 61. For counting failed promotions, a Space Force officer is not treated as having failed twice until the officer has failed the maximum number of promotion opportunities for that grade and competitive category under section 20234. Whenever other sections refer to a second failure, they must be read to mean failing that maximum number of times under section 20234.