§574 Warrant Officer Active-duty Lists; Competitive Categories; Number to Be Recommended for Promotion; Promotion Zones

Summary

Each military service leader must keep one up-to-date list of all active-duty warrant officers (except those covered by section 582). The leader can group warrant officers into promotion categories. Officers only compete for promotion with others in their same category. Before a promotion board meets, the leader must pick for each grade or grade-and-category how many officers can be recommended for promotion and set the promotion zone for officers on the list. The list order is by how long someone has served in their current grade, and then by their rank within that grade. If a warrant officer takes a temporary job or appointment in a different grade, they keep their place on the list. A chief warrant officer cannot be considered for the next higher grade until they have completed two years of active-duty service in their current grade.