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

Summary

Before a promotion board meets to consider officers for ranks above first lieutenant (or lieutenant, junior grade), the Secretary of the military department must set a promotion zone for officers in each rank and competitive category. The Secretary must pick how many eligible officers go into each promotion zone. That choice must be based on five-year estimates of: how many will be needed in the next higher rank; how many will be serving in that higher rank; if section 523 applies, how many are authorized to be on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal years; and how many should be placed in the zone each year to give similar promotion chances.

Title 10, §623

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(a)Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to any grade above first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), 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. Such determination shall be made on the basis of an estimate of—

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

(2)the number of officers to be serving in that competitive category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years;

(3)in the case of a promotion zone for officers to be promoted to a grade to which section 523 of this title is applicable, the number of officers authorized for such grade under such section to be on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal years; and

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

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe

Regulations

under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an

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of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

§623 Establishment of Promotion Zones

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Title 10, §623

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