10 U.S.C. § 14302 — Promotion zones
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-337 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 490 words · no verdicts yet
This law defines a "promotion zone," the group of reserve officers a mandatory board reviews for the next grade. It sets rules for who counts as in, above, or below the zone. Seniority compared to a Secretary-picked officer decides the boundaries.
(a) Promotion Zones Generally. A promotion zone is the group of officers a mandatory board considers. It includes officers on the reserve active-status list*, in the same grade* and competitive category, who meet (1) and (2) together, or who meet (3). (1)(A) For grades below colonel (Army*, Air Force, Marine Corps) or below captain (Navy), officers qualify if they have not failed selection for the next grade and have not been removed from a promotion list for that grade. (B) For colonel or brigadier general (Army, Marine Corps) or captain or rear admiral lower half (Navy), officers qualify if they were not already recommended for the next grade when considered in the zone, and have not been removed from a promotion list for that grade. (2) An officer* qualifies if senior to, or equal to, the officer the Secretary names as the most junior officer in the zone. (3) An officer instead qualifies if: (A) selected from below the zone or by a vacancy board, but removed from that promotion list; (B) not later failed selection for the next grade; and (C) senior to, or equal to, the officer the Secretary names as the most junior officer in the zone.
(b) Officers Above the Zone. An officer on the reserve active-status list is above the zone if the officer: (1) is eligible for consideration for the next grade; (2) is in the same grade and competitive category as officers in the zone; and (3) is senior to the most senior officer in the zone.
(c) Officers Below the Zone. An officer on the reserve active-status list is below the zone if the officer: (1) is eligible for consideration for the next grade; (2) is in the same grade and competitive category as officers in the zone; and (3) is junior to the most junior officer in the zone.
For purposes of this chapter, a promotion zone is an eligibility category for the consideration of officers by a mandatory promotion board. A promotion zone consists of those officers on the reserve active-status list* who are in the same grade* and competitive category and who meet the requirements of both paragraphs (1) and (2) or the requirements of paragraph (3), as follows:
In the case of officers in grades below colonel, for reserve officers of the Army*, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or captain, for officers of the Navy Reserve, those who have neither (i) failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (ii) been removed from a list of officers recommended for promotion to that grade.
In the case of officers in the grade of colonel or brigadier general, for reserve officers of the Army and Marine Corps, or in the grade of captain or rear admiral (lower half), for reserve officers of the Navy, those who have neither (i) been recommended for promotion to the next higher grade when considered in the promotion zone, nor (ii) been removed from a list of officers recommended for promotion to that grade.
Those officers who are senior to the officer* designated by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be the junior officer in the promotion zone eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade and the officer so designated.
Those officers who—
have been selected from below the zone for promotion to the next higher grade or by a vacancy promotion board, but whose names were removed from the list of officers recommended for promotion to that next higher grade resulting from that selection;
have not failed of selection for promotion to that next higher grade; and
are senior to the officer designated by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be the junior officer in the promotion zone eligible for consideration for promotion to that next higher grade and the officer so designated.
Officers on the reserve active-status list are considered to be above the promotion zone for a grade and competitive category if they—
are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;
are in the same grade as those officers in the promotion zone for that competitive category; and
are senior to the senior officer in the promotion zone for that competitive category.
Officers on the reserve active-status list are considered to be below the promotion zone for a grade and competitive category if they—
are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;
are in the same grade as those officers in the promotion zone for that competitive category; and
are junior to the junior officer in the promotion zone for that competitive category.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2932; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(RR), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3234.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-337 · 108 Stat. 2932
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3234
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-337 on 1994-10-05.
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