COL David W. Craft PhD D(ABMM)Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

FY10 Major AMEDD Board

Promotion Board Update

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Conduct all centralized active component officer selection boards Provide administrative and technical support to DA Selection Boards Coordinate membership for DA Selection BoardsOur MissionOVERVIEW

The Sec Armys MOI

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Board Room Procedures and Security No personal knowledge allowed* BOARD OPS All board members & a recorder must be present for board discussions, deliberations and decisions No informal office visits (to include career managers) All board related material & discussion stays in the board room No visitors allowed in the board room

(AR 600-8-29)BOARD OPS

Board Member VotingBOARD OPS

Phase I-In/Above Zone Voting (FQ) Phase II-BZ Voting Phase III -Comparison & Requirements Phase IV-Show Cause Phase V-PaperworkBOARD OPS

Identify Fully Qualified Officers Vote Files (1 thru 6 +/-) ID Possible Show Cause Cases Establish OML Establish Fully Qualified LinePHASE I

Word Picture (IAZ)6 +/-5 +/-4 +/-3 +/-2 +/-1 Top FewSuperior PerformerSuperior Potential

Select Ahead of PeersOutstanding PerformerOutstanding PotentialSelect with PeersSolid PerformerGood PotentialSelect if there is a RequirementAverage Performer/PotentialDo not SelectWeak PerformerShow CauseFULLY QUALIFIEDNOT FULLY QUALIFIEDNOT FULLY QUALIFIEDFULLY QUALIFIEDFULLY QUALIFIEDFULLY QUALIFIED

FULLY QUALIFIEDMAX Score MIN ScorePHASE IIdentify Fully Qualified Officers

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AR 600-8-29 Officer Promotions1-34b. Below the zone promotions are an essential part of the promotion system. They are intended to provide officers of exceptional ability an opportunity to advance quickly to more responsible positions, help retain high quality officers, and give officers an incentive to perform at their highest level.PHASE IIIdentify Potential BZ Selects

DA MEMO 600-2 The Army must identify its best officers and promote them earlier to afford them sufficient remaining service to be available as our senior leaders. Officers selected from BZ replace those who otherwise would be promoted from in and above the promotion zone; therefore, they must be clearly superior to those who would otherwise be promoted.PHASE IIIdentify Potential BZ Selects

Screen Vote: YES/NO/SCPHASE IIIdentify Potential BZ SelectsBZ MOI Guidance: MIN = 0, MAX= 2 Hard Vote: 2-6+/-

18YES17YES16YES15YES14YES13YES12YES11YES10YES4YES3YES2YES1YES0YES

OML #SCORE178+13277-1377-4475-1575674+7773-4872+3972+21071-51160+11255+11326

Phase I: Fully Qualified LinePhase III: Tentatively Best Qualified LineRequirements:Optimum = 10Max BZs = 2

Order of Merit List (OML)

NAMERANKSKILLSCOREOML #JONESMAJA60+101SMITHMAJA60+92JAMESMAJC603JOHNMAJB584DOEMAJD58-15SCHMOEMAJA58-46KELLYMAJC57+97GIBSONMAJC57+88JACOBSMAJA57+79STEWARTMAJB56+1010BARRETTMAJD56+1010ANDERSONMAJB5412HARVEYMAJB5313COXMAJC53-214MICHAELSMAJC2915MAYOMAJAR2716FRITZMAJAR2617

IAZ OMLFully Qualified

Not FullyQualifiedTBQBZ OML The lowest scoring BZ officer is compared against the highest scoring I/AZ Officer Head to Head comparisonPhase III: Identify Best Qualified Officers

Order of Merit List (OML) The I/AZ File, Stewart is compared against a BZ file, Smith and the BZ file is found to be not clearly superior. The I/AZ File, Barrett is compared against a BZ file, Janson and the BZ file is found to be clearly superior.

Phase I: Fully Qualified LinePhase III:Best Qualified LineRequirements:Optimum = 10Max = 11Max BZs = 2

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AdjournmentSec A Acts on ResultsRecorder will notify member Method of selection (ie Best or Fully Qualified)Board composition (representation, number of members, makeup)

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**The following briefing was prepared by the staff officers of the Secretariat for Department of the Army Officer Selection Boards. *Our primary mission is to conduct all active component OFFICER selection boards. Enlisted, reserve and national guard boards are conducted elsewhere.

We provide board support comprised of active duty U.S. Army commissioned officers who are senior in their respective ranks. We also employ various civilian support personnel ranging from GS4s to GS11s.

These personnel provide the critical administrative and technical support required to operate our selection boards.

Another important mission we undertake is the coordination of DA selection board membership.

*Of all written guidance applicable to our selection boards, the convening authoritys Memorandum of Instruction (MOI) is perhaps the most important document. It serves as that particular boards operations order and contains specific guidance from the convening authority (usually the Secretary or Chief of Staff of the Army).

The most important guidance contained in the MOI is the minimum and maximum selection capability and guidance pertaining to any special skill requirements to meet the needs of the Army (Best Qualified boards). This information changes significantly between boards.

This slide lists typical information found in the MOI.

*Both officer and enlisted board membership selection is coordinated by the DA Secretariat. This slide depicts minimum board member requirements for officer selection boards as dictated by law and Army policy. The bottom line with board membership is that membership is designed to reflect the population of officers being considered for selection.*Throughout the board process, the DA Secretariat constantly stresses board room security and maintaining the sanctity of the board process.

The Oath. All personnel must take the following oath or affirmation prior to sitting as a member, recorder or in an administrative support capacity:

" I , ______________________, I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will, without prejudice or partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the Army, perform the duties imposed upon me, and that I will not divulge the proceedings or results thereof pertaining to the selection or non-selection of individual officers except to proper authority.

If at any time a board member violates this oath, then he or she may be relieved of their duties by the convening authority. Violations of this oath after the boards recessed can result in strict UCMJ admonishment.

Personal knowledge (PK) is defined as a board members first hand knowledge of an officer competing for selection. Unless stated in the MOI, board members will NOT share PK with fellow board members, nor can it be adopted as a board criteria for voting. Board members can only apply it to their own voting criteria. For a majority of our boards, PK is NOT authorized*.

*PK is typically authorized for General Officer boards (BG, MG, etc.) and Special Mission Unit Command boards. When PK is authorized, the DA Secretariat implements it in a formal and controlled manner. Only first hand PK is allowed. Prohibited from these PK discussions are hearsay, the opinion of non board members and spouse information.

Once board members are sworn in, they will spend a majority of their time within the DA Secretariat during the duty day (0730-1700). They are prohibited from making office calls with agencies throughout HRC until after recess and cannot reveal their membership on a board until the results have been publicly released. *27The DA Secretariat conducts two types of selection boards: Fully and Best qualified.

Fully qualified boards have NO numerical constraints on officers to select. These boards have the capacity to select every eligible officer if a majority of the board finds them Fully Qualified for selection. Fully Qualified officers are those whose demonstrated potential unequivocally warrants their selection. Best qualified boards, however, have minimum and maximum numerical constraints and requirements to select a certain number of officers with special skills (MOS, branch, etc.) to meet the needs of the Army. A majority of the boards we conduct are best qualified boards.*24Once all administrative briefings and practice voting is complete and board members are comfortable with the guidance from the convening authority, board members will combine the critical elements depicted here and vote files for record.

Concept briefings on Command, School and Promotion boards can be found on this website under the Board Briefings tab. *****