WALTER REED ARMY
INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH
COL David W. Craft PhD D(ABMM)
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Promotion Board Update
FY10 Major AMEDD Board
Secretariat for
OVERVIEW
Our Mission
• Conduct all centralized active
component officer selection boards
• Provide administrative and
technical support to DA Selection
Boards
• Coordinate membership for DA
Selection Boards
OVERVIEW
The Sec Army’s MOI
• Provides MAX & MIN selection
ENCLOSURES
capability
• Provides Special Skill Requirements
• Authority for Board
SEC ARMY
• Board Mission
COVER
• Defines Zones of Consideration
MEMO
• OER Cut-off Authority
• Additional Guidance from SA as required
(OER, Training Base, Reserve Component Duty)
• Joint Duty Goals
• EO Information
OVERVIEW
Board Member Selection
Statute (Title X) Requires: Army Policy Requires:
5 or more active duty members Branch representation
Senior to officers being Ethnic and female
considered representation
Reserve officer representation LTC (O5) or above
Joint representation 50% O5/O6 CSL
Cannot sit 2 consecutive Commander
boards
BOARD OPS
Board Room Procedures and Security
• No personal knowledge allowed*
All board members & a recorder must be present
•
for board discussions, deliberations and decisions
• No informal office visits (to include career
managers)
• No visitors allowed in the board room
• All board related material & discussion
stays in the board room
BOARD OPS
(AR 600-8-29)
Fully Qualified Best Qualified
100% Select Rate Capability Numerical Constraints
“… qualified professionally Fully qualified officers who
and morally to perform the “meet specific branch,
duties expected of an functional area or skill
officer in the next higher requirements”… to meet the
grade.” Needs of the Army.
(SELCON) (Command & most promotion boards)
BOARD OPS
Board Member Voting
Word
MOI
+ + + Picture
1 - 6+
CONVENING BOARD FILE SCORING
BOARD MEMBER
AUTHORITY’S MOI CRITERIA
EXPERIENCE &
JUDGMENT
= VOTE
BOARD OPS
• Phase I - In/Above Zone Voting (FQ)
• Phase II - BZ Voting
• Phase III - Comparison & Requirements
• Phase IV - Show Cause
• Phase V - Paperwork
PHASE I
Identify Fully Qualified Officers
• Vote Files (1 thru 6 +/-)
• ID Possible Show Cause Cases
• Establish OML
• Establish Fully Qualified Line
Word Picture (IAZ)
Top Few
6 +/- Superior Performer FULLY QUALIFIED
Superior Potential
Select Ahead of Peers
5 +/- Outstanding Performer FULLY QUALIFIED
Outstanding Potential
Select with Peers
4 +/- Solid Performer FULLY QUALIFIED
Good Potential
Select if there is a Requirement
3 +/- Average Performer/Potential
FULLY QUALIFIED
Do not Select NOT FULLY QUALIFIED
2 +/- Weak Performer
Show Cause NOT FULLY QUALIFIED
1
PHASE I
Identify Fully Qualified Officers
1
MAX
FULLY Score
2
IAZ QUALIFIED 3
4
Population 5
6
7
8
9
10
11
• Determine “FQ” line 12
13 MIN
NOT FULLY 14 Score
QUALIFIED 15
PHASE II
Identify Potential BZ Selects
AR 600-8-29 Officer Promotions
1-34b. 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 II
Identify 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 II
Identify Potential BZ Selects
Screen Vote: Hard Vote:
YES/NO/SC
2-6+/-
18 YES OML # SCORE
17 YES 1 78+13
16 YES 2 77-1
15 YES 3 77-4
14 YES 4 75-1
13 YES BZ MOI Guidance:
5 75
12 YES MIN = 0, MAX= 2 74+7
6
11 YES 7 73-4
10 YES 8 72+3
4 YES 9 72+2
3 YES 10 71-5
2 YES 11 60+1
1 YES 12 55+1
0 YES 13 26
Order of Merit List (OML)
OML
NAME RANK SKILL SCORE
#
Requirements: JONES MAJ A 60+10 1
SMITH MAJ A 60+9 2
Optimum = 10 JAMES MAJ C 60 3
Max BZs = 2 JOHN MAJ B 58 4
DOE MAJ D 58-1 5
SCHMOE MAJ A 58-4 6
KELLY MAJ C 57+9 7
I/AZ GIBSON MAJ C 57+8 8
Comparison Files JACOBS MAJ A 57+7 9
STEWART MAJ B 56+10 10
Phase III: Tentatively BARRETT MAJ D 56+10 10
Best Qualified Line ANDERSON MAJ B 54 12
HARVEY MAJ B 53 13
Phase I: Fully COX MAJ C 53-2 14
MICHAELS MAJ C 29 15
Qualified Line NOT FULLY QUALIFIED
MAYO MAJ AR 27 16
FRITZ MAJ AR 26 17
Phase III:
Identify Best Qualified Officers
BZ OML
IAZ OML
1
2*
2
1
TBQ
9
10
• The lowest scoring BZ officer is
Fully compared against the highest
Qualified scoring I/AZ Officer
• Head to Head comparison
Not Fully
Qualified
Order of Merit List (OML)
OML
NAME RANK SKILL SCORE #
Requirements:
P1 JANSON MAJ C
Optimum = 10 P2 JONES MAJ A 60+10 1
Max = 11 P3 SMITH MAJ A 60+9 2
P4 JAMES MAJ C 60 3
Max BZs = 2
P5 JOHN MAJ B 58 4
I/AZ FILE IS P6 DOE MAJ D 58-1 5
DISPLACED; P7 SCHMOE MAJ A 58-4 6
OFFICER NOT P8 KELLY MAJ C 57+9 7
RECOMMENDED FOR P9 GIBSON MAJ C 57+8 8
PROMOTION
P10 JACOBS MAJ A 57+7 9
P11 STEWART MAJ B 56+10 10
Phase III: BARRETT MAJ D 55 11
ANDERSON MAJ B 54 12
Best Qualified Line
HARVEY MAJ B 53 13
COX MAJ C 53-2 14
MICHAELS MAJ C 29 15
Phase I: Fully MAYO NOT FULLY QUALIFIED 27
MAJ AR 16
Qualified Line FRITZ MAJ AR 26 17
MAY / MAY NOT SUMMARY
Recess (Today) Adjournment Release
Sec A Acts on Results Results Published
Recorder will notify member Specifics of MOI
Procedures, General (as published)
Method of selection
– Concept of ops. (ie Best or Fully Qualified) Statistics
Board composition (as published)
Processes
(Tools for Consistency) (representation, number of What it took to be
– Voting tools members, makeup) selected
– Word picture Name of specific
– Scoring system board served on
– ASBS
• Comments concerning individuals or groups of
individuals made during Deliberations.
File Make-Up
• Relative Standing of any individual or groups of
Contents of Information individuals on the Order of Merit List.
Briefings
• Any Statistical Analysis not published with board
results.
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