DA DIRECTED PROMOTION LIST INTEGRATION TO SERGEANT (SGT) CLARIFICATION TO CURRENT POLICY AS WELL AS GUIDANCE FOR PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2006
A. AR 600-8-19, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS AND REDUCTIONS, 25 JAN 05
B. AR 601-208, ARMY RETENTION PROGRAM, 31 MAR 99.
C. HQDA (DAPE-MPE) Message, 251601Z FEB 05, SAB.
1. THIS MESSAGE NUMBER WILL EXPIRE NLT NOV 06; HOWEVER, THE PROCEDURES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUPERSEDED OR RESCINDED.
2. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO ACTIVE ARMY SOLDIERS.
3. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE TO THE AUTOMATIC PROMOTION LIST INTEGRATION FOR SOLDIERS THAT MEET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA.
4. APPLICABILITY: SOLDIERS IN THE GRADE OF E-4 WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY INTEGRATED ONTO THE RECOMMENDED LIST PROVIDED THEY ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR RECOMMENDED LIST CONSIDERATION DESPITE LACKING THE ACTUAL PROMOTION BOARD APPEARANCE:
A. FORTY-SIX (46) MONTHS TIME IN SERVICE (TIS) (TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION NET FORTY-EIGHT (48) MONTHS),
B. TEN (10) MONTHS TIME IN GRADE (TIG) (TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION NET TWELVE (12) MONTHS),
C. OTHERWISE NOT INELIGIBLE (IAW AR 600-8-19),
D. NOT OTHERWISE DENIED BY THE COMMANDER.
5. HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND (HRC) ENLISTED PROMOTIONS BRANCH, WILL POST A LIST OF SOLDIERS WHO ACCORDING TO HRC SYSTEMS HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED THE AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST CRITERIA FOR RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION EFFECTIVE 1 NOVEMBER 2005, (WHICH POTENTIALLY AFFECTS PROMOTIONS FOR 1 JANUARY 2006) NLT 1400 HRS EST 3 NOVEMBER 2005 TO THE PROMOTIONS WEB SITE.
6. UPON POSTING DATE, PERSONNEL WORK CENTERS (PWC) ARE TO EXTRAPOLATE THOSE PERSONNEL FROM THE RECOMMENDED LIST WITHIN THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AND NOTIFY THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMANDS OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY. INDIVIDUAL UNITS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS, BUT ANY ACTIONS TAKEN TO DENY A SOLDIER FROM THE AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE PWC.
7. SUBSEQUENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION/RECEIPT OF THIS LIST, COMMANDERS MUST DETERMINE WHETHER A SOLDIER SHOULD BE DENIED AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION WITH 350 POINTS. THE DENIAL RECOMMENDATION IS INITIATED BY THE UNIT COMMANDER AND APPROVED BY THE PROMOTION AUTHORITY LTC/05. IF A SOLDIER IS DENIED AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION, COUNSELING MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED IAW AR 600-8-19, PARA 1-26.
8. TO AFFECT PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 06 (AS A PROCEDURAL EXCEPTION), ON 3 NOVEMBER 05, ALL SOLDIERS LISTED ON THE ROSTER THAT ENLISTED PROMOTIONS BRANCH POSTED, WILL BE GIVEN 350 POINTS. THE PWC CAN VIEW THESE SOLDIERS ON EDAS ON THE PP SCREEN. THESE SOLDIERS WILL BE LISTED WITH 350 POINTS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 990511 OR 200511 IF SELECTED FOR PROMOTION. THE PWC MUST DELETE THE 350 POINTS ON ANY SOLDIER WHO THE UNIT COMMANDER DETERMINES SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED FOR AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION. ALL ACTIONS TO DELETE THE POINTS ON NON-SELECTED SOLDIERS MUST BE ACHIEVED NLT 18 NOVEMBER 2005.
9. ON 19 NOVEMBER 2005, THOSE SOLDIERS IN EDAS, THAT MET THE CRITERIA IN PARAGRAPH 5, WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PROMOTABLE SOLDIERS AND THEIR POINTS WILL NOT BE DELETED AFTER THIS DATE WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES OF PARAGRAPH 17 OF THIS MESSAGE. ADDITIONALLY, UNIT RETENTION NCOS WILL ENSURE ERUP CODES REFLECT CURRENT ELIGIBILITY AS RELATED TO FIFTEEN (15) YEARS.
A. PROCESSING PROCEDURES:
(1) CAREER COUNSELORS WILL COORDINATE WITH THEIR LOCAL PERSONNEL WORK CENTERS AND COMMANDERS TO IDENTIFY SOLDIERS AFFECTED BY THIS MESSAGE.
(2) CAREER COUNSELORS WILL UPDATE THE SOLDIER’S IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENT CODE USING ORDER OF PRECEDENCE.
B. POINT OF CONTACT THIS MESSAGE IS SGM CARPENTER, EMAIL: [email protected], DSN: 221-6807.
10. ONCE CUT-OFF SCORES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR 1 JANUARY 2006 PROMOTIONS, THOSE MEETING OR EXCEEDING CUT-OFF SCORES BY BOARD APPEARANCE, AND OTHERWISE FULLY ELIGIBLE, WILL BE PROMOTED FIRST. IF, AFTER REVIEW, THERE IS STILL A REQUIREMENT FOR PROMOTIONS, HRC WILL SELECT THAT REQUIREMENT FROM THOSE SOLDIERS LISTED WITH 350 POINTS AND OTHERWISE FULLY ELIGIBLE. THE PWC WILL PULL THEIR BY-NAME PROMOTION LIST NLT 15 DECEMBER 2005 FOR ALL PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2006. THE BY-NAME PROMOTION LIST WILL INCLUDE SOLDIERS, IF NEEDED, FROM THE AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDED LIST INTEGRATION IN MOS’ BASED ON:
A. DATE OF RANK
B. BASIC ACTIVE SERVICE DATE
11. THE PWC WILL DETERMINE WHICH SOLDIERS WERE GIVEN POINTS UNDER THIS POLICY. ONCE THE SOLDIERS ARE SELECTED FOR PROMOTION, THEIR POINTS REMAIN 350, BUT THEIR EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE 200511. THIS IS TO ENSURE POINTS ARE EFFECTIVE TWO (2) MONTHS PRIOR (11= NOVEMBER FOR A 1 JANUARY 06 PROMOTION), JUST AS IS DONE CURRENTLY WITH ACTUAL BOARD APPEARANCES. THEREFORE, AS AN EXAMPLE, THOSE SELECTED FOR PROMOTION FOR 1 JANUARY 2006 UNDER THIS POLICY WILL HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 200511.
12. THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PWC TO VALIDATE THOSE SOLDIERS SELECTED FOR PROMOTION FOR ELIGIBILITY IS UNCHANGED. HOWEVER, THOSE SOLDIERS SELECTED UNDER THIS POLICY WILL NOT HAVE A DA FORM 3355. SUBSEQUENT TO VALIDATION, THE PWC IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH PROMOTION ORDERS AND SUBMIT THE PROMOTION TO SGT TRANSACTION WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1 JANUARY 2006.
13. IF AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT, A COMMANDER DETERMINES A SOLDIER IS INELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION, FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES IN DENYING A PROMOTION AS OUTLINED IN AR 600-8-19, CHAPTER 3.
14. UNTIL AUTOMATION IS DEVELOPED TO INCORPORATE THESE CHANGES (APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS), ALL ACTIONS AT HRC WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED OFF-LINE, I.E. THE LIST OF ELIGIBLES BEING POSTED TO THE WEB.
15. MILPER MESSAGES WILL BE POSTED MONTHLY TO PROVIDE CURRENT TIMELINES AND GUIDANCE. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS CAN BE UPDATED, AND THEN THE STANDARDIZATION OF REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND BECOME PERMANENT POLICY.
16. ANY EXCEPTIONS TO POLICY MUST BE DIRECTED TO THIS OFFICE.
17. IF A UNIT INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED A SOLDIER, AND THAT SOLDIER WAS ERRONEOUSLY LIST INTEGRATED, THE ONLY WAY THAT COMMAND CAN GET THE SOLDIER REMOVED FROM THE LIST IS TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES OF AR 600-8-19, CHAPTER 3, PARAGRAPH 3-28, AUTOMATIC REMOVALS VERSUS A REMOVAL BOARD.
18. SOLDIERS ADDED TO THE RECOMMENDED LIST IN THIS MANNER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RE-COMPUTATIONS. FURTHER, SOLDIERS WHO DESIRE TO RECEIVE PROMOTION POINTS BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IAW THE EXISTING PROCESSES OUTLINED IN AR 600-8-19, MUST BE RECOMMENDED AND BOARDED BY THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND. SOLDIERS, WITH SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMANDER, CHOOSING TO APPEAR BEFORE A PROMOTION BOARD AFTER AUTOMATIC LIST INTEGRATION, ARE TO FOLLOW THE EXISTING PROVISIONS FOR TOTAL REEVALUATION.
19. IF, AFTER BOARD APPEARANCE, THE SOLDIER DOES NOT HAVE THE MINIMUM POINTS REQUIRED TO STAY ON THE STANDING LIST (LESS THAN 350) BUT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PROMOTION BOARD AND THE SOLDIER WAS PREVIOUSLY AUTOMATIC LIST INTEGRATED, THAT SOLDIER WILL REMAIN ON THE LIST WITH 350 POINTS. TO ADD ANY POINTS, THE SOLDIER MUST REAPPEAR BEFORE A PROMOTION BOARD.
20. CONVERSELY, IF A SOLDIER APPEARS BEFORE A PROMOTION BOARD, AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION, THAT SOLDIER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY AUTOMATIC LIST INTEGRATED, WILL NOT REMAIN ON THE LIST AND MUST APPEAR BEFORE A PROMOTION BOARD TO REGAIN PROMOTABLE STATUS. THE PWC WILL TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO REMOVE THE SOLDIER FROM THE PROMOTION STANDING LIST. IN ADDITION, THOSE THAT FALL WITHIN THIS CATEGORY WILL HAVE THEIR RCP ADJUSTED BACK TO PRIOR TO THE PROMOTABLE STATUS.
21. THE FOLLOWING ARE CLARIFICATIONS:
A. ENLISTED PROMOTIONS BRANCH PUBLISHES A LIST OF ELIGIBLE
SPECIALISTS/CORPORALS, TO CONSIDER AWARDING 350 PROMOTION POINTS, BASED SOLELY ON 12 MONTHS TIME IN GRADE/48 MONTHS TIME IN SERVICE. INDIVIDUAL COMMANDS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SCREEN THIS PUBLISHED LIST TO ENSURE SOLDIERS THAT ARE UNDER SUSPENSION OF FAVORABLE ACTIONS, THOSE THAT ARE BARRED FROM REENLISTMENT, OR OTHERWISE INELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION, ARE DENIED INTEGRATION TO THE PROMOTION STANDING LIST. IF A SOLDIER IS INADVERTANTLY INTEGRATED ERRONEOUSLY UNDER ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IN PARAGRAPH 3-28, AR 600-8-19, THE UNIT MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO REMOVE THAT SOLDIER. IF ERRONEOUS INTEGRATION WAS BASED SOLELY ON AN OVERSIGHT, THEN PROCEDURES IAW PARAGRAPH 3-29, AR 600-8-19 MUST BE FOLLOWED.
B. THE ORIGINAL 350 POINTS DOES NOT CARRY OVER INTO THE
OVERALL POINTS AFTER BOARD APPEARANCE, THEY ARE CANCELLED OUT BY THE BOARD APPEARANCE PROCESS.
C. A COMMAND NOR INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER CAN DENY THEMSELVES LIST
INTEGRATION BASED ON INTENTIONS OF RECEIVING SEVERANCE PAY.
22. POINT OF CONTACT IS SGM COON AT DSN 221-5101, COMMERCIAL (703)325-5101 OR SFC GREEN AT DSN 221-3958 OR COMMERCIAL (703) 325-3958.
