MILPER MESSAGE NUMBER : 06-103
AHRC-MSP-E
DA DIRECTED PROMOTION LIST INTEGRATION TO SERGEANT (SGT) PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE 2006
Issued: [04/05/2006]...
A. AR 600-8-19, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS AND REDUCTIONS, 10 JAN 06
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 JUNE 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THE PROCEDURES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SUPERSEDED OR RESCINDED.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 APRIL 2006, (WHICH POTENTIALLY
AFFECTS PROMOTIONS FOR 1 JUNE 2006) NLT 1400 HRS EST 5
APRIL 2006 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 JUNE 06 (AS A PROCEDURAL
EXCEPTION), ON 5 APRIL 06, 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
990604 OR 200604 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 17 APRIL 2006.
9. ON 20 APRIL 2006, 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:
VENUS.CARPENTER@HOFFMAN.ARMY.MIL, DSN: 221-6807.
10. ONCE CUT-OFF SCORES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR 1 JUNE
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 MAY
2006 FOR ALL PROMOTIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JUNE 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 200604.
THIS IS TO ENSURE POINTS ARE EFFECTIVE TWO (2) MONTHS PRIOR
(04=APRIL FOR A 1 JUNE 06 PROMOTION), JUST AS IS DONE CURRENTLY
WITH ACTUAL BOARD APPEARANCES. THEREFORE, AS AN EXAMPLE,
THOSE SELECTED FOR PROMOTION FOR 1 JUNE 2006 UNDER THIS
POLICY WILL HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 200604.
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 JUNE 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, PARAGRAPH 3-19.
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. POINT OF CONTACT IS SGM COON AT DSN 221-5101, COMMERCIAL
(703)325-5101 OR MR GRANT AT DSN 221-3959 OR COMMERCIAL
(703) 325-3959.