TRMN:Membership Handbook:PromotionBoards

Promotion Criteria

Normal

To be eligible for promotion, whether via board review or, for the lower enlisted ranks, promotion by commanding officer, the candidate must have the following:

• The required time in grade
• A score of at least 70 percent on the qualifying exam
• A minimum combined criteria weight of 80 percent
• A billet must exist for:
  • Enlisted members being promoted to chief petty officer (E-7) or higher
  • Warrant officers being promoted to chief warrant officer (W-3) or higher
  • Officers being promoted to lieutenant senior grade (O-3) or higher

The weight of each will be as follows:

• Time in Grade – 25 percent
• Qualifying Exam:
  • 70 percent on Exam – 20 percent
  • 80 percent on Exam – 30 percent
  • 90 percent on Exam – 40 percent
  • 100 percent on Exam – 50 percent
• Commanding officer’s recommendation:
  • Negative recommendation, but application submitted – 5 percent
  • Neutral recommendation – 20 percent
  • Good recommendation – 25 percent
  • Excellent recommendation – 35 percent
• If SWP or branch equivalent complete – 10 percent

Using this scale, it is possible to get promoted with either a 70 percent or a negative recommendation, but such a promotion requires time in grade and a 100 percent score on the qualifying exam.

To be eligible for civilian promotion via board review, the candidate must have the following:

• A majority (at least 75 percent) of the recommended time in grade
• A score of at least 70 percent on the qualifying civil service exam
• A minimum combined criteria weight of 80 percent
• A position:
  • Must exist for a civilian being promoted to C-13 or higher
  • Should exist for a civilian being promoted to C-5 or higher

The weight of each will be as follows:

• Time in Grade:
  • 75 percent of TIG – 15 percent
  • 90 percent of TIG – 20 percent
  • 100 percent of TIG – 25 percent
• Qualifying Exam:
  • 70 percent on Exam – 20 percent
  • 80 percent on Exam – 30 percent
  • 90 percent on Exam – 40 percent
  • 100 percent on Exam – 50 percent
• Supervisors Recommendation:
  • Negative recommendation, but application submitted–5 percent
  • Neutral recommendation–15 percent
  • Good recommendation–20 percent
  • Excellent recommendation–30 percent

Using this scale, it is possible to get promoted with either a 70 percent or a negative recommendation, but such a promotion requires time in grade and a 100 percent score on the qualifying exam

Special

To be eligible for special promotion, whether via board review or, for the lower enlisted ranks, promotion by commanding officer, the candidate must have the following:

• Be no more than half way outside the time in grade window
• A score of at least 90% on the qualifying exam
• A minimum combined criteria weight of 90 percent
• A billet must exist for:
  • enlisted members being promoted to Chief Petty Officer (E-7) or higher
  • Warrant officers being promoted to Chief Warrant 0fficer (W-3) or higher
  • Officers being promoted to Lieutenant (Senior Grade) (O-3) or higher

The weight of each will be as follows:

• Time in Grade–25 percent minus 2 percent for each month outside the window for enlisted members and minus 5 percent for each month outside the window for warrant officers and officers.
• Qualifying Exam:
  • 90 percent on exam–40 percent
  • 100 percent on exam–50 percent
• Commanding Officer’s Recommendation:
  • Negative recommendation, but application submitted–5 percent
  • Neutral recommendation–15 percent
  • Good recommendation–30 percent
  • Excellent recommendation–40 percent

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