{"id":77687,"date":"2019-11-01T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/01\/first-officer-promotion-board-to-look-at-merit-is-released\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:49:49","slug":"first-officer-promotion-board-to-look-at-merit-is-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/11\/01\/first-officer-promotion-board-to-look-at-merit-is-released\/","title":{"rendered":"First officer promotion board to look at \u2018merit\u2019 is released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/25\/how-officers-are-promoted-will-get-its-biggest-overhaul-in-decades-heres-what-that-means-for-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\"> officer promotion boards<\/a> are starting to include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/10\/09\/the-army-is-mulling-the-idea-of-a-talent-based-retention-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">merit-based considerations<\/a> that allow certain officers to be placed higher on the promotion list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majors list released on Wednesday announced the results of the Army\u2019s first officer merit promotion board. The officers selected can expect to be promoted to major in coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole process is designed to promote top performers sooner, according to service officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Army Human Resources Command convened its fiscal 2019 competitive category promotion board for majors, officials were taking advantage of a new measure allotted by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/30\/army-announces-officers-named-for-promotion-to-major-by-2019-selection-board\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635671226737744907-major-rank-insigniajpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army announces officers named for promotion to major by 2019 selection board<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The majors list shows those selected by the annual board.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Board members \u201crecommended select active duty officers serving in each of the Operations, Operations Support, Force Sustainment and Information Dominance categories for promotions to be sequenced by their board established order of merit rather than by their prior dates of rank,\u201d according to an Oct. 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/229169\/?cc\" target=_blank>Army news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers with the highest order of merit scores will be promoted at the very beginning of list execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOfficers selected from the \u2018below zone\u2019 eligible population will, in almost all instances, be among the officers at the top of the order of merit,\u201d the release reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually, merit-based promotions will be extended to those up for promotion to lieutenant colonel and colonel in select categories that will be determined by the secretary of the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers who were selected for merit promotion on the 2019 list will be promoted after the service has gone through the entire 2018 list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That date is tentatively scheduled for July 31, 2020, according to the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/30\/officer-promotions-whos-moving-up-in-november\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/officer-splash.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Officer promotions: Who\u2019s moving up in November<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">These promotions for November are to ranks from chief warrant officer 2 through colonel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor years \u2018below zone\u2019 selection is what officers have hoped to achieve as a result of stellar performance. A paradigm shift in terminology is needed to recognize that \u2018merit\u2019 is the new gold standard,&#8221; Brig. Gen. Robert W. Bennett, the Army Adjutant General, said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe chose to do this for the Major grade initially because we felt that was the most critical officer developmental inflection point for field grades,&#8221; Bennett added. \u201cWe feel the result will be a dramatic return on the investment in early advancement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army has released results of the first officer merit promotion board with a list of those moving up to the rank of 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