Posted on Oct 31, 2022
When switching from the Army Reserve to Active duty as a promotable CPL, do you have to go to an Active Duty Board?
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I'm currently at the tail end of transferring from Reserves to Active. My promotion packet was submitted awhile back and I'm wondering since the Reserves doesn't have an in-person board if I'll have to restart the promotion process and go to the board when I get to my Active unit. My situation isn't a common one so it's hard to find guidance on it. My instinct tells me I'll have to completely restart the promotion process, but I'm hoping maybe I'll get lucky.
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To your specific question, yes - you'll have to redo it. Not sure why you weren't getting the answer from your folks as the regulation (600-8-19) is pretty clear on it:
5–21. Reassignment prior to promotion
a. When a Soldier is reassigned outside the jurisdiction of the promotion authority, he or she must be removed from the PPRL. A copy of the PPRL will be forwarded to the Soldier’s gaining command.
So, you're removed from the promotion list but basically the recommendation that you be promoted is forwarded to your gaining command.
5–21. Reassignment prior to promotion
a. When a Soldier is reassigned outside the jurisdiction of the promotion authority, he or she must be removed from the PPRL. A copy of the PPRL will be forwarded to the Soldier’s gaining command.
So, you're removed from the promotion list but basically the recommendation that you be promoted is forwarded to your gaining command.
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Unless you have active duty prior service, you don't even have enough time in the Army to be considered for promotion or a board
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CPL (Join to see)
Luckily I’ve spent a good majority of my reserve contract on active duty status. I think I should be good on that, or at least waiverable.
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COL Randall C.
I believe (correct me if I'm wrong SFC (Join to see)) he's referring to your TIS requirements.
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CPL (Join to see)
COL Randall C. - They’re honoring my TIS and DOR from my reserve time. I think I should be good to go as far as that stuff goes, but I guess I’ll find out more when I get to the other side. It would seem silly to keep a promotable CPL from promotion just because of a component switch, but then again the army is gonna army.
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SFC (Join to see)
CPL (Join to see) I know that people going from AC to RC keep their promotable status, but I've never seen anything that addresses the other direction. Even if your promotable status doesn't transfer, if you have enough active duty time, you will go before a promotion board as soon as you arrive at your next unit.
The Active Component is very adamant about the fact they feel that your immediate leaders should have the choice to select you for promotion to NCO, not some broad promotion policy. We had a mandatory integration list for a while that automatically made E4s promotable after a while. But 1SGs and CSMs threw such a fit about it, that it was removed within a few years for E4s.
The Active Component is very adamant about the fact they feel that your immediate leaders should have the choice to select you for promotion to NCO, not some broad promotion policy. We had a mandatory integration list for a while that automatically made E4s promotable after a while. But 1SGs and CSMs threw such a fit about it, that it was removed within a few years for E4s.
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