Army's Reserve Components Promotion Selection Board Systems, Dissimilar, Separate in Guidance and Procedures. 'Do These Selection Board Systems Really Support the Secretary of the Army's Guidance and the Promotion Statutes of Rompa in Selection the 'Best-Qualified' Officers to Meet the Army's Needs (Requirements). Are the Best Qualified Officers Being Selected to be the Future Leaders of the Army's Reserve Components.'

摘要

The Army's RC has three distinct promotion systems that are dissimilar in the methodology and procedures to choose the best-qualified officers as future leaders in the RC. This study examines the mechanics of these three different promotion systems. The enactment of ROPMA promotion policies only pertain to the RC officers considered through the DA Centralized Board process. The two Position Vacancy Boards are in fact assignment systems and promotion systems utilized to promote the fully and/or best-qualified officer to fill a specific vacancy in a geographical region. The Mandatory Board system selects the best-qualified overall to be promoted. The select objective though is based on specific branch and functional requirements. The systems are in fact working independently to achieve their respective goals. To imply they all select the best-qualified officers IAW the ROPMA statutes of promotion is a misnomer. Strong differences and opinion may be apparent concerning the merits of each system but the sole test must be: Are the best-qualified officers selected by our promotion systems' and 'Are these three selection boards providing equity and fairness to each and every officer considered in the promotion process'.