Enlisted Promotions and Reductions

1 UNCLASSIFIED Army Regulation 600 8 19 Personnel-General Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 16 May 2019 SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 600 8 19 Enlisted Promotions and Reductions This administrative revision, dated 3 Ju ne 2019 o Corrects an effective date for certain Soldiers to take the Master Leader Course (para 1 29a(8)(b)). This major revision, dated 16 May 2019 o Establishes exception authority to the Director of Military Personnel Management as appropriate (para 1 4a(10)). o Incorporates (from AR 600 20) date of rank policies upon enlistment, subsequent enlistment/reenlistment, and call/ordered to active duty or active duty for training (paras 1 13a through 1 13c). o Incorporates policy from AD 2015 31 (paras 1 29a(2) through (8), para 1 33d(1), and para 1 33d(1)(a)).

2 O Adds graduation of the Master Leaders Course as a promotion requirement to master sergeant (para 1 29a(8)). o Establishes a temporary promotion authority under certain conditions (para 1 36). o Revises intent, purpose, and concepts of the semi-centralized promotion system (para 3 1a). o Incorporates Army Directive 2017 23, hereby superseded (para 3 5c). o Establishes a Headquarters, Department of the Army bar to continued service when Soldiers fail to qualify themselves for promotion board appearance (para 3 11b(1)(b)l). o Requires commanders who reduce a Soldier for inefficiency from the grade of staff sergeant or sergeant, who meets the criteria for mandatory list integration, be required to initiate a bar to continued service against that Soldier (para 3 24). o Removes service remaining requirements for some Army Reserve Promotions to sergeant and staff sergeant (para 3 33).

3 O Incorporates Army Directive 2017 28 (throughout). o Changes noncommissioned officer education system to noncommissioned officer professional development system (throughout). o Incorporates the Distributed Leader Course (throughout). o Provides clarifying language (throughout). o Changes regional support commands to readiness divisions (throughout). o Updates numerous other policies (throughout). *This regulation supersedes AD 2017-23, dated 14 September 2017 and AR 600 8 19, dated 25 April 2017. AR 600 8 19 16 May 2019 UNCLASSIFIED i Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC *Army Regulation 600 8 19 16 May 2019 Effective 16 June 2019 Personnel-General Enlisted Promotions and Reductions History. This publication is a major revi-sion. Summary. This regulation prescribes policies and procedures governing promo-tions and Reductions of Army Enlisted per-sonnel.

4 This regulation includes policy statements, operating tasks, rules in support of operating tasks, and sequential steps of each operating task. It implements Section 1563, Title 10, United States Code. Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Dep-uty Chief of Staff, G 1. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling laws and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval au-thority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent.

5 Activ-ities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activ-ity s senior legal officer. All waiver re-quests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher head-quarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25 30 for specific guidance. Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provi-sions in accordance with AR 11 2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B). Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of com-mand and local forms are prohibited with-out prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 1 (DAPE MP), 300 Army Penta-gon, Washington, DC 20310 0300.

6 Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-mended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 1 (DAPE MP), 300 Army Penta-gon, Washington, DC 20310 0300. Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve. Contents (Listed by paragraph and page number) Chapter 1 Introduction, page 1 Section I Overview, page 1 Purpose 1 1, page 1 References 1 2, page 1 Explanation of abbreviations and terms 1 3, page 1 Responsibilities 1 4, page 1 Records management (recordkeeping) requirements 1 5, page 2 Objectives 1 6, page 2 Levels of work 1 7, page 3 Section II Principles and Standards, page 4 Principles of support 1 8, page 4 Standards of service 1 9, page 4 Contents Continued ii AR 600 8 19 16 May 2019 Section III Policy, page 5 promotion authorities 1 9, page 5 Non-promotable status 1 10, page 5 Suspension of favorable personnel actions for Soldiers on a Headquarters, Department of the Army centralized promo-tion list ( promotion to sergeant first class and above)

7 1 11, page 7 Precedence of relative rank 1 12, page 7 Date of rank and effective date 1 13, page 7 Computing time in grade and service 1 14, page 10 Security clearance requirements 1 15, page 10 Erroneous Promotions and de facto status 1 16, page 10 Students 1 17, page 11 Soldiers categorized as missing 1 18, page 11 promotion of terminally ill Soldiers 1 19, page 11 promotion of Soldiers in the Disability Evaluation System 1 20, page 12 Soldiers returning for duty from the temporary disability retired list 1 21, page 13 Posthumous promotion 1 22, page 14 Consideration of proposals for posthumous and honorary Promotions and appointments under provision of 10 USC 1563 1 23, page 15 promotion ceremonies and certificates 1 24, page 15 Declination of promotion 1 25, page 15 Electronic military personnel office and/or Enlisted Distribution and Assignment System transactions 1 26, page 16 Counseling of Soldiers not recommended for promotion 1 27, page 16 Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development System requirement for promotion and conditional promo-tion 1 28, page 16 Suspension of favorable personnel action 1 29, page 17 Pay inquiries 1 30, page 17 Active duty for operational support 1 31, page 18 promotion eligibility during reclassification 1 32, page 18 Physical profiles resulting from combat-related operations 1 33, page 19 Special military occupational specialty alignment promotion 1 34, page 20 Temporary promotion 1 35, page 20 Chapter 2 Decentralized Promotions .

8 Page 21 Section I Managing Decentralized Promotions , page 21 Overview 2 1, page 21 General 2 2, page 21 Section II Processing Enlisted Promotions to Private E 2, Private First Class, and Specialist, page 21 Rules 2 3, page 21 Section III Computing Waiver Allocations, page 23 Steps 2 4, page 23 Rules (specialist and below) 2 5, page 23 Steps (Regular Army only) 2 6, page 24 Section IV Correcting Erroneous Promotions (Specialist and Below), page 25 Rules 2 7, page 25 Steps 2 8, page 25 Contents Continued AR 600 8 19 16 May 2019 iii Chapter 3 Semi-centralized Promotions (Sergeant and Staff Sergeant), page 26 Section I Managing Semi-Centralized Promotions , page 26 promotion system 3 1, page 26 Delay of promotion (sergeant and staff sergeant) 3 2, page 28 Waiver authority 3 3, page 28 promotion packet 3 4, page 28 Special promotion categories 3 5, page 30 Soldiers hospitalized because of service-incurred disease, wound, or injury 3 6, page 33 Geographical separation from the promotion authority 3 7, page 34 Vacancy calculation 3 8, page 34 Section II promotion Eligibility Criteria, page 34 Eligibility criteria for recommendation and promotion 3 9, page 34 Reason codes (Regular Army only)

9 3 10, page 37 Section III Unit Level promotion Procedures, page 38 Identifying Soldiers for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant 3 11, page 38 Conducting promotion boards 3 12, page 41 Processing results of the promotion board 3 13, page 43 Convening authority responsibilities ( Army Reserve troop program units, Army Reserve elements, and multi-com-ponent units) 3 14, page 43 Section IV promotion Points, page 45 Computation of promotion points 3 15, page 45 Military training (weapons qualification, and Army Physical Fitness Test) 3 16, page 45 Awards, decorations, and achievements (permanent awards) 3 17, page 50 Military education 3 18, page 53 Civilian education 3 19, page 54 Section V The promotion Recommended List, page 55 Rules 3 20, page 55 Format of the permanent promotion recommended list Army Reserve (troop program units, Army Reserve ele-ments, and multi-component units) 3 21, page 56 Section VI Selecting Soldiers for promotion , page 56 Rules 3 22, page 56 Department of the Army command list integration to sergeant and staff sergeant ( Army Reserve troop program units, Army Reserve elements, multicomponent commands or units only) 3 23, page 57 Mandatory List Integration (Regular Army and Army Reserve (Active Guard Reserve)) only 3 24, page 58 Processing promotion point re-evaluations ( Army Reserve only)

10 3 25, page 59 Re-computation of promotion points ( Army Reserve only) 3 26, page 59 promotion point adjustment ( Army Reserve only) 3 27, page 59 Section VII Recommended List Maintenance, page 60 Removal from recommended list 3 28, page 60 Rules for conducting a removal board for Soldiers on recommended list 3 29, page 61 Steps 3 30, page 61 Rules for reinstating Soldiers to recommended list 3 31, page 62 Contents Continued iv AR 600 8 19 16 May 2019 Section VIII Processing Promotions , page 62 Rules for Headquarters, Department of the Army promotion point cutoff scores (Regular Army and United States Army Reserve Active Guard Reserve only) 3 32, page 62 Rules for processing service remaining requirements 3 33, page 63 Rules for processing Promotions upon arrival at gaining organization (in-processing) 3 34, page 63 Rules for processing administrative records correction (Regular Army and Army Reserve (Active Guard Re-serve)) 3 35, page 63 Chapter 4 Centralized Promotions (Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, and Sergeant Major)