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190 190 not on a recommended list. He shall direct the boards to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to the grade of colonel. The list furnished may not contain the name of any officer who is on a recommended list for promotion to that grade. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified. (b) Whenever the Secretary considers that the number of officers in the regular grade of colonel in any of the branches on the Army promotion list is or may become seriously unbalanced, he may direct that, of the officers recommended, prescribed numbers be recommended for service in specified branches. (c) The names of officers recommended for promotion to the tegular grade of colonel shall be entered at the foot of, and carried on, the appropriate permanent recommended list for promotion to that grade in the same order among themselves as on the applicable promotion list. Officers shall be promoted in that order when there is a vacancy in that grade for that list. A vacancy in that grade may be filled at any time. I t is not mandatory that the authorized numbers be maintained in the grade of colonel on any promotion list. (d) The ratio of the number of officers on any promotion list who are named for consideration for promotion to the regular grade of colonel, to the number directed to be recommended, may be prescribed by the Secretary. (e) No officer may be considered for promotion to the regular grade of colonel more than two years before the date on which it is anticipated that he will be promoted if recommended. (f) An officer must complete at least one year of service in the regular grade of lieutenant colonel before being nominated for promotion to the regular grade of colonel. § 3306. Commissioned officers: promotion to brigadier general (a) Having in view the number of actual and anticipated vacancies in the regular grade of brigadier general and the number of officers desired in that grade, the Secretary of the Army shall furnish to selection boards lists of officers in the regular grade of colonel, in order of seniority in regular grade, to be considered by those boards. H e shall direct the boards to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to the grade of brigadier general, but he need not direct the recommendation of a number sufficient to maintain the authorized number for that grade. The list furnished may not contain the name of any officer who is on a recommended list for promotion to that grade. The Secretary may further direct that a specified number of those recommended be officers with experience qusdifying them for service in or with specified branches. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be best qualified. (b) The names of officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general shall be entered at the foot of, and carried on, the permanent recommended list for promotion to that grade, in the order to be determined by the Secretary. (c) I t an officer is recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general and is not removed from the list by the

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