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517 517 direct that a specified number of those recommended be officers with experience qualifying them for service in the categories to which officers may be designated under section 8067 of this title. 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) If an officer is recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general and is not removed from the list by the President, he may be nominated and appointed as soon as a vacancy exists in the authorized number for that grade. (d) The ratio of the number of officers on any promotion list who are named for consideration for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general, to the number directed to be recommended, may be prescriDed by the Secretary. (e) No officer may be considered for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general more than one year 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 colonel before being nominated for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general. §8307. Commissioned officers: promotion to major general (a) Having in view the number of actual and anticipated vacancies in the regular grade of major general and the number of officers desired in that grade, the Secretary of the Air Force shall furnish to selection boards lists of officers in the regular grade of brigadier general, in order of seniority in regular grade, to be considered by mose boards. H e shall dixect the boards to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to the grade of major 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 qualifying them for service in the categories to which officers may be designated under section 8067 of this title. 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 major 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 f an officer is recommended for promotion to the regular grade of major general and is not removed from the list by the President, he may be nominated and appointed as soon as a vacancy exists in the authorized number for that grade. (d) The ratio of the number of officers on any promotion list who are named for consideration for promotion to the regular grade of major general, to the number directed to be recommended, may be prescribed by the Secretary.

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