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PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

not assigned to units " (a) Without regard to vacancies, each second lieutenant of the Army Reserve who is in an active status and who is not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, and each reserve second lieutenant who is on active duty (other than for training) shall, if he is found qualified for promotion by the Secretary of the Army or an officer designated by him, be promoted to the reserve grade of first lieutenant effective as of the date on which he completes three years of service computed under section 3360(b) of this title. "(b) If an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States is found qualified for promotion under this section, section 3390 of this title applies in place of the examination for Federal recognition in the reserve grade of first lieutenant. ''§3366. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and m a j o r s not assigned to u n i t s; mandatory consideration " (a) Without regard to vacancies, each officer of the Army Reserve in the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major, who is in an active status, who is not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, and who has not been considered by a selection board under this section or section 3367 of this title, and each reserve officer in such a grade who is on active duty (other than for training) and who has not been so considered, shall be considered for promotion to the next higher reserve grade far enough in advance of the date on which he will complete the service prescribed in column 2 of the following table that, if recommended, he may be promoted effective on the date on which he will complete that service: "Column 1
 * §3365. Commissioned officers: promotion of second lieutenants

Column 2

Current reserve grade

Years of service computed under sec. 3360 (b) of this title

First lieutenant. Captain Major

"(b) An officer recommended for promotion under this section may be promoted to fill a vacancy at any time. If not sooner promoted, he shall be promoted, effective as of the date on which he completes the service prescribed in column 2 of the table in subsection (a) without regard to vacancies. "(c) If an officer in the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major becomes subject to this section upon transfer from an inactive status, upon transfer from the Army National Guard of the United States, or upon release from a unit of the Army Reserve, and after completing the service necessary for consideration under subsection (a), he shall be considered by the next appropriate selection board. If recommended by that board, he shall be promoted on the later of the following dates— " (1) the date on which the board reports its recommendations; or "(2) the date on which he completes the service prescribed in column 2 of the table in subsection (a). " (d) A selection board considering officers under this section shall use one of the following methods of selection, as directed by the Secretary of the Army:

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