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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

"§8371. Commissioned officers: Air Force Reserve; promotion to colonel " (a) Having in view the number of actual and anticipated vacancies in the Air Force Reserve in the reserve grade of colonel, the Secretary of the Air Force shall furnish to selection boards lists of officers to be considered by those boards and shall direct the board to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to that grade. " (b) The lists of officers to be considered under subsection (a) must include the name of the senior officer of the Air Force Reserve in the reserve grade of lieutenant colonel whose name is not on a recommended list, and the names of such additional officers of the Air Force Reserve in that reserve grade, in order of seniority, as the Secretary may prescribe. "(c) The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified. " (d) An officer recommended for promotion under this section may be promoted only to fill a vacancy. officers with special qualifications " (a) I n addition to the method prescribed in sections 8367 and 8371 of this title, whenever there are vacancies in the Air Force Reserve in the reserve grade of captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel, and the Secretary of the Air Force considers that there are or will be an inadequate number of officers in any one of those grades with special qualifications, he may direct a selection board to recommend a prescribed number of officers of the Air Force Reserve with those qualifications for promotion to that reserve grade. Selection for promotion to grades below colonel under this subsection shall be made under the procedures prescribed in section 8367(a) or 8367 (c) of this title. Selection for promotion to the grade of colonel under this subsection shall be made under the procedures prescribed in the first two sentences of section 8367(c) of this title. "(b) Wlienever the Secretary considers that the number of officers in the reserve grade of captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel in— "(1) any unit of the Air Force Reserve that is organized to serve as a unit and is not on active duty or is on active duty for training; or "(2) the Air Force Reserve, in positions to be filled by officers with a mobilization assignment or designation; is or may become unbalanced, and that there are vacancies in that grade, he may direct that, of the officers to be selected for that grade, a number specified by him be selected from officers of the Air Force Reserve who are not on active duty or are on active duty for training but who are specially qualified for, and are geographically available to fill, those vacancies. Selection for promotion under this subsection shall be made under the procedures prescribed in the first two sentences of section 8367(c) of this title. "(c) An officer recommended for promotion under this section may be promoted only to fill a vacancy for which he was recommended. " (d) Officers on a recommended list may be promoted under this section, in the order in which the officers' names appear on the recommended list, if they meet the requirements of subsection (b). "(e) If an officer enters upon active duty before being promoted to fill a vacancy for which he was recommended under subsection (b), his name shall t e removed from the recommended list. " (f) If an officer is considered but not recommended for promotion under this section, or if his name is removed from a recommended list under subsection (e), he is not a deferred officer and he shall be treated as if he had not been considered for promotion under this section.
 * §8372. Commissioned officers: Air Force Reserve; promotion;

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