BOARD DATE: 3 September 2015 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20150000930 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests that her date of rank for promotion to the rank of major be changed to 2 November 2009, that she be paid all back pay and allowances and that she be considered in the primary zone for promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel. 2. The applicant states that during the release of the 2009 major board results she was assigned to a unit that did not have Active Guard Reserve (AGR) major positions on the unit manning roster (UMR), but she was assigned to a valid major position on 2 November 2009. She goes on to state that she received promotion orders on 3 June 2010 with a date of rank (DOR) of 16 March 2010. She also states that officials at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) explained that the reason for the delay in her promotion was due to her orders not being posted to her Official Military Personnel File. 3. The applicant provides her promotion orders to the rank of major, her assignment orders and a copy of the UMR. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant was serving as a United States Army Reserve (USAR) first lieutenant in the AGR Program when she was promoted to the rank of captain on 17 March 2003. 2. She was serving in the AGR program in the rank of captain when she was promoted to the rank of major on 16 March 2010. 3. In the processing of this case a staff advisory opinion was obtained from HRC which opines that the applicant was promoted to the rank of major after obtaining the maximum time in grade as a captain and further noted that the orders assigning her to a major’s position were revoked after her request for high school stabilization was approved. The applicant was then double slotted to a position occupied by another major. Accordingly, she could not be promoted sooner due to being double slotted. The advisory opinion was provided to the applicant for comment and to date no response has been received by the staff of the Board. 4. Army Regulation 135-155 (Promotion of Commissioned and Warrant Officers other than General Officers) prescribes policy and procedures used in the selection and promotion of commissioned officers of the Army National Guard and commissioned and warrant officers of the U.S. Army Reserve. Table 2-1 of this regulation provides that the maximum years required in the lower grade for promotion to the rank of major is 7 years. 5. That regulation also provides that AGR officers selected by a mandatory board will be promoted provided they are assigned to a position in the higher grade. An officer selected for promotion who is not assigned to a position in the higher grade will be promoted on the date assigned to a higher graded position or the date after release from AGR status. The date of rank will be the date the officer attained maximum time in grade or the date assigned to a higher graded position, whichever is earlier. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant’s contention that she should have been promoted to the rank of major on 2 November 2009 instead of 16 March 2010 has been noted and appears to lack merit. 2. In order to be promoted prior to reaching the maximum time in grade point, the individual had to be selected by a promotion selection board and assigned to a higher graded position. In the applicant’s case, her assignment to a higher grade position was revoked and she was dual slotted along with another major who already occupied the position. 3. Accordingly, she was properly promoted when she reached her maximum time in grade in the rank of captain, which in this case was 16 March 2010. 4. Therefore, since the applicant has failed to show that an error or injustice exists in her case, there appears to be no basis for granting her request. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___X_____ ___X_____ __X__ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. _______ _ X_______ ___ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20150000930 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20150000930 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1