I'm In Zone for the next O-4 promotion board this April...and since I've only been on my shore tour for a year, this is bad timing for me.
I know this sounds odd, but is there any way to REQUEST TO BE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION AND SLIDE TO THE NEXT YEARS BOARD?
I'm In Zone for the next O-4 promotion board this April...and since I've only been on my shore tour for a year, this is bad timing for me.
I know this sounds odd, but is there any way to REQUEST TO BE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION AND SLIDE TO THE NEXT YEARS BOARD?
I picked up O-4 about a year into my shore duty (deep selected) and it was not good. Once you are selected for O-4, the clock for O-5 and Command Screen starts.
Depending on your community, you need to get into a disassociated sea-tour to get whatever qual is expected there and then into your DH tour at least 24 months before your Command Screen Board.
You may have to terminate shore duty early (like I did) and get moving along in your career. I had a few other folks in the same boat as me and two of them stayed in their shore duty and stayed around, pinned on O-4 and became DH in their units. (1 was the RAG, the other was VT's.)
When you go up for command, the screen board expects to see certain quals and tours. If you don't have them, you may be OK if your FITREPS are outstanding, but if you are not a golden-boy, you want to make sure that you have the expected checks-in-the-block for your ACSB.
As for your second question, I've never heard of anyone asking to be passed over. I would hazard that you can not since folks would start trying to change year groups to make themselves more competitive against a different year group... I would say it would be similar to command; if you decline, you're done.
Thanks for the great reply...you obviously understand my question/concern with future timing. As you said, it hurts as the clock is ticking, but also ruins my chance of a "breakout" fitrep come later this year at our CoC.
It's funny how timing works as a #1 EP out of my first tour I believed I had a great shot of doing the same at my current command...but as an O-4 select being ranked against 4 others with a year of seniority in the same squadron...it's a different world. Could've been golden, but now I'm feeling more bronze!
I think I will try & get out of this shore tour early. Are there any limits to how early you can leave a squadron? I'd assume it's a simple manning issue with bupers?
Lastly, you nailed my concern on the head with requesting to be passed on for promotion. I wondered if a move like that would be frowned upon for future decisions.
Thanks again!
I'm fairly sure you can't opt-out of a statutory board, but you could refuse promotion. Unfortunately, I really don't think that will make you more competitive for O-5.
Also, I've never had a picture in my file, and I got selected for O-4.
I know this sounds odd, but is there any way to REQUEST TO BE PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION AND SLIDE TO THE NEXT YEARS BOARD?
Sure, if you didn't want to be promoted then either....I wonder though, if you could submit that letter to the board, then hang around and try to select above zone the next year?
In other words, it will likely make you a terminal O-3 (at least on active duty).