1. Recommend Administrative and Personnel Actions
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2. Terminal Learning Objective
Action:
Identify Administrative and Personnel Actions
Conditions:
Given excerpts of AR (Enlisted Promotions and Reductions), AR (Military Awards), AR (Leaves and Passes), AR (Evaluation Reporting System), DA Pam (Evaluation Reporting System), and AR (Suspension of Favorable Personnel Actions).
Standard:
Properly state the principles of Enlisted Promotions, Awards and Decorations, Evaluation Reporting System, Leaves and Passes, and Suspension of Favorable Personnel Actions (FLAGS)

3. Basic Officer Leader Course - A Common Core
Enlisted
Promotions
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4. Promotion Authorities
Principal officials of Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) or Department of Defense (DOD) organizations are considered commanders for promotion authority purposes.
Company, troop, battery, and separate detachment commanders are authorized to advance Soldiers to the rank of SPC and below.
Field grade commanders in units authorized a commander in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) or higher have promotion authority to the ranks of SGT and SSG: however, the Promotion Work Center maintains the promotion standing list and issues the orders.
CDR, Army Human Resources Command promotes Soldiers to the ranks of SFC, MSG, and SGM.

5. Promotion Types Decentralized Promotions: advancement from PV1 to SPC
Decentralized Promotions: advancement from PV1 to SPC
Semi-centralized Promotions: promotion to SGT and SSG
Centralized Promotions: promotion to SFC, MSG, and SGM

6. Eligibility Criteria for Advancement
Decentralized Promotions
Eligibility Criteria for Advancement
(Fully Eligible)
Advancement Automatic With Waiver
To TIS TIG TIS TIG
PV mths mths
PFC mths mths mths 2 mths
SPC mths mths mths 3 mths

7. Decentralized Promotions
To determine Time in Grade (TIG) – Subtract the soldier Date of Rank (DOR) from the Report month. For example:
Report month (Promotion month)
- Date of rank (DOR) (* )
2 months TIG
To determine Time in Service (TIS) – Subtract the soldier’s Basic Active Service Date (BASD) from the report month. For example:
Report month
- Basic active service date (BASD) (* )
1 year and 8 months = 20 months TIS
* When computing months for TIG/TIS the number of days are not used for calculations.

8. Semi-Centralized Promotions
(AR Table 3-3)

9. Semi-Centralized Promotions
(AR Table 3-4)

10. Military Awards and Decorations
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11. Award Categories Individual awards are grouped into six categories:
(1) Decorations :
Department of Defense Decorations : Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, and Purple Heart.
U.S. Army Decorations: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier’s Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal.

12. Award Categories
(2) Good Conduct Medal and Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal:
Good Conduct Medal: awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active Federal military service to enlisted Soldiers who distinguishes himself or herself from among his or her fellow throughout a specified period of continuous enlisted active Federal military service.
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (ARCAM): awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity while serving as a member of an Army National Guard (ARNG) or USAR troop program unit (TPU) or as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA).

13. Award Categories (3) Campaign and Service Medals:
DOD Service Medals and Ribbons: Prisoner of War Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Antarctica Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, etc.
(4) Service Ribbons:
U.S. Service Medals and Ribbons: Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Korean Service Medal, etc.

14. Award Categories (5) Badges and Tabs:
Combat and Special Skill Badges : Combat Infantry Badge, Combat Medical Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge, Parachutist Badges, Parachute Rigger Badge, etc.
Identification Badges : Presidential Service Badge and Certificate, Vice Presidential Service Badge and Certificate, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, etc.
Marksmanship Badges.
Physical Fitness Badge.
Tabs: Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, and President’s Hundred Tab.

15. Award Categories (6) Certificates, Memorandums, and Letters:
Miscellaneous Certificates (Presidential/Vice Presidential Service Certificate, Certificate of Achievement and Certificate of Appreciation are examples of what commanders may present in recognition of faithful service.
Letters of commendation and appreciation

16. DA Form 638 – Recommendation for Award
CAC2A103

17. DA Form 638 – Part I

18. DA Form 638 – Part II

19. DA Form 638 – Part III

20. DA Form 638 – Part IV

21. DA Form 638 – Part V
1-Soldier
1-OMPF
1-Unit
1-Files

22. Evaluation Reporting System
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23. Evaluation Reporting System
The Evaluation Reporting System (ERS) identifies officers and noncommissioned officers who are best qualified for promotion and assignments to positions of higher responsibility.
ERS also identifies Soldiers who should be kept on active duty, those who should be retained in grade, and those who should be eliminated.

24. Evaluation Reporting Process
The DA evaluation reporting process is designed to:
Set objectives for the rated Soldier that supports the organization’s overall achievement of the mission
Review the rated Soldier’s objectives, special duties, assigned tasks, or special areas of emphasis and update them to meet current needs
Promote performance - related counseling to develop subordinates and better accomplish the organization’s mission
Evaluate the rated leader’s performance
Assess the rated leader’s potential
Ensure a review of the entire evaluation process

25. Evaluation Reports
There are different types of evaluation reports which fall within two basic categories:
(1) Mandatory Report – is mandatory and takes precedence over optional reports.
(2) Optional Report – is not mandatory and is completed at the option of the Rater.

26. Mandatory Reports
Annual Report: for OERs and NCOERs, an annual evaluation report is mandatory for a rated Soldier on completion of 1 calendar year of duty following the THRU date of the last OER or NCOER in the Soldier’s OMPF.
Change-of-Rater Report: report will be submitted whenever the designated Rater is changed as long as the minimum 90-day Rater qualifications are met.
Relief-for-Cause Report: the removal of an individual from a ratable assignment based on a decision by a member of the chain of command or supervisory chain that the individual’s personal or professional conduct warrant removal in the best interest of the U.S. Army.
Optional Report (Officers only): An OER Change-of-Duty report is mandatory when the rated officer has a change of principal duty, even though
the rater remains the same.

27. Optional Reports
Complete the Record: An optional evaluation intended to update an individual’s file with performance and potential information since the most recent evaluation that has not previously been provided.
Senior rater option reports: when a change in senior rater occurs, the senior rater may direct that a report be made on any Soldier whom they senior rate. This will apply only if the following conditions are met:
The senior rater has served in that position for at least 60 calendar days. In cases where a general officer is serving as both rater and senior rater, the minimum rater requirement will also be 60 days versus the normal 90-day requirement.
The rater meets the minimum requirements to give a report.
The Soldier has not received a report in the preceding 90 calendar days.

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Leaves and Passes
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29. Process a Request For Leave, Pass, and Permissive TDY
Leave is an authorized absence from duty and is earned at a rate of 2.5 days per full month of active duty.
Leave is essential to the health, welfare, and morale of all Soldiers of a unit. Soldiers are stongly encouraged to use their leave.
S-1 Sections must ensure prompt and accurate processing of all leave requests.

30. Categories of Leave There are two different types of leave:
Chargeable Leave – is subtracted from a Soldiers accrued leave balance.
Non-chargeable Leave – is absence that is NOT charged against a Soldier’s accrued leave balance

31. Chargeable Leave
Ordinary Leave - Taken by a Soldier who is at a permanent duty station and wishes to take time off from work. Soldiers are authorized, on the average, to take 30 days of leave a year. (Commanders may grant more than 30 days if operationally feasible.)
Transition Leave - Leave taken by a Soldier that will be separating from the service by either ETS (Expiration Term of Service) or retiring and will not be returning to active duty.
Emergency Leave - Leave due to family emergencies. The immediate family includes the following family members: Parents, including Stepparents, Spouse, Children, including Stepchildren, Sisters, Brothers, only living blood relative and a person in loco parentis (Paragraph 6-1d(7)).
Permanent Change of Station - Leave taken in conjunction with a permanent change of duty station. When a Soldier is reassigned from one station to another, PCS leave can be taken before or after arrival at the new unit.
Leave In Conjunction with Temporary Duty- Leave taken en route to or from a Soldier's temporary duty station.

32. Leave and Earning Statement (Extract) EOM MAY
BF BAL ERND USED CR BAL ETS BAL LV LOST LV PAID USE/USE 75 20 21 74
100 9 9

33. Leave and Earning Statement (Extract)
BF – The brought forward leave balance at the beginning of the current Fiscal Year.
ERND – The cumulative amount of leave earned in the current Fiscal Year. Normally this amount will increase by 2.5 days each month.
USED – The cumulative amount of leave used in the current Fiscal Year.
CR BAL – The current leave balance as of the end of the period covered by the LES.
ETS BAL – The projected leave balance to the Soldier’s Expiration Term of Service.
LV LOST – The number of days of leave that has been lost.
LV PAID – The number of days of leave paid to date.
USE/LOSE – The projected number of days of leave that will be lost if not taken in current fiscal year on a monthly basis. The number of days of leave in this block will decrease with any leave usage.

34. Non-Chargeable Leave
Convalescent- Leave granted to a Soldier to expedite a member's return to full duty after an illness or injury.
Permissive Temporary Duty- Leave taken by a Soldier to attend a semi- official activity.
Excess Leave- Leave granted for emergencies or unusual circumstances. Advanced leave is normally expended prior to using excess leave. Excess leave becomes an indebtedness when there is a negative leave balance at the time of discharge, extension, desertion or death, and will be collected. Excess leave is without pay and allowances.
Regular Pass- A short, nonchargeable, authorized absence from post or place of duty during normal off duty hours is a Regular Pass. A regular pass will not exceed 3-days in length.
Special Pass- A short nonchargeable authorized absence from post or place of duty. It may be granted as a 3-day or 4-day Special Pass.

35. DA FORM 31- Request and Authority For Leave

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Suspension of Favorable
Personnel Actions (FLAG)
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37. What is a FLAG?
The Suspension of Favorable Personnel Action (SFPA), better known as a “FLAG”, is a system developed by the Department of the Army to guard against the accidental execution of specified favorable personnel actions (i.e., promotions, assignments, awards, etc., for Soldiers not in good standing).

38. Flag – DA Form 268

39. Categories of Flags
Non-transferable – This flag may not be transferred to another unit (except where consistent with AR , paragraph 1-15).
Transferable – This flag may be transferred to another unit.

40. Non-Transferable Flag Example
Adverse Actions
Charges, restraint, or investigation
Court-martial
Nonjudicial punishment
Absent without leave (AWOL)
Elimination - field initiated
Removal from selection list –field initiated
Referred OER
Security violation
HQDA use only-elimination or removal from selection list

41. Transferable Flag Examples
APFT failure
Weight control program
Soldiers who are command referred to the Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)

42. Terminal Learning Objective
Action:
Identify Administrative and Personnel Actions
Conditions:
Given excerpts of AR (Enlisted Promotions and Reductions), AR (Military Awards), AR (Leaves and Passes), AR (Evaluation Reporting System), DA Pam (Evaluation Reporting System), and AR (Suspension of Favorable Personnel Actions).
Standard:
Properly state the principles of Enlisted Promotions, Awards and Decorations, Evaluation Reporting System, Leaves and Passes, and Suspension of Favorable Personnel Actions (FLAGS)