West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 141 - Adjutant General › Title 141 - LEGISLATIVE RULE ADJUTANT GENERAL › Series 141-31 - Introduction To Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS) › Chapter 6 - OPMS CAREER PLANNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 141-31-6-9 - OFFICER PROMOTION POLICIES

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a.
				  The promotion of officers in the WVARNG is also a function of the Adjutant
				  General. As in original appointments, an officer promoted by State authority,
				  has a State status in the higher grade under which he can function. However, to
				  be extended Federal recognition in the higher grade, he must have satisfied
				  certain requirements as is prescribed in Chapter 9, to NGR 600-100.
b. Promotion to the next higher grade will be
				  made without regard to race, sex, religion, or national origin, and will be
				  accomplished only when an appropriate vacancy in the higher grade exists in the
				  unit. Recommendation for promotion of all officers in the WVARNG will be based
				  on the individual officer's potential service in the higher grade and not as a
				  reward for past service. Promotion considerations will also be based upon
				  efficiency, time in grade, professional qualifications, and demonstrated
				  performance for positions of greater responsibility.
c. Eligibility for Promotion: To be eligible
				  for promotion to a unit vacancy, an officer in the WVARNG must:
(1) Be recommended by his/her commander, and
				  the Adjutant General.
(2) Be in a
				  promotable position in the unit.
(3) Be in an active status.
(4) Meet the medical standards as prescribed
				  in AR 40-501.
(5) Have completed
				  the minimum years of promotion service as follows:
(a)
MINIMUM PROMOTION
				  SERVICE
:
2LT to 1LT...3 Years
1LT to CPT...2 Years
CPT to MAJ...4 Years
MAJ to LTC...4 Years
LTC to COL...3 Years
(6) Have completed the minimum military
				  education requirements as follows:
(a)
MINIMUM MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
:
FOR PROMOTION TO
:
EDUCATION
								REQUIREMENTS
:
*2LT to 1LT
Any branch basic, company, battery, orientation, or
								familiarization course (Group III courses).
1LT to CPT
(Same as for 2LT to 1LT), (See Notes 4 a 5
								below).
FOR PROMOTION TO
:
EDUCATION
								REQUIREMENTS
:
CPT to MAJ
Any branch advanced or Career Course (Group II
								Courses).
MAJ to LTC
Fifty percent of the C&GSC Course (Group I
								Courses).
LTC to COL
Any C&GSC Course (Group I Courses), (See Note
								#2 below) .
COL to BG
Any C&GSC Course (Group I Courses), (See Note
								#3 below) .
BG to MG
Any C&GSC Course (Group I Courses), (See Note
								#3 below).
NOTES
:
1. The Qualifying courses, by group are
				  identified as follows:
a. GROUP I COURSES:
				  USAC&GSC Courses (Regular Course; Associate Course; Any wartime resident
				  General or Service Staff Course; Special Associate Courses; Staff Extension
				  Courses; Extension Course, including Phase X, USAR School Associate C&GSC
				  Course; Resident/non-resident Extension Course; Mobilization General Staff
				  Officer Course; JAGC Reserve Components Staff Course; USAR School &
				  C&GSC courses which include Associate Courses-Division & Advance and
				  Associate Course).
b. GROUP II
				  COURSES: Regular Advanced or Career Course; Associate Advance or Career Course;
				  Advanced or Career non-resident or combination resident/non-resident course
				  (including USAR School Courses); and Mobilization Advance Courses.
c. GROUP III COURSES: Branch School Courses
				  (Regular or Associate Basic Course; Company or Battery Course; Branch
				  Orientation or Familiarization Course; Mobilization Basic Course; Non-resident
				  or Combination resident/non-resident company, battery, or orientation, or
				  familiarization course.) *2LT's appointed after 27 Feb 76 must complete their
				  branch qualification course within 12 months of being commissioned. (Eighteen
				  months for female officers.) AG may grant a 6 month waiver on a case-by-case
				  basis when fully justified.
2. Entire Group I course must be completed
				  within 3 years after promotion.
3.
				  State Adjutant Generals are considered to meet these requirements if the
				  Federal Recognition Board determines he was previously found fully qualified in
				  meeting the military education prerequisites for promotion to COL in the branch
				  in which serving at time of consideration.
4. Armor and Infantry Specialty courses are
				  compatible for promotion either specialty.
5. ADA and FA with 6 months active duty are
				  compatible for promotion to CPT in either specialty.
(7) Must not have been
				  non-selected for mandatory promotion by the most recent DA Board that
				  considered the officer.