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MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT: Army Directive 2016-33 (Special Board Review of Approved Qualitative
Management Program Board Recommendations)
1. References:
a. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1558 (10 U.S.C. § 1558) (Review of actions of
selection boards: correction of military records by special boards; judicial review).
b. Action Memo, Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness),
November 4, 2002, subject: Implementation of Section 503 of FY02 NDAA (Approved
19 December 2002).
c. Army Directive 2014-06 (Qualitative Management Program), 10 April 2014.
d. Army Regulation (AR) 15-185 (Army Board for Correction of Military Records),
31 March 2006.
e. AR 635-200 (Active Duty Enlisted Administrative Separations), 6 June 2005,
Including Rapid Action Revision No. 3 Issued 6 September 2011.
2. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records is designated as a special board
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1558(b)(1)(B). This designation is limited to cases in which
noncommissioned officers have been selected for involuntary separation under the
Army’s Qualitative Management Program (QMP). This designation of the special board
for review of QMP selection board decisions is an exercise of the discretion reserved in
reference 1b to the Secretary of the Army to grant a special board.
3. Noncommissioned officers who have been selected for separation by a QMP
selection board may request special board review after they have obtained final action
on their appeal in accordance with Army Directive 2014-06 and AR 635-200.
4. To apply for special board review, applicants will use the procedures prescribed in
AR 15-185. An application for special board review will not delay the Director of Military
Personnel Management’s final action on a QMP selection board’s recommendations.
5. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (ASA (M&RA))
is the proponent and exception authority for this policy and will issue an Armywide
message to inform the force of the guidance in this directive.
S E C R E T A R Y O F T H E A R M Y
W A S H I N G T O N
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Management Program Board Recommendations)
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6. In addition to the QMP special board, the ASA (M&RA) will develop and staff long-
term policy to implement 10 U.S.C. § 1558 for all selection boards subject to the statute.
The policy will include the circumstances under which a special board may be provided
and time limits applicable to filing an application for such consideration. The long-term
policy will be submitted to the Secretary of Defense for approval as required by
10 U.S.C. § 1558 before taking effect.
7. The ASA (M&RA) will include the provisions of this directive and the implementing
policy in the next revision of AR 15-185. This directive is rescinded upon publication of
these implementing regulations.
Eric K. Fanning
DISTRIBUTION:
Principal Officials of Headquarters, Department of the Army
Commander
U.S. Army Forces Command
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
U.S. Army Materiel Command
U.S. Army Pacific
U.S. Army Europe
U.S. Army Central
U.S. Army North
U.S. Army South
U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Strategic Command
U.S. Army Cyber Command
U.S. Army Medical Command
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Military District of Washington
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
Superintendent, United States Military Academy
Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
(CONT)
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DISTRIBUTION: (CONT)
Executive Director, Arlington National Cemetery
Commander, U.S. Army Accessions Support Brigade
Commandant, U.S. Army War College
Commander, Second Army
CF:
Director, Army National Guard
Director of Business Transformation
Commander, Eighth Army