Wednesday, July 9, 2025

MILPER Number: 25-272 Eligibility Criteria for Officers Requesting to Defer Promotion Consideration (Opt-Out) from the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Active Component (AC), Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Army Nurse Corps (AN), Medical Service Corps (MS), Medical Specialist Corps (SP

1.  This MILPER message will expire no later than (NLT) 10 March 2027.

2.  This MILPER message describes the specific eligibility criteria for officers to request deferral of consideration for (opt-out of) the FY26 AC AMEDD colonel (COL), lieutenant colonel (LTC), or major (MAJ) AN, MS, SP or VC PSBs. This message only applies to officers in the primary zone (PZ) of consideration.

https://www.hrc.army.mil/Milper/25-272