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A. Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.).
B. DoDI 1320.04 (Military Officer Actions Requiring Presidential, Secretary of Defense, or Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Approval or Senate Confirmation), 3 Jan 14, Incorporating Change 1. Effective 30 Jun 20.
C. DoDI 1320.14 (DoD Commissioned Officer Promotion Program Procedures), 16 Dec 20.
D. Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness (USW(P&R)) memorandum, subject: Revised Adverse and Reportable Information Policy, 13 Dec 25.
E. Army Regulation (AR) 600–37 (Unfavorable Information), 2 Oct 20.
F. AR 600-8-29 (Officer Promotions), 9 Sep 20.
G. AR 623-3 (Evaluation Reporting System), 14 Feb 25.
H. AR 600-8-104 (Army Military Human Resource Records Management), 29 Jun 23.
I. DA Pam 600-8-104 (Army Military Human Resource Records Management) 2 May 25.
J. HQDA Policy Notice 600-2 (Policies and Procedures for Active Duty List Officer and Department of the Army Selection Boards), 23 Nov 21.
K. CJCSI 1330.05C, Joint Officer Management Program Procedures, 19 Jul 24.
L. Memorandum, SAMR-ZA (subject: Guidance for Adverse Information Screening for Officer Promotions), 5 Nov 23.
M. MILPER Message 24-385, issued 20 Sep 24, subject: HQDA Centralized Promotions Board Guidance regarding Candidate Data Cards in the Army Selection Board System Version 2.0
1. This MILPER message will expire no later than (NLT) 23 Jun 27.
2. A promotion selection board is scheduled to convene on or about 1 Sep 26 to consider eligible colonels for promotion to brigadier general in the Army Competitive Category (ACC). The BG PSB will not consider colonels of the Chaplain Corps, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, or Army Medical Department Competitive Categories.
3. The considered population for this board is based on the needs of the Army and includes all ACC (Operations, Operations Support, Force Sustainment, and Information Dominance) colonels, serving on the Active Duty List (ADL) with a Grade Entry Date (GED) of 1 Sep 24 or earlier. The “Promotion Zone” includes those officers with a GED from 2 Sep 23 thru 1 Sep 24. Those officers with a GED from 1 Sep 23 and earlier are “Above the Promotion Zone.” Officers Above the Promotion Zone will be afforded the same opportunity for selection as those officers in the Promotion Zone. Colonels with a GED of 2 Sep 24 or later will not be considered by this board.
4. Title 10 U.S.C. Section 614 requires that the name and GED of the junior officer and the senior officer in the Promotion Zone, as of the date of this announcement, be identified. The senior officer in the Promotion Zone is Horkay, Michael E., GED: 1 Nov 23 and the junior officer in the Promotion Zone is Hearne, Jacqueline L., GED: 1 Sep 24.
5. Pursuant to AR 600-8-29, paragraph 2-7e(1), officers with an approved retirement or separation date from the ADL within 90 days of the convene date (30 Nov 26) are not eligible for consideration by this selection board. Accordingly, officers with an approved retirement or separation date after 30 Nov 26 will have a statement of approved retirement or separation placed in their board file prior to the board, pursuant to DA Policy Notice 600-2, paragraph 7a(3).
6. The Army must identify all officers who are Joint Qualified (3L) and those who are serving in or have served on the Joint Staff or on the staff of the Office of the Secretary of War pursuant to the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 1331.01E, DoDI 1320.04, and Title 10 U.S.C. § 662.
7. Adverse Information.
a. As directed by the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) and Title 10 U.S.C.§ 615, all eligible officers considered for this board will undergo an adverse information screening. This screening will include any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry or any other credible information of an adverse nature. This will also include suitability screening by the Directorate of Military Personnel Management (DMPM). Screening agencies for this information will include but not limited to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), the Department of the Army Inspector General (DAIG), Criminal Investigation Command (CID), and the Office of The Judge Advocate General (OTJAG). If adverse information is identified during this screening, it will be presented to the board.
b. As defined in Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1320.04 and modified by USW (P&R) memorandum, “Revised Adverse and Reportable Information Policy,” 13 December 2025, adverse information is a substantiated finding from an officially documented investigation or inquiry or the administrative, nonjudicial, or judicial adjudication of misconduct or behavior that may negatively impact an individual’s suitability for promotion, appointment, or continued service. To be substantiated, the information must be resolved and supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
c. Adverse information will be presented to the board as follows:
(1) Derogatory Information. Derogatory Information is defined as any adverse information located within the officer’s Performance Army Military Human Resource Record (AMHRR). Such information from the Performance and Restricted sections of the AMHRR will be presented to the board exactly as it appears in the AMHRR. Officers will not be explicitly notified that this information will be presented to the board. Officers found with information meeting the OSW definition of adverse (reference D) in the Restricted section of the AMHRR will be notified prior to inclusion such information in the My Board File. Additionally, officers will be able to view their My Board File to determine if their file contains derogatory information.
(2) Information Not in the AMHRR. For officers with adverse information not in their AMHRR, an Adverse Summary document will be added to their My Board File. This information will be provided to the candidate by the General Officer Management Office (GOMO). Officers may contact their servicing Legal Assistance Office or Trial Defense Services for assistance if they believe an adverse summary in their file is not required to be considered by this board. These offices can assist officers regarding adverse summaries and route any legal concerns to HQDA (OTJAG-Administrative Law Division). Please note that neither the HRC Special Actions Team, nor HQDA, will provide advice to individual officers regarding an adverse summary.
(3) Response to Adverse Information. An officer may comment on the adverse information by providing a Response to Adverse Information letter to the President of the Board. This letter should only address adverse information in the officer’s My Board File and make reference to this paragraph. The officer should process their response according to the instructions provided when notified by GOMO. The optional letter to the President of the board is separate and distinct from the letter to the President of the Board found in paragraph 9.a. of this message. An officer may provide a letter to the President of the Board and/or a response to adverse information letter to the President of the Board.
8. Evaluation Reports:
a. Senior raters should provide a current and accurate evaluation for officers considered by the selection board. HRC will carefully screen evaluations for format inconsistencies or impermissible content. To that end, the suspense dates listed below are established to ensure sufficient processing time prior to the board convene date. Senior raters retain the authority to submit regular reports up to 90 days from the thru date of the report, as specified in AR 623-3, para. 3-9a(3)(f). Senior raters may consider submitting an optional OER as appropriate in order to ensure it is seen by the board. Reminder, optional reports are at the discretion of the rating chain.
b. In order to be considered by the board, all mandatory or optional OER/Academic Evaluation Reports (AER) must be received, error free, by the HRC Evaluations Branch
NLT 25 Aug 26. To ensure reports are received at HRC by this date, commanders at all levels must ensure any applicable evaluation reports for eligible Officers are expeditiously processed.
c. OERs will be prepared on the appropriate DA Form 67-10 series OER form within the Evaluation Entry System (EES) and submitted to HRC via EES. If unable to access and submit evaluations within EES, hard copy DA Form 67-10 series OERS can be prepared and mailed to: CDR, USA HRC, ATTN: AHRC-PDV-ER, 1600 Spearhead Division Ave, Dept #470, Fort Knox KY 40122-5407. Access to EES is available at the following link: https://evaluations.hrc.army.mil. If unable to access EES, DA Form 67-10 series OERs can be obtained from the Army Publishing Directorate’s webpage at the following link: https://armypubs.army.mil/.
(1) Sending OERs by email is only permitted for deployed units or deployed rating officials and should only be used for deployed units who created PDF evaluations outside of EES. A standard operating procedure covering a process for scanning and emailing OERs from deployed units is available upon request.
(2) All non-deployed units or rating officials with ink-signed or older version forms not useable in EES must mail printed OERs to CDR, USA HRC, ATTN: AHRC-PDV-ER, 1600 Spearhead Division Ave, Dept #470, Fort Knox, KY 40122-5407.
d. Complete-the-Record Report (Code 09):
(1) A Code 09, Complete-the-Record OER, is optional for Officers who meet the criteria pursuant to AR 623-3, paragraph 3-57.
(2) The required thru date for Complete-the-Record Reports (Code 09) is s 2 Aug 26. All complete-the-record OERs for this board will be required to be prepared and submitted on the appropriate DA Form 67-10 within EES or found on the Army Publishing Directorate’s webpage.
(3) Refer to AR 623-3, paragraph 3-57 to determine eligibility for submitting a Complete-the-Record report; all criteria must be met to receive this report.
(4) All other reports (mandatory or optional), excluding Complete-the-Record Reports (Code 09), will have thru dates that reflect the date of the event that is the reason for the report.
e. Reports which are received by HRC Evaluations Branch for processing by 25 Aug 26 will be placed in the Officer’s AMHRR and their board file prior to board voting, assuming the evaluation is relatively free of errors. This suspense date is for receipt of evaluations by HRC Evaluations Branch, not for submission to AMHRR. If an evaluation is seen as working in the Evaluation Reporting System (ERS) with a received by date of 25 Aug 26 or earlier and the evaluation is free of errors, it will be completed in time for the Selection Board.
f. Officers with missing OERs from their AMHRR should first check the status of the report in either EES or ERS. This will identify any evaluations not completed (either on hold, returned, or rejected) due to errors. Officers with questions about OER policy or procedural matters can contact an Evaluations Branch point of contact (POC) for resolution at usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-eval-policy@army.mil. Officers should not be concerned if an evaluation in the AMHRR is not yet in their board file. Board Support personnel will ensure all board files are updated prior to the board convene date.
g. AERs:
(1) AERs prepared on the 1 Nov 15 dated forms having thru dates of 31 Aug 19 and earlier must be mailed hard copy to CDR, USA HRC, ATTN: AHRC- PDV-ER, 1600 Spearhead Division Ave, Dept #470, Fort Knox, KY 40122-5407. Emailing of AERs is not authorized and will not be accepted. DA Form 1059 series AERs, dated 1 Nov 15 will no longer be utilized for AERs with a thru date of 1 Sep 19 or after. DA Form 1059 series AERs dated 1 Nov 15 received having a thru date of 1 Sep 19 or later are invalid and will not be processed.
(2) AERs prepared on the 1 Mar 19 dated forms are prepared by using EES or on a fillable .pdf version forms. Only the military school or institute of training that issued the AER is authorized to upload and submit the completed AER in EES.
(a) Effective 1 Dec 19, DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059-2 AERs dated 1 Mar 19 will be initiated, processed, and submitted using EES. There are no exceptions or alternate means for submission of these AERs. E-mail and hard copy submissions of a DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059-2 AER will be considered invalid and will not be processed by HRC.
(b) DA Form 1059-1 AERs dated 1 Mar 19 (.pdf forms) are the only reports authorized to use the AER File Upload tool in EES.
h. Career managers, board support personnel, and Interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS) support personnel are not authorized to place any evaluations directly in the AMHRR. All evaluations must process through the Evaluations Branch using normal processing channels into the AMHRR and then into the officer’s board file. OERs that are not labeled (and profiled) by the Evaluations Branch will not be seen by this board.
9. Letters to President of the Board:
a. All officers in the zones of consideration may, if desired, submit correspondence to the President of the Board. Individual correspondence should include those matters deemed important in the consideration of an officer’s record, including any response to adverse or derogatory information discussed in paragraph 3. Signed correspondence may be uploaded into your My Board File at https://mbf.hrc.army.mil/. Pursuant to Title 10, U.S.C. Section 614(b), correspondence must arrive NLT 10 days prior to the board convene date or NLT 21 Aug 26 in order to be considered by the board. Correspondence arriving after this date will not be seen or considered by the board. All correspondence should be submitted as early as possible. Correspondence should be addressed as follows:
(1) For responses to adverse information: MEMORANDUM FOR President of the CY26 BG ACC Promotion Board ATTN: AHRC-PDV-S, 1600 Spearhead Division Ave, Fort Knox, KY 40122-5407, SUBJECT: Response to Adverse information. Upload this document in the My Board File by selecting ADVERSE RESPONSE / ADV RESP.
(2) For all other matters: MEMORANDUM FOR President of the CY26 BG ACC Promotion Board ATTN: AHRC-PDV-S, 1600 Spearhead Division Ave, Fort Knox, KY 40122-5407, SUBJECT: Individual Correspondence for Promotion Board. Upload this document in the My Board File by selecting Letter to the Board / LTR TO BD.
b. Any correspondence considered by a board will become a matter of record for that board and will be retained in the board files. Memorandum to the board (including enclosures) will not be filed in an officer’s AMHRR. Do not send this document to iPERMS.
c. Communications or memorandums of recommendation from other parties on behalf of officers eligible for consideration will not be provided to the board unless forwarded as an enclosure to a memorandum to the board from the officer being considered. Officers desiring to write to the President of a board should refer to AR 600-8-29, paragraph 2-6, for guidance.
d. Unprocessed copies of OERs, resident AERs, or evaluation appeals that have not yet been adjudicated should not be sent as enclosures.
e. Only upload Letters to the Board in the My Board File. IPERMS documents cannot be accepted directly by board personnel and must be sent to iPERMS.
10. Official Photographs: Pursuant to Public Law 116-283, § 524(a), 134 Stat. 3388, 3599 (January 1, 2021), and DoDI 1320.14, para. 1.2.e., official photographs will not be furnished to a selection board under 10 U.S.C. § 615(b). In the event an officer is selected for promotion by this board, the requirement to submit a general officer resume, which includes the officer’s photo, for confirmation by the Senate remains in effect.
11. My Board File (MBF):
a. MBF Opens: 1 Jul 26 and closes: 2359 EST on 21 Aug 26.
b. This board will utilize the My Board File (MBF) application in the Army Selection Board System (ASBS 2.0). MBF is a secure, web-based application with DMDC sign on and authentication to allow officers one location to review and certify their entire board file. MBF is comprised of files from the Performance folder of the AMHRR, as detailed in HQDA Policy Notice 600-2, paragraph 7, and a Candidate Data Card that summarizes date as detailed below in subparagraph d. Therefore, if there is an error or missing document in MBF, you must first correct those items in your AMHRR as applicable, in order for the MBF to be updated. See instructions in the following paragraph to correct/update your AMHRR.
c. Officers must review and certify their board files electronically through MBF. To access MBF, eligible officers should review their My Board file at https://mbf.hrc.army.mil/.
d. After reviewing the MBF, officers must select one of the following three options when viewing MBF:
(1) “I have not viewed the documents.”
(2) “I certify that the information in ‘My Board File’ is correct and complete to the best of my knowledge.”
(3) “I have reviewed the information in ‘My Board File’, and I will take action and submit the following corrections/changes to my file.”
e. Officers needing assistance should contact their Career Branch Manager to make corrections to update the MBF. All Career Branch Managers have the ability, while MBF is open, to assist, as needed. As such, your Career Branch Manager is your primary point of contact in the process.
f. Candidate Data Cards: MBF will leverage ASBS 2.0 Candidate Data Cards, specifically designed for the promotion and selection process, as a summarized document representing a servicemember’s AMHRR. Evaluation data and Duty History summarized on the Candidate Data Card is sourced from EES. If discrepancies are discovered and cannot be corrected through IPPS-A, Soldiers may submit a Letter to the Board President by following paragraph 5 of this message. Candidate Data Cards replace the record brief in ASBS 2.0.
g. Candidate Data Cards are not source documents; they are used as a summary of information for selection boards. Board Members will be reminded that the Candidate Data Card may not contain up-to-date information and they should review the Soldier’s AMHRR. The Army has transitioned to the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A). Pursuant to this transition, data on the selection board Candidate Data Card may not accurately reflect information contained in a Soldier’s file. Any inconsistencies, errors, or blank data noted on the Candidate Data Card should not be viewed as a failure on the Soldier’s part to update the promotion file and should not reflect negatively on the individual.
12. Updating the AMHRR:
a. Officers may view their AMHRR online at: https://iperms.hrc.army.mil/.
b. For additional information on updating board documents in iPERMS refer to https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/10927.
c. Please see your local unit HR professional to submit required AMHRR board documents into iPERMS using the web upload feature. Click AMHRR Required Document List to access the AMHRR required document list. Please ensure the DOD ID number is contained in the body of the document(s) or written in the upper right-hand corner of the document(s).
d. All AMHRR update submissions must be received NLT 21 Aug 26 for sufficient processing time. Ensure the word “BOARD” is in the comment field of the batch for priority processing. Write down the batch number for future reference. All updates to the Performance folder of the AMHRR will populate your board file but there is typically a delay involved.
e. The iPERMS Board Support Team does not have access to systems that update the board file, IPPS-A, or ORB/RBs/Candidate Data Cards. The DA Secretariat will synchronize your My Board File with your iPERMS record for any updates or changes that were made in your iPERMS/AMHRR Performance folder.
f. The rules for masking documents (moving documents from Performance folder to Restricted folder) are as follows:
(1) Enlisted documents that do not transfer from the enlisted to officer ranks are masked (Basic Training, ALC, DLC, etc.). If the document can be earned by both officer and enlisted ranks, it will not be masked (i.e., Airborne School, Combat Lifesaver Course, etc.).
(2) Awards, decorations, and Certificates of Achievement will not be masked and will be seen by the board.
(3) Prior enlisted DA Form 1059s need to be masked by submitting a Board Correction Form to usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.iperms-board-support@army.mil.
g. For resolution of duplicate, inverted, misfiled documents, duplicate evaluation reports, masking of documents, or request for corrections, submit a Board Correction Form to usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.iperms-board-support@army.mil. Correctly filed authorized documents will not be removed.
h. Transcripts submitted to iPERMS must comply with AR 600-8-104, AMHRR Required Document List.
13. Points of Contact:
a. For OER/AER procedural matters, the POC is Evaluations Branch (Policy), (AHRC-PDV-EP), at: usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-eval-policy@army.mil/.
b. General Officer Management Office point of contact is CW3 Xiomara L. Boley at DSN 227-9484, Commercial (703) 697-9484, or e-mail at xiomara.l.boley.mil@army.mil. or usarmy.pentagon.hqdagomo.mbx.gomo@army.mil.
c. Special Management Division (SMD) managed officers, for administrative and procedural promotion consideration matters, contact for G-1s is HRC, Chief, Control Files Branch (SMD), Ms. Angela Jones at angela.h.jones.civ@mail.smil.mil.
d. For correction(s) to existing documents filled into your AMHRR/iPERMS record, please email request to usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.iperms-board-support@army.mil.