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AR 600–8–19 Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Update -> Army Directive 2015-31
o Incorporates a Select-Train-Educate-Promote concept into the enlisted promotion system
o Expands enlisted promotions standards of service
o Revises non-promotable status
o Suspends favorable personnel actions for Soldiers who are on a Headquarters, Department of the Army
centralized promotion list (for promotion to sergeant first class and above)
o Revises determination of date of rank when promotion occurs from more than one promotion list
o Revises policy on the promotion of Soldiers categorized as missing
o Modifies the Noncommissioned Officer Education System completion requirement for Soldiers promoted in
the Disability Evaluation System
o Clarifies proper authority to issue the posthumous promotion certificate and sets aside Noncommissioned
Officer Education System completion requirements for posthumous promotions
o Requires completion of the Basic, Advanced, and Senior Leader Courses in order to be fully qualified for
promotion pin-on
o Establishes conditional promotion to sergeant major (para 1-28c(1)).
o Requires the Basic and Advanced Leader Courses as condition for battlefield promotion
o Eliminates conditional promotion authority for U.S. Army Recruiting Command merit promotions
o Includes applicability of U.S. Army Reserve (Active Guard Reserve) Soldiers
to reclassification eligibility for semi-centralized promotions
o Incorporates requirements to complete the Noncommissioned Officer Education System
o Clarifies list integration requirements of Regular Army Soldiers for various special promotion categories