IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 6 March 2012
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20110022247
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).
2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant requests correction of his Federal recognition date and date of rank (DOR) to 25 February 2011.
2. The applicant states as a result of the change in the authority to promote Army National Guard (ARNG) warrant officers contained in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) warrant officer promotions resulted in no warrant officer promotions during the February through July 2011 timeframe.
3. The applicant provides the following documents in support of his application:
* Self-Authored Statement
* State Promotion Orders
* National Guard Bureau (NGB) Special Orders Number 211 AR, dated
7 September 2011
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. After having prior service in the ARNG in an enlisted status, the applicant was appointed a warrant officer one (WO1) on 25 February 2009.
2. On 19 May 2011, the Connecticut ARNG published Orders 139-001 promoting the applicant to chief warrant officer two (CW2) with an effective date and date of rank of 25 February 2011.
3. On 7 September 2011, the NGB published Special Orders NumberĀ 211 AR extending him Federal recognition for his promotion to CW2 effective
6 September 2011.
4. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 12211 (Officers: ARNG of the United States) states when an officer of the ARNG to whom temporary Federal recognition has been extended is appointed as a Reserve for service as a member of the ARNG of the United States, his appointment shall bear the date of the temporary recognition and shall be considered to have been accepted and effective on that date.
5. National Guard Regulation (NGR) 600-101 (Warrant Officers - Federal Recognition and Related Personnel Actions) prescribes policies and procedures for ARNG warrant officer personnel management. Chapter 7 states that promotion of warrant officers in the ARNG is a function of the State. As in original appointments, a warrant officer promoted by State authority has a State status in the higher grade under which to function. However, to be extended Federal recognition in the higher grade, the officer must satisfy the requirements for this promotion. Promotions will be based on the Department of the Army proponent duty MOS certification via satisfactory completion or constructive credit of appropriate level of military education, time in grade, demonstrated technical and tactical competence, and potential for service in the next higher grade as determined by an FRB.
6. NGB Policy Memorandum 11-015, Subject: Federal Recognition of Warrant Officers in the ARNG, dated 14 June 2011 states that ARNG WOs are initially appointed and are also promoted by the State or Territory to which the officer is assigned. The Chief, NGB, reviews and approves those actions.
7. Title 10, U.S. Code, sections 571b and 12241b introduced a requirement that all WO appointments and promotions to chief warrant officer grades in the ARNG be made by the President of the United States. As a result, effective 7 January 2011, all initial appointments of WOs and promotion to higher grades, by warrant or commission, will be issued by the President. Requests for appointment will be staffed through the Department of the Army (delegated to the Secretary of Defense), Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1. This requirement may add 90 days or more to the process for approval for appointments or promotions to be completed.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence of record shows the applicant's date of rank as a CW2 was determined by the Connecticut ARNG to be 25 February 2011. The NGB issued him Federal recognition orders for promotion to CW2 effective 6 September 2011 despite his having met promotion qualification on 25 February 2011.
2. However, as a result of the 2011 NDAA, the promotion of a WO1 to CW2 is now issued by the President of the United States and is delegated to the Secretary of Defense.
a. The delay in the applicant's promotion resulted from a statutory change in the procedures for the promotion of WOs that was mandated by the 2011 NDAA that WOs be placed on a scroll and staffed to the President (delegated to the Secretary of Defense) for approval. The law took effect on 7 January 2011. There followed a period of time during which the procedures for processing WO appointment and promotion scrolls were developed and refined.
b. Although this process was modeled on the existing process of scrolling commissioned officer appointments and promotions, there was still a period during which the WO scrolling process was being perfected. This development process did result in the delay of the promotions of all ARNG WOs, and probably WOs from other components, recommended for promotion during the months immediately following the enactment of the scrolling requirements.
c. The delay in question was not the result of an error or an injustice as much as it was the inherent consequence of elevating the appointment and promotion authority for WOs to such a high level. While it is true the processing time has been materially reduced as the service learned how to streamline the new process, the fact remains that the delay is an organic feature of the new scheme mandated by Congress and not an error or an injustice specific to the applicant.
3. In view of the foregoing evidence and the change in law, the applicant's effective date of promotion seems appropriate and reasonable and should not change.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
____X___ ____X __ ____X___ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.
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CHAIRPERSON
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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