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SECNAVINST 1402.1
ASN (M&RA)
29 Apr 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION
1402.1
From: Secretary of the
Navy
Subj: SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS, SUPPLEMENTAL ALL-FULLY-
QUALIFIED-OFFICERS LISTS, AND SPECIAL BOARDS
Encl: (1) References
(2) Definitions
(3) Responsibilities
(4) Special Selection Boards
(5) Supplemental All-Fully-Qualified-Officers Lists
(6) Special Boards
1. Purpose. This instruction implements sections 624(a)(3),
628, 1558, 14308(b)(4), and 14502 of reference (a) and
references (b) through (i) and establishes Department of the
Navy (DON) policy, procedures, and processing deadlines for:
review of and action on requests for Special Selection Boards
(SSBs), Supplemental All-Fully-Qualified-Officers Lists
(SAFQOLs), and Special Boards (SBs); convening SSBs and SBs;
requesting and processing SAFQOLs; processing related reports;
and processing individual actions. This is a new instruction
and should be reviewed in its entirety.
2. Applicability. This instruction applies to:
a. SSBs. Action on requests for and convening of SSBs,
pursuant to sections 628 or 14502 of reference (a) and reference
(b), to consider for promotion, in or above the promotion zone,
those eligible Navy and Marine Corps commissioned officers,
including former officers no longer on the Active Duty List
(ADL) or Reserve Active Status List (RASL), who were not
considered by a Promotion Selection Board (PSB) due to
administrative error or who were unfairly considered and not
selected for promotion.
b. SAFQOLs. Action on requests for SAFQOLs to consider for
promotion those eligible Navy and Marine Corps commissioned
officers, including former officers no longer on the ADL or
