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SECNAVINST 1420.3
ASN (M&RA)
28 Mar 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1420.3
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY COMMISSIONED OFFICER PROMOTION
PROGRAM
Encl: (1) References
(2) Definitions
(3) Responsibilities
(4) Commissioned Officer Promotion Plans
(5) Promotion Selection Board Guidance
(6) Post-Board Procedures
(7) All-Fully-Qualified Officers List Screening
Process
(8) Withhold, Delay, and Removal Actions
(9) Posthumous Commissions
(10) Processing Deadlines for Promotion Plans and
Promotion Selection Board Packages
(11) Processing Deadlines for Individual Promotion Actions
1. Purpose. This instruction implements references (a) through
(d). Through guidance in enclosures (1) through (11), this
instruction establishes Department of the Navy (DON) policy and
procedures for commissioned officer promotion plans, Promotion
Selection Boards (PSBs) and Report of Proceedings (ROPs);
Promotion Review Boards (PRBs); the All-Fully-Qualified Officers
List (AFQOL) screening process for promotions to O-3; posthumous
commissions; and individual promotion actions. This instruction
is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 1420.1B.
3. Definitions. See enclosure (2).
4. Applicability
a. The actions in this instruction apply to all Navy and
Marine Corps commissioned officers on the Active-Duty List
(ADL)and Reserve Active-Status List (RASL) in the grades of O-2
through O-7, excluding those actions for officers listed in
paragraph 4b.
