DOD INSTRUCTION 1320.13
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OMMISSIONED OFFICER PROMOTION REPORTS
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Effective: April 9, 2021
Change 1 Effective: May 21, 2025
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 1320.13, “Commissioned Officer Promotion Reports,”
October 30, 2014
Approved by: Virginia S. Penrod, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness
Change 1 Approved by: Jules W. Hurst III, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02, this issuance establishes policy,
assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the annual reporting of commissioned officer
promotion information dealing with the selection of commissioned officers for promotion on the:
• Active-duty list (ADL), pursuant to Chapter 36 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), to the
grades of:
o First lieutenant through colonel in the Army, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Space
Force.
o Lieutenant (junior grade) through captain in the Navy.
• Reserve active-status list (RASL), pursuant to Chapters 1403 and 1405 of Title 10, U.S.C., to the
grades of:
o First lieutenant through colonel in the Army, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Space
Force.
o Lieutenant (junior grade) through captain in the Navy.
