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. Reserve commissioned officers holding a permanent Reserve grade of 2LT and serving on AD as commissioned
officers and who are not promoted to the permanent Reserve grade of 1LT on or before completing 3 years promotion
service will be released. These officers must be released from AD and discharged on the date of completion of such
service unless they have a remaining service obligation. Those serving an obligated period of AD will be retained on
AD until completion of this obligation.
c. Reserve warrant officers holding the permanent Reserve grade of W1 and serving on AD as warrant officers and
who are not promoted to the permanent Reserve grade of CW2 on or before date completing 3 years promotion service
will be released from AD. They will be released from AD and discharged on date of completion of such service unless
they have a service obligation. Those serving an obligated period of service will be retained on AD until completion of
their obligation.
d. Officers and warrant officers within 2 years of qualifying for retirement will be retained on AD until the last day
of the month following the month they qualify for such retirement. This will apply to those qualifying for retirement
under chapter 6 (20 years AFS including 10 years commissioned service for officers) on their scheduled release date.
Also, these officers and warrant officers must be able to qualify before attaining maximum ages specified in this
chapter. Release must, however, be approved by the Secretary of the Army (10 USC 12686).
e. An officer or warrant officer eligible for retirement under chapter 6 may apply for retirement to be effective not
later than the first day of the month following the month in which release is directed.
f. HRC–St. Louis forwards the notification of nonselection through command channels for personal presentation to
the officer.
g. HRC–St. Louis, upon receipt of the signed acknowledgement of notification of REFRAD and election of options
from the officer, forwards a copy of the signed acknowledgement and election of options to the PSST.
2–38. Steps for processing involuntary release from active duty due to failure of selection for
permanent Reserve promotion
The steps required for processing involuntary REFRAD due to failure of selection for permanent Reserve promotion
are as shown in table 2–17.
Table 2–17
Involuntary release from active duty due to failure of selection for permanent Reserve promotion
Step Step Required action
1 C&S The commander personally notifies the officer of their nonselection. The commander will counsel the
officer regarding their options.
2 SLDR The officer is notified and counseled by commander. The officer signs the acknowledgment of notification
and election of options and forwards to CDR, HRC–St. Louis, by the established suspense date.
3 C&S The commander ensures the officer’s acknowledgment and election of options is forwarded to CDR,
HRC–St. Louis, by the established suspense date.
4 PSST Upon receipt of the established separation date and the officer’s election of options from CDR,
HRC–St. Louis, processes the officer for REFRAD and discharge/transfer to Retired Reserve, as applicable.
A copy of the acknowledgment and election of options will be filed in the officer’s MPF. Separation
forms will cite regulatory authority and SPD as shown in AR 635–5–1.
AR 600–8–24 12 April 2006
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