Selection Board Processing for Boards ReviewedApproved by Secretary of the Army

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Command Select List (TAB D)
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CDPL (past)/CSL (present)
CDPL . . .
CSL
CDPL . . . TOE TDA together
TOE, TDA, Garrison USAREC, AC/RC
Assignment Action

• USAREC Board . . . Volunteer
• Many TDAcommands
• Garrison positions

to CSL - all command selections are board actions
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Command Select List has grown
FY98 (CDPL)
754
311
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CSL Policies
Why centrally select?

• Highest quality officers to lead our soldiers.
• Unit stability/readiness - 2 year command.
• Develop future senior leaders.
• Gives the position credibility
• Guarantees position will be filled
• Guarantees no underlap

• . . . there are effects.
• Large command opportunity
• FBC promotion rate to COL will decrease

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Command Select List Process

• Officer Corps notified by PERSCOMs zone message
• Officer provides input by submitting preference
  statement via Army Knowledge On-Line (AKO)
• CSA approves slating guidancedeveloped by branch
  proponents
• BOARDS SELECT officers by CSL command categories
• OPMD SLATES the officers into specific units
  within command categories
• Chief of Staff, Army is approval authority for
  all command slates

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LTC COL Command Selections
BOARDS SELECT FOR EACH CATEGORY . . . SEPARATE
ORDER OF MERIT LISTS
TRAINING STRATEGIC SUPPORT (TSS) --
TRAINING TRAINING BASE (TRADOC) AND TRAINING
SUPPORT BRIGADES (AC/RC) -- STRATEGIC TOE
ECHELONS ABOVE CORPS (MACOM-LEVEL) AND ENGINEER
DISTRICTS.
OPMS XXI COMMAND SELECT LIST (CSL)
TACTICAL -- TOE -- ECHELON CORPS BELOW
(ECB)
INSTITUTIONAL -- GARRISON COMMANDS --
RECRUITING COMMANDS
TRADOC SYSTEMS MANAGERS (TSM) (COLs ONLY)
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Command Select List Process

• OFFICERS SUBMIT ELECTRONIC PREFERENCE STATEMENT
  PRIOR TO BOARD.
• OFFICERS CAN DECLINE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF
  COMMAND.
• OFFICERS PRIORITIZE UNIT PREFERENCES WITHIN EACH
  CATEGORY.

FIELD ARTILLERY
TACTICAL CATEGORY
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___ 1-17 FA, FT SILL
PREFERENCE
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STATEMENT
___ 3-18 FA, FT SILL
2
___ 1-1 FA, USAREUR
___ TACTICAL
1
___ 2-12 FA, KOREA
___ TSS
NO
___ INSTITUTIONAL

• COMMAND PREFERENCE STATEMENTS ARE SUBMITTED
  ELECTRONICALLY VIA AKO

___ TRADOC SYS
NO
MANAGER
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Slating Guidance

• SLATING GUIDANCE IS ISSUED BY THE CSA
• PROPONENT COMPLIMENTS CSA GUIDANCE WITH BRANCH
  SPECIFICS, FOR EXAMPLES...
• Special Forces Slate for area orientation,
  unit experience, and language.
• Aviation Consider DS experienced officers
  for DS battalions.

• READINESS
• EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTIONOF TALENT TO ALL MACOMS
• EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO COMMAND UNITS ARMY-WIDE

• RESIST SLATING OUT OFJOINT
• CAPITALIZE ON INSTITUTIONALEXPERIENCE
• OFFICER CONSIDERATION PREFERENCE

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OPMD Slates to Units by Category
GOOD OF THE ARMY
PERSONAL

CSA GUIDANCE
EFMP


DIVERSITY
ARMY COUPLE

CSA GUIDANCE PROPONENT GUIDANCE OFFICER
PREFERENCE BOARD OMLs BY CATEGORY

PROPONENT INPUT
PREFERENCE


EQUITY

POST BOARD
COMMANDSLATE


INACTIVATIONS


UNFORCASTEDREQUIREMENTS
AVAILABILITY
EXPERIENCE

TOE/TDA

SSC

LT/HVY

JOINT

CONUS/

EARLY CMD
OCONUS
THE SLATE EQUATION IS A COMBINATION OF MANY
VARIABLES.
Slate approved by CSA
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AC/RC Command Integration
Overview

• IAW memorandum of agreement subject AC/RC
  command and staff
• integration program, dated 1 Dec 1998
  (new MOA being staffed)
• CSL commands are an integral piece of the
  overall integration program

FY 00

• 2 NG and 2 USAR Commanders assumed command of 4
  FORSCOM Battalions in FY00 (AR, FA, AV, TC)
• 4 AC Commanders to RC units during FY00

FY 01

• 1 NG, 2 USAR, and 3 FORSCOM Battalion Commands
  will
• participate in FY 01 (AR, EN, AG)

FY 02

• 1 NG, 1 USAR, and 2 FORSCOM Battalion Commands
  will
• participate in FY 02 (AV QM)

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Conclusion

• The Armys Centralized Selection System
• is vital to management of the force
• is driven by law, OSD directives, and Army
  policies
• has close oversight by Congress, OSD, and SecArmy
• maintains the integrity of the institution
• has the confidence and support of the field

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Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
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