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The Secretary concerned must issue written instructions to a promotion selection board that do not include information on a particular officer but includes each of the following:
- guidelines to ensure the consideration of all eligible officers without prejudice or partiality
- the maximum number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion in each competitive category with no increase in the number after the promotion selection board convenes without the written approval of the Secretary of Defense
- information or guidelines on the needs of the Service concerned for officers having particular skills, including guidelines or information on the need for either a minimum number, or a maximum number of officers with particular skills in a competitive category, furnished at the time the board convenes
- guidelines to ensure the marital status of a member or the employment, education, or volunteer service of a spouse has no effect on the promotion opportunities of the member
- guidelines to ensure boards give appropriate consideration to the performance of officers on the Active Duty List who are serving on, or have served on, the Joint Staff or are joint qualified officers
- direction that boards consider officers for promotion to a pay grade below O-6 in a health-professional competitive category give equal consideration to clinical proficiency and skill as a health professional as well as the officer's administrative and management skills
- guidelines to prohibit board members and recorders, or persons acting on their behalf, from receiving, initiating, or participating in communications or discussions involving information that should be precluded from presentation to the promotion selection board
- guidelines of actions to be taken if a board member or recorder believes someone is exerting or attempting to exert inappropriate influence over the board or its proceedings |