MCO P1400.31C - Headquarters Marine Corps

3007 MARCORPROMMAN, VOL 1, OFFPROM
Chiefs of Staff to review certain selection board reports to
determine if the boards acted in a manner consistent with
Secretary of Defense guidelines under section 615(b) of Title
10, U.S. Code, and DODINST 1320.14. The Chairman reviews board
results to determine if the boards gave appropriate
consideration to the performance of officers in joint duty
assignments who are serving in, or have served in, such
assignments. Additionally, the Chairman reviews board results
to assess whether the board met or failed to meet the promotion
considerations set forth in section 662 of Title 10, U.S. Code,
CJCSINST 1330.02B, and CJCSINST 1331.01C.
3. Acquisition. Section 1731 of Title 10, U.S. Code requires
that the qualifications of officers selected for the Acquisition
Professional community are such that those officers are
expected, as a group, to be promoted at a rate not less than the
rate for all non-acquisition Marine Corps officers (both in- and
below-zone) in the same grade. Consequently, the Commandant of
the Marine Corps must submit, in the board report, a statistical
analysis of the selection rate for acquisition officers in
accordance with DODINST 1320.4 and DODINST 1320.14.
4. Although the categories listed above are given consideration
by a selection board, precepts clearly establish that the
selection standard for all eligible officers is "best and fully
qualified" for promotion to the next higher grade.
3008. SHOW CAUSE
1. Selection boards shall report the name of any officer whose
record, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the
board, indicates that the officer should be required to show
cause for retention in the service, because of the officer's
substandard performance of duty, misconduct, moral or
professional dereliction, or because that officer's retention is
not clearly consistent with the interests of national security.
2. CWO selection boards shall report the name of any officer
whose record and/or reports established, in the opinion of the a
majority of the members of the board, the officer’s unfitness or
unsatisfactory performance in his or her warrant officer grade,
or that his or her retention on active duty is not clearly
consistent with the interests of national security.
3. The selection board shall provide, under separate cover, a
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