MCO P1400.31C - Headquarters Marine Corps

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post-board screening requirements. The three primary sources
for the adverse screening are: Defense Clearance Investigation
Index (DCII), Staff Judge Advocate Military Law (CMC (JAM)), and
Inspector General Marine Corps (IGMC).
5003. POST-BOARD SCREENING/WITHHOLD PROCESS. Upon adjournment
of a promotion selection board, a review of investigative files
is conducted to determine if any of the selected officers have
potentially adverse information. If this review uncovers such
information, the officer will be reviewed for possible
withholding from nomination to the Secretary of Defense, the
President, or the Senate, as appropriate. The Adverse Material
Advisory Board (AMAB) conducts the review of the potentially
adverse information and provides information to the Commandant
of the Marine Corps. Based on the individual case, the
Commandant of the Marine Corps will make a recommendation to the
Secretary of the Navy on whether to support the officer’s
nomination, or to recommend withholding the officer’s name
pending further review. If the decision is to nominate, the
officer’s name remains in the nomination package and on the
ALNAV. If not, the officer is withheld and notice and comment
procedures are initiated when the board results are released.
1. Notice and Comment Procedures. If the Secretary of the Navy
withholds an officer’s name from nomination, the officer shall
be notified in writing of such action, and be afforded the
opportunity to submit a written statement to the Secretary of
the Navy via the chain of command. If the officer declines to
make a statement, the officer shall submit a signed statement to
that effect. After a review of the officer's statement, the
Commandant of the Marine Corps will recommend either that the
officer be promoted, or that he/she be removed from the
promotion list. If the Commandant of the Marine Corps
recommends promotion, he will also make a recommendation as to
whether the officer’s date of rank should be adjusted.
2. Resolution-Withholds
a. Promote. If the decision is that the officer should be
promoted, a separate nomination package containing the officer’s
name shall be forwarded to the Secretary of Defense, the
President (for USMC CWOs and Capts, and USMCR Capts - LtCols) or
the Senate (for USMC Majs - MajGen and USMCR Col-MajGen), as
appropriate. Officers who are nominated after a period of
withholding, who have passed the date when they would have been
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