SECNAVINST 1412.9B - Headquarters Marine Corps

SECNAVINST 1412.9B7 Feb 2006SECNAV for approval via, first; CMC for his recommendations, andsecond; NJAG for legal review. The report shall list the namesof the officers recommended for promotion in order of seniorityby competitive category. The reports shall be in writing andshall be signed by each board member and recorder. The reportsshall certify that the board has complied with all instructionscontained in its precept and, as appropriate, other letters ofguidance or instruction provided by SECNAV.c. The LDO promotion selection board shall report the nameof each officer whose record, in the opinion of a majority ofthe members of the board, indicates that the officer should berequired to show cause for retention on active duty. Therequirement to show cause can arise from substandard performanceof duty, moral or professional dereliction, misconduct, or ifretention is not clearly consistent with the interests ofnational security. LDOs so reported by a promotion selectionboard may be processed for administrative separation.d. The LDO promotion selection boards shall include in itsreport the names of those officers considered and notrecommended for promotion by the board who submitted to theboard a request not to be selected for promotion or whootherwise directly caused their nonselection through writtencommunication to the board. Any officer who submits such arequest will still be considered for promotion and will incur afailure of selection if not recommended for promotion by theboard. Per section 1174(a)(3) of reference (a), the officers soreported will not be entitled to separations pay.e. The chief warrant officer and Reserve chief warrantofficer promotion selection board shall report the names ofthose officers whose records and/or reports establish, in itsopinion, their unfitness or unsatisfactory performance in theirgrade or that their retention is not clearly consistent with theinterests of national security. Officers so reported by apromotion selection board may be processed for administrativeseparation.f. Under the authority of reference (l) and SECNAVguidance, CMC shall, prior to submission of the board report toSECNAV, screen the names of the officers recommended forpromotion by the board for adverse material which may not havebeen in an officer's record and known to board members.Depending upon the nature of the adverse material, an officer'sappointment may be withheld from nomination pending adjudicationor further review by SECNAV.6Enclosure (4)