View all text of Subchapter II [§ 3021 - § 3036]
Not less frequently than once each year and at such other times as the Secretary determines necessary, the Secretary shall convene a personnel board.
A board convened under subsection (a) shall consist of five or more officers who are serving in or above the permanent grade of the officers under consideration by the board.
Officers on the retired list may be recalled to serve on such personnel boards as the Secretary considers necessary.
No officer may be a member of two successive personnel boards convened to consider officers of the same grade for promotion or separation.
If any recommendation by a board convened under subsection (a) is not accepted by the Secretary or the President, the board shall make such further recommendations as the Secretary or the President considers appropriate.
The Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps may provide that an officer, upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the Director, be excluded from consideration for promotion by a personnel board convened under this section.