Warrant officers: promotion; effective date

§ 563. Warrant officers: promotion; effective date (a) A permanent regular warrant officer who is selected for promotion to the next higher permanent regular warrant officer grade by the first selection board that considered him for promotion to that grade, and who is qualified under section 557 (a) of this title, shall be promoted to that grade. His date of appointment in that grade is the day after he completes the service prescribed in section 559 of this title. (b) A permanent regular warrant officer who is selected for promotion to the next higher permanent regular warrant officer grade after having previously failed of selection for promotion to that grade, and who is qualified under section 557 (a) of this title, shall be promoted to that grade. His date of appointment in that grade is the earlier of the following dates: (1) One year after the date upon which his promotion would have been effective had he been selected by the last selection board that failed to select him. (2) The earliest date upon which any warrant officer who did not fail of selection, and whose name follows his on the list submitted to the Secretary under section 560 (g) of this title, is promoted to that grade.