Promotion lists: promotion-list officer defined; determination of place upon transfer or promotion

§ 3296. Promotion lists: promotion-list officer defined; determination of place upon transfer or promotion (a) The names of all commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general on the active list of the Regular Army, except those of the Army Nurse Corps and the Women’s Medical Specialist Corps, those in special categories otherwise excluded under law, and professors of the United States Military Academy, shall be carried on promotion lists in descending order of grade and rank in the Regular Army. These officers may be called “promotion-list officers”. (b) A separate promotion list shall be maintained for commissioned officers of the Regular Army in each of the following: (1) The Chaplains. 185 (2) The Women’s Army Corps. (3) Each of the several branches of the Army Medical Service, except the Army Nurse Corps and the Women’s Medical Specialist Corps. (c) The names of all promotion-list officers not on a list maintained under subsection (b) shall be carried on the Army promotion list. (d) If a promotion-list officer is transferred from one branch to another whose officers are carried on a different promotion list, his name shall be placed upon the promotion list to which he is transferred among the officers of his grade in accordance with seniority as determined under section 3574 (b) of this title. (e) Unless specifically provided otherwise, upon the promotion of a promotion-list officer, his name shall be placed at the foot of the list of officers of his grade.