SGT Private RallyPoint Member 8524887 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have a soldier who just had their flag removed after getting reduced from E-5 to E-4. I was tracking that as soon as the flag was removed they would go back on the promotion list and have to make points again. Now I’m being told they will have to go back to the board to get their promotable status first. Will they have to go back to the board? Do soldiers who receive an article 15 and get reduced in rank have to go before a promotion board again? 2023-10-23T13:29:32-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 8524887 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have a soldier who just had their flag removed after getting reduced from E-5 to E-4. I was tracking that as soon as the flag was removed they would go back on the promotion list and have to make points again. Now I’m being told they will have to go back to the board to get their promotable status first. Will they have to go back to the board? Do soldiers who receive an article 15 and get reduced in rank have to go before a promotion board again? 2023-10-23T13:29:32-04:00 2023-10-23T13:29:32-04:00 COL Randall C. 8525075 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Short answer: Yes.<br /><br />Long answer: Para 3-28c of AR 600-8-19* details the different situations where Soldiers are removed from a promotion list. Reduction in grade is one of them (so is a non-summarized Article 15).<br /><br />Per 3-28g, a Soldier must reappear before a promotion board to be re-integrated onto the promotion recommendation list.<br />-----------------------<br />* AR 600-8-19 (Enlisted Promotions and Reductions) - <a target="_blank" href="https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN17424_R600_8_19_Admin_FINAL.pdf">https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN17424_R600_8_19_Admin_FINAL.pdf</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN17424_R600_8_19_Admin_FINAL.pdf">ARN17424_R600_8_19_Admin_FINAL.pdf</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by COL Randall C. made Oct 23 at 2023 5:08 PM 2023-10-23T17:08:01-04:00 2023-10-23T17:08:01-04:00 2023-10-23T13:29:32-04:00