Emerging Options for Field-Grade Officer Promotions in the U.S. Air Force

Emerging Options for Field-Grade Officer Promotions in the U.S. Air Force

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The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act established an alternative framework for setting promotion policies for military officers in competitive categories. The authors examine whether a shift to alternative promotion authority (APA) would be beneficial to the U.S. Air Force, how it would be implemented, and the use of related policy options — merit sequencing and lineal zone management — under either conventional or APA.