2. Phase I - Identify “Fully Qualified” Officers Phase II - Re-validate Deferred Phase III - Identify “Best Qualified” Officers, Foreign School Recommendations Phase IV - Identify Show Cause Phase V - Produce Board Products/AARCompletion Concept of the Operation

3. Vote files (1 through 6 +/-) Identify possible Show Cause cases Establish/Review OML Establish Fully Qualified Line AAR Input PHASE I Identify Fully Qualified Officers

4. FULLY QUALIFIED 6 +/- 5 +/- 4 +/- 3 +/- 2 +/- 1 NOT FULLY QUALIFIED EXAMPLE WORD PICTURE Verbiage of word picture and location of FQ line are board decisions

5. 102 100 95 94 80 75 70 68 62 55 53 51-1 46+17 36 25 FULLY QUALIFIED MAX Score (102 +17) MIN Score (17) IAZ Population Hard Vote 46+1736 25 Draw “FQ” line (Board decision based on word picture) NOT FULLY QUALIFIED PHASE I Identify Fully Qualified Officers

6. Establish an Order of Merit List X 3 SCORE 102+17 OML RANK 1 17 XXXX FQ NFQ MFEOSFS PHASE I Identify Fully Qualified Officers

7. Concept of the Operation Phase I - Identify “Fully Qualified” Officers Phase II - Re-validate Deferred Phase III - Identify “Best Qualified” Officers, Foreign School Recommendations Phase IV - Identify Show Cause Phase V - Produce Board Products/AARCompletion

8. Deferred officers have been selected by previous boards and have not been slated to attend. Deferred officers do not count toward selection requirements. Do not compare with those presently under consideration. Limit the review to material changes since the original selection. Examples of “Material Changes” provided in DA Memo 600-2 are: a. Record of punishment under UCMJ b. Letter of Reprimand c. Relief for Cause d. Marked decline in performance or potential PHASE II Re-validate Deferred Officers

9. YES NO SC Validate to attend SSC No material change in file since selection Material change in file since selection Recommend revocation of “select” status Officer should be required to “Show Cause” for: Misconduct Substandard performance of duty Moral or professional dereliction, and/or Actions inconsistent with national security Example Word Picture Re-Validate Deferred Officer

10. Concept of the Operation Phase I - Identify “Fully Qualified” Officers Phase II - Re-validate Deferred Phase III - Identify “Best Qualified” Officers, Foreign School Recommendations Phase IV - Identify Show Cause Phase V - Produce Board Products/AARCompletion

11. Review OMLs Fill foreign school requirements Tentatively identify officers that are best qualified on OMLs based on requirements Identify “Alternate” requirements on OMLs Break ties to produce clearly defined OMLs AAR Input PHASE III Identify Best Qualified Officers

12. Draw Tentatively Best Qualified Line and Alternate based on the Maximum Selection Capability PHASE III Identify Best Qualified Officers SCORE 102+17 OML RANK 1 17 XXXX FQ NFQ MFEOSFS xxx TBQ: Alt:

13. Foreign school recommendations are advisory only. Officers should indicate an interest in the school. Officers recommended as a principal must be “best qualified” (Identified as a Principal from the SSC Army board) Officers recommended as Alternates must be “best or fully qualified” (Identified as a Principal or Alternate from the SSC Army board) Officers recommended must meet grade and language requirements of the school. All schools are Branch / Functional Area Immaterial. Foreign School Selection

14. Concept of the Operation Phase I - Identify “Fully Qualified” Officers Phase II - Re-validate Deferred Phase III - Identify “Best Qualified” Officers, Foreign School Recommendations Phase IV - Identify Show Cause Phase V - Produce Board Products/AARCompletion

15. Substandard performance of duty Misconduct Moral/Professional dereliction Actions inconsistent with national security Board Deliberations & Voting Sponsor Signs SC Memorandum Sponsor Presents Case Summary PHASE IV Identify Officers to Show Cause IAW 600-8-24, Chapter 4

16. Phase I - Identify “Fully Qualified” Officers Phase II - Re-validate Deferred Phase III - Identify “Best Qualified” Officers, Foreign School Recommendations Phase IV - Identify Show Cause Phase V - Produce Board Products/AARCompletion Concept of the Operation