Fewer captains on AMEDD chopping block

The zones of vulnerability for the Army Medical Department captain force reduction boards that meet in September have been reduced, primarily affecting nurses and dust-off pilots.

The changes approved by Army Secretary John McHugh apply to the Officer Separation Board (OS) and Enhanced Selective Early Retirement Board (eSERB) slated to meet Sept. 15-18 for certain categories of Regular Army AMEDD captains.

The Army has not announced any changes to the zones of eligibility for the Army Competitive Category captain boards that will meet Sept. 22-25 to screen about 3,460 members of year group 2009.

Under the AMEDD changes, specialty AOC 66H surgical nurses in year group 2007 no longer will be included in the OS and eSERB captain screenings.

However, 66H captains in year groups 2008 and 2009 will be screened by the OS and eSERB boards, as previously announced.

McHugh also has directed that AOC 67J aeromedical evacuation captains in year groups 2007, 2008 and 2009 will not be included in the eSERB screening.

These same 67J cohorts will not be considered by the OS board. Captains in AOC 67A, health services officer in year groups 2007, 2008 and 2009 will be screened by the OS and eSERB boards as previously announced.

The changes were announced Wednesday by the Human Resources Command in MilPer Message 15-236.

Separations and retirements resulting from these boards are expected to occur in late 2016, about 10 months after the selection-out lists are approved by the secretary of the Army.

The OS boards will focus on officers who have at least one year in grade as a captain, and who are not within two years of qualifying for retirement at 20 years of service. These officers will have fewer than 18 years of service on the convening date of their retention board.

The eSERBs will focus on captains who are eligible for retirement, or who will be within two years of qualifying for retirement at 20 years of service. These officers will have more than 18 years of service on the convening date of the board.

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