Senior noncommissioned officers in select military occupational specialties will be considered for possible separation from active duty by a retention board that meets in mid-May.
The zone of consideration for the Qualitative Service Program board will include command sergeants major and sergeants major of the Regular Army and Active Guard and Reserve (Army Reserve) who are in specialties that are overstrength as the Army moves deeper into the drawdown.
Soldiers who do not want to risk possible selection by the board should submit a request for voluntary retirement before the board convenes. Such requests must be approved by May 5, and cannot be withdrawn after being approved.
The E-9 QSP board will be in held in conjunction with the fiscal 2016 nominative command sergeant major and sergeant major selection board that is scheduled for May 16-20.
The zone of eligibility for the QSP board will include RA and AGR command sergeants major and sergeants major with dates of rank of May 17, 2013, and earlier, and basic active service dates of May 17, 1986, and later, who hold one of the following military occupational specialties:
Regular Army
15Z (aircraft maintenance senior sergeant), 19Z (armor senior sergeant), 25Z (visual information operations chief), 35Z (signals intelligence senior sergeant), 42A (human resources specialist) and 51C (contracting NCO).
Also, 68Z (chief medical NCO), 88Z (transportation senior sergeant), 89D (explosive ordnance disposal specialist) and 91Z (mechanical maintenance supervisor). All other specialties will not be considered.
Active Guard and Reserve (Army Reserve)
15Z (aircraft maintenance senior sergeant), 25X (chief signal NCO), 31E (interment and resettlement specialist) and 36B (financial management technician).
Also, 38B (civil affairs specialist), 74D (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist), 88Z (transportation senior sergeant) and 92F (petroleum supply specialist). All other specialties will not be included.
Soldiers who are in the zone of consideration for QSP can review their official file, the Army Military Human Resources Record, online.
Unlike the Qualitative Management Program, which is triggered by the filing of derogatory material in a soldier's official file, the QSP is a drawdown tool for culling military occupational specialties that are, or will become, overstrength as the Army gets smaller.
