Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Forced Attrition of Enlisted Personnel. -

(a)Failure of Promotion. -An enlisted personnel who fails to qualify or fails to satisfy any of the conditions for promotion to the next higher grade as determined by the appropriate Enlisted Personnel Promotion Board shall be referred to the concerned Review and Evaluation Board for evaluation and subsequent recommendation to the Major Service Commanders for attrition or retention. The grounds for referral shall be provided in the rules and regulations to be issued for the effective implementation of this Act.

(b)Maximum Tenure-in-Grade for Enlisted Personnel. -An enlisted personnel shall be separated or retired in accordance with the provisions of existing laws for failure to be promoted after having attended the maximum allowable tenure for the present grade except if occupying a position calling for a higher grade in the AFP Table of Organization:

Grade

Maximum Tenure-in-Grade

First Chief Master Sergeant

(E-10)

Three (3) years

Chief Master Sergeant

(E-9)

Three (3) years

Senior Master Sergeant

(E-8)

Three (3) years

Master Sergeant

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Three (3) years

Technical Sergeant

(E-6)

Five (5) years

Staff Sergeant

(E-5)

Five (5) years

Sergeant

(E-4)

Four (4) years

Corporal

(E-3)

Four (4) years

Private First Class

(E-2)

Four (4) years

Private

(E-1)

Four (4) years

(c)Low Potentiality. -An enlisted personnel who is referred to and found by the Enlisted Personnel Reenlistment Board as not fit for retention, complacent, lacking leadership skills, of doubtful integrity, or fails to demonstrate outstanding performance may be separated from the military service.