What is suspension of favorable personnel action?
The suspension of favorable actions on a Soldier is mandatory when military or civilian authorities initiate any investigation or inquiry that may potentially result in disciplinary or adverse administrative action.
What are favorable personnel actions?
Suspension of favorable personnel actions is mandatory if an investigation that may result in disciplinary action or financial loss is initiated on a Soldier by military or civilian authorities, or if a Soldier is arrested.
What is considered favorable action in the Army?
When the Soldier passes the APFT, the flag is lifted. Later, the Soldier is considered for favorable actions (such as promotion or awards), but the chain of command then realizes that the Soldier should be flagged for the failure to meet weight control standards. The commander then directs a flag for this oversight.
What does suspended from the army mean?
a suspended (non-payment) status for a definite or. indefinite period of time. The pay may be. suspended to comply with statutory or regulatory. requirements, or Military Department procedures.
What happens if you ETS with a flag?
A: A FLAG stops all promotions. If you are in a promotable status, the orders should not be processed. If the FLAG is non-transferable, Soldiers will not be able to PCS. You cannot be held past your normal ETS date solely by a FLAG.
What Army regulation covers suspension of favorable actions?
AR 600–8
This regulation prescribes Army policy for the suspension of favorable personnel actions (Flag) function of the military personnel system. It is linked to AR 600–8 and provides principles of support, standards of service, and policies regarding the initiation, transfer, removal, and management of Flags.
Does a flag remove promotable status?
Answer: Yes. If a Soldier is flagged the PPW system will remove the Soldier from the promotion standing list and place the Soldier into a NOT Eligible status.
Can a flagged Soldier reenlist?
Favorable personnel actions that typically are prohibited because of a flag include; Appointments, re-appointments, re-enlistments and service extensions. Reassignments, unless specifically authorized by the Human Resources Command, and when appropriate, senior field commanders and state adjutants general.
Can I go on Army if flagged leave?
To my knowledge a Flag only stops advanced or excess leave. Normal leave is a benefit (meaning it is earned as part of your compensation), not an privilege. Therefore it can only be stopped in rare cases. For example, the command can disapprove leave if they could prove you are a flight risk for AWOL.
Can you ETS while under investigation?
The only way a Soldier can be retained beyond their ETS date is if the command is investigating the Soldier with intent to take the charges to court-martial. (See para 1-22, AR 635-200) Just the fact they are investigating does not authorize the command to extend a Soldier past their ETS date.
How long can a CID investigation last?
However, a prosecutor can still request that CID gather more evidence against the subject while pending Court-Martial charges. The normal CID investigation process takes about 7-8 months from the time a crime is reported until some action, or no action, is taken against the subject.
What sort of crimes do CID investigate?
CIDs deals with investigations into serious crimes. These count as robberies, burglaries, sexual offences, fraud, serious assaults and murders. CID officer sometimes assist uniformed officers in investigating the less serious crimes, such as theft.