### Question
How is the term promotion zone defined?


### Answer
The term **promotion zone** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 645* as the following:

> a promotion eligibility category consisting of the officers on an active-duty list in the same grade and competitive category—


(A) who—


(i) in the case of officers in grades below colonel, for officers of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or captain, for officers of the Navy, have neither (I) failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (II) been removed from a list of officers recommended for promotion to that grade (other than after having been placed on that list after a selection from below the promotion zone)

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 645*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 36-PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST > SUBCHAPTER V-ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND RETIREMENT**

