### Question
What does promotion zone mean?


### Answer
**Promotion zone** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 583*:

> a promotion eligibility category consisting of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—


(A) in the case of grades below chief warrant officer, W–5, have neither (i) failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (ii) been removed from a list of warrant 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. § 583*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 33A-APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST**

