What happens if a board member is a close friend or relative of someone under consideration?
In a small service such as ours, it is not unusual for board members to have personal knowledge of officers under consideration. For instance, a board member who is CO of a unit may have his OPS boss or a JO under consideration. In some cases, board members may have friends or distant relatives under consideration. However, board members are charged to make their decisions on matters of record only. Board members who feel that they have personal knowledge of a member under consideration may recuse themselves from evaluating that member for promotion.
