§ 645. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
The term “promotion zone” means 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
(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); or
(ii)
in the case of officers in the grade of colonel or brigadier general, for officers of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or captain or rear admiral (lower half), for officers of the Navy, have neither
(I)
not been recommended for promotion to the next higher grade when considered in the promotion zone, 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); and
(2)
The term “officers above the promotion zone” means a group of officers on an active-duty list in the same grade and competitive category who—
(3)
The term “officers below the promotion zone” means a group of officers on the active-duty list in the same grade and competitive category who—