[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR47 App B]

[Page 278-279]

                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

PART 47_ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR CIVILIAN OR CONTRACTUAL GROUPS--Table of Contents

  Sec. Appendix B to Part 47--The DoD Civilian/Military Service Review
                      Board and the Advisory Panel

                     A. Organization and Management

    1. The board shall consist of a president selected from the
Department of the Air Force and one representative each from the OSD,
the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department
of the Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard (when the group claims active
Coast Guard service). Each member shall have one vote except that the
president shall vote only to break a tie. The board's decision is
determined by majority vote. The president and two voting members shall
constitute a quorum.
    2. The advisory panel shall act as a nonvoting adjunct to the board.
It shall consist

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of historians selected by the Secretaries of the Military Departments
and, if required, by the Secretary of Transportation. The respective
Military Departments and the DOT shall ensure that the advisory panel is
provided with administrative and legal support.

                              B. Functions

    1. The board shall meet in executive session at the call of the
president, and shall limit its reviews to the following:
    a. Written submissions by an applicant on behalf of a civilian or
contractual group. Presentations to the board are not allowed.
    b. Written report(s) prepared by the advisory panel.
    c. Any other relevant written information available.
    d. Factors established in this part for determining AD service.
    2. The board shall return to the applicant any application that does
not meet the eligibility criteria established in Sec.  47.4(a). The
board only needs to state the reasons why the group is ineligible for
consideration under this part.
    3. If the board determines that an application is eligible for
consideration under Sec.  47.4(a), the board shall provide, to the
Secretary of the Air Force, a recommendation on the AD service
determination for the group and the rationale for that recommendation
that shall include, but not be limited to, a discussion of the factors
listed in Sec.  47.4.
    a. No factors shall be established that require automatic
recognition. Neither the board nor the Secretary of the Air Force shall
be bound by any method in reaching a decision.
    b. Prior group determinations made under Public Law 95-202 do not
bind the board or the Secretary of the Air Force. The board and the
Secretary of the Air Force fully and impartially shall consider each
group on its own merit in relation to the factors listed in section D.
of this Directive.