Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 260)
The regulations are based on subsections (e) and (f), section 22, of the National Defense Act, as amended.
It is established under Executive Order No. 212 dated July 6, 1939, and regulations not inconsistent therewith.
Their names are placed at the bottom of the applicable grade and promotion list in order of their effective dates of appointment or promotion. Seniority among officers appointed on the same date and grade is as specified in their orders. Seniority among those promoted on the same date is based on their relative seniority in the previous grade unless otherwise required by law.
No, relative seniority established shall not be affected by active service or changed except due to separations, appointments, promotions, loss of seniority by court-martial sentence, or other changes by law or regulations.
The time served in permanent grade must meet: 3 years as second lieutenant for promotion to first lieutenant; 4 years as first lieutenant for promotion to captain; 5 years as captain for promotion to major; 6 years as major for promotion to lieutenant colonel; 7 years as lieutenant colonel for promotion to colonel; and 2 years as colonel for promotion to brigadier general.
They must complete twenty-one (21) days of active duty training in grade or equivalent training prescribed by the Chief of Staff, subject to waiver by the Chief of Staff or Secretary of National Defense.
They are promoted in permanent and temporary grade according to laws and regulations for Regular officers of like grade and branch of service, counting both active and inactive service for length of service requirements.
Methods include death, resignation, discharge, forfeiture, dismissal, and dropping from the rolls.
Automatic forfeiture occurs upon final conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude before a civil court, entry into the military service of a foreign country, or loss of Philippine citizenship.
A Reserve officer shall not be dismissed in time of peace except pursuant to an approved sentence of a court-martial. A Reserve officer can be dropped from the rolls only when on active duty pursuant to Article of War 117.