Officer Photographs Once Again Removed from Promotion Boards
You can read the NAVADMIN here, but the BLUF is:
- They will no longer display photos in any promotion boards or boards that have to do with “assignment, training, education and command.” In other words, not at the command/milestone screening board.
- You still have to have a photograph in your officer record. It just won’t be displayed.
This is exactly the same as when they took them away in 2016, although in this case it was done as part of a SECDEF initiative to remove bias in promotion boards.
Joel Schofer's Career Planning Blog 
January 2, 2024 at 14:19
It seems the officer photo is now completely removed from the officer record. This is the message that appears when trying to access the Officer Photo section of BOL:
“In compliance with the DoD Memorandum dated 14Jul2020, the officer photo will no longer be supplied to selection boards for consideration (command/promotion, etc.). With removal from the board review process, the photo is no longer required to be ingested into the officer’s permanent record (OMPF). MILPERSMAN 1070-180, Officers Photographs, has also been canceled to comply with the DoD requirement.”
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January 2, 2024 at 19:27
Interesting. I’ll try this tomorrow, and if confirmed I’ll update the Promo Prep. Thanks!
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January 3, 2024 at 11:53
I saw the same thing. Corps Chief’s office will put this out, as will I. Thanks for the info!
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