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The change does not mean degree holders will be ranked higher. Image: rawf8/Shutterstock.com

Air Force and Space Force promotion boards that consider captains and majors for promotion to major and lieutenant colonel will now be able to view advanced academic degrees. The change does not necessarily mean holders of these degrees would carry more sway than their colleagues who do not, the Air Force stated.

“We need leaders and supporting staff throughout [the Department of the Air Force] at all levels who have deep expertise in emerging technologies and their applications to military operations,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stated.

“We must also have leaders with expertise in the cultures of our potential adversaries. Such expertise and associated critical thinking skills are developed from many sources and experiences, including advanced academic degree programs.”

The department’s active-duty and reserve-component personnel centers plan to contact officers who will meet with promotion boards between the beginning of the new year and March, and advise them of the change.

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