Officer's Frocking Certificate - pre-promotion
army, navy, air force, marine corps, Coast Guard
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Officer Frocking Certificate item Frocking $19.95
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FROCKING is the practice of a commissioned or non-commissioned
officer selected for promotion wearing the insignia of the
higher grade before the official date of promotion (the "date of
rank"). An officer who has been selected for promotion may be
authorized to "frock" to the next grade.
The need to frock is a result of the fact that the number of people who may serve in a particular rank is restricted by federal law. Thus, even though an individual may have been selected for promotion and, for officers, confirmed by the Senate, they must often wait for a vacancy (headroom) to occur in order to be officially promoted.
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