# Educational Requirements for Appointment of Reserve Component Officers to a Grade Above First Lieutenant or Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 1997-10-27 · Effective 1997-10-27 · 62 FR 55516
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-28355
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 55516
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 67
- **Publication date:** 1997-10-27
- **Effective date:** 1997-10-27
- **DOD docket:** DoD Instruction 1215.17
## Abstract

Publishes DoD guidelines for implementing policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for identifying criteria for determining educational institutions which award baccalaureate degrees that satisfy the educational requirement of officers to a grade above First Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve, or Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in the Naval Reserve, or for officers to be federally recognized in a grade above First Lieutenant as a member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/27/97-28355/educational-requirements-for-appointment-of-reserve-component-officers-to-a-grade-above-first)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*