General and Flag Officer Text File Example

DoDI 1320.04

GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER TEXT FILE EXAMPLE

 01Army 000004 99The following named officers for appointment in the Reserve  99of the Army to the grades indicated in the under title 10, U.S.C., 99section 12203: 88Brigadier General 77Major General 66Adams Daniel B. 1234 88Colonel 77Brigadier General 66Bocker Doug A. JR. 2345 66Bandle Bill II 3456 66Cole Rob III 1526     GFO positions. Information listed below shows the 72 columns. Each record has a two-digit code (01, 99, 88, 77, and 66) filling columns 1 and 2. For each record, below is listed the name, the text, and the column where the text starts. For example, the "Army" starts in column 3 and the number of records (000279) starts in column 61.

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CONTROL RECORD (Service and number of records) 01Army 000279 1 3 6 6 1 7 MESSAGE TEXT RECORD (Text from scroll) 99The following named officers for promotion in the Reserve of the…… 1 3

POSITION RECORD (Grade nominated to) 77Colonel 1 3

NOMINEE RECORD (Last name, First name, MI, Suffix, SSAN) 66Clay Brent A Jr. 3985 1 3 3 5 6 1 8 1