Originally Posted by Unregistered

Some young officers are more than capable of working at KP level despite their age, and are excelling in all their stretch assignments or even internal appointments. Too bad the average promotion rate does not adequately account for this. It seems like age is the main thing determining one's subgrade.

Yes, the panel can review CEP, and probably did for the 3x A officer, but it takes a few years for the promotion rate to respond to a CEP review.