32 CFR § 73.3 - Membership and designation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s73.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 73.3 - Membership and designation."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "73.3"
section_name: "Membership and designation."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN"
part_number: "73"
part_name: "DOD DISCHARGE APPEAL REVIEW BOARD (DARB)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 1553a."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 94610, Nov. 29, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "73"
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# 73.3 Membership and designation.

The DARB is set up independently from the Military Departments' DRBs and BCM/NRs. The DARB is comprised of civilian government employees and consists of a President, Deputy Director, and at least three members for each panel. The DARB President and Deputy Director are appointed as inferior officers by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), as the designated lead agent for the DARB, appoints DARB members and assigns them to a panel(s).