Act (NDAA) provided the Army with 770 brevet positions. The U.S. Army Brevet promotion program selects officers for temporary promotion to serve at the next higher rank in a critical billet. A brevet promotion entitles an officer to be temporarily promoted to the next grade and to avail the pay and benefits of the higher rank. This program is one of the nine new authorities that provide the Army flexibility to determine the characteristics of a talent management system. See also Acting (rank) Frocking Tombstone promotion Battlefield promotion Rising from the ranks Notes References Boatner, Mark M., III. The Civil War Dictionary. David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1959. . Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . Faust, Patricia L. (ed.). Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, 1986. . Fry, James Barnet, The History and Legal Effect of Brevets in the Armies of Great Britain and the United States, D. Van Nostrand, 1877, Internet Archive link. Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R., Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue, Olde Soldier Books, 1997, . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue. Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . Weinert, Richard P., Jr., The Confederate Regular Army, White Mane Publishing, 1991, . National Park Service glossary of military terms External links www.alia.org Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War. Military terminology