FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

MARADMINS : 206/24

R 011342Z MAY 24 MARADMIN 206/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS ANNOUNCEMENT// REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20170323// REF/B/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20210510// REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20190215// REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC/YMD: 20200826// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.64B, COMMAND SCREENING PROGRAM. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1900.16 CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF D IS MARADMIN 491/20, REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CONSIDERATION BY BOARDS AND SELECTION PROCESSES.// POC/M. D. SCOTTO/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/J. L. GOSS/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9285/EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This message announces the timeline for the fiscal year 2025 Command Screening Boards (CSB), outlines eligibility criteria, and provides information on board communication and where to find a list of available colonel and lieutenant colonel commands for assignment. 1.a. Major timeline milestones are (read in two columns): Date Milestone Release of this message CSB questionnaire open 31 May 2024 Completed questionnaire due 31 May 2024 Remove by request (RBR) due 09 July 2024 Lieutenant colonel CSB convenes 10 July 2024 Colonel CSB convenes TBD August 2024 CSB results released TBD August 2024 Declinations and deferrals due 1.b. The purpose of the Command Screening Program is to ensure that Marines receive the best possible leadership and to provide eligible officers with a fair and equitable opportunity to command. 1.c. The CSBs will select officers for designated command billets projected to generally be available between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026. 1.d. In order to ensure focus on unit mission and to allow officers appropriate time for transition, Manpower Management Separation and Retirement Branch (MMSR) will not normally endorse requests to retire within 12 months of completion of a command tour. 2. Process. The boards will select those who are best and most fully qualified for command from the eligible population. The board will select as primaries a number of officers equal to the number of commands available. Additionally, the boards will select a sufficient number of officers as alternates to meet command requirements when primaries decline or otherwise cannot take command. The boards will propose a command slate for the primary selectees and will forward the slate, along with the alternate list, to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) for approval. When approved, board results listing the primary selectees will be announced via Marine Administrative message (MARADMIN). 3. Board composition. The CSBs will consist of officers whose military occupational specialties represent all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and supporting establishment. 4. Eligibility. The eligibility rosters are posted on the following website: https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/wordpress/?active_marine=active-marines-home/manpower-management-division/mmoa/mmoa-3-homepage. Please contact PMOS monitors with questions about eligibility. 4.a. Eligibility criteria. All unrestricted colonels or colonels (select) and lieutenant colonels or lieutenant colonels (select), except as outlined in paragraph 4.b. 4.b. Ineligibility criteria. 4.b.1. Officers with an established separation or retirement date. 4.b.2. Officers with a mandatory retirement date prior to 1 June 2028. 4.b.3. Lieutenant colonels in or above the promotion zone for the calendar year 2024/fiscal year 2026 Colonel Promotion Selection Board. 4.b.4. Officers who have previously held command in one of the designated colonel or lieutenant colonel command screened billets for a period of at least 12 months, are currently in command, or are slated and awaiting command as a result of a previous command screening board. This does not preclude colonels (select) currently in a lieutenant colonel command from eligibility for a colonel command. 4.b.5. Officers who have previously declined command. 4.b.6. Officers currently assigned to payback tours following graduation from the School of Advanced Warfighting, School of Advanced Military Studies, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, or the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School who will not complete 12 months of assignment by 31 October 2024. 4.b.7. Officers in graduate education programs. These officers will be eligible to screen for command after their graduation from school. 4.b.8. Officers inbound to a joint duty assignment or currently serving in a joint duty assignment who will not have not completed 12 months of the joint duty assignment by 31 August 2024. 4.b.9. Officers with the acquisition Primary Military Occupational Specialty (8059/8061). 4.b.10. Limited duty officers. 4.b.11. Officers who have been relieved for cause from a designated lieutenant colonel or colonel command screened billet. 5. Board communication 5.a. CMC directs all eligible officers to communicate with the board. The online questionnaire is the primary mechanism for board correspondence. Officers may call attention to any matter they deem important to selection or slating including command preferences, location preferences, and family or personal situations to inform the board's decision making. A common access card certificate is not required to access the questionnaire. 5.a.1. Command screening questionnaire (colonel and lieutenant colonel): https:(slash)(slash)usnavy.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7OKSrI2rt5mwB9A 5.b. Officers may submit any material not found in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via the questionnaire. Instructions on how to upload material are provided on the final page of the questionnaire. Officers who experience difficulty with the questionnaire upload process should contact Manpower Management Officer Assignments Branch, Plans, Programs, and Boards Section (MMOA-3) by email at [email protected] or by phone at (703) 784-9284 for assistance. 5.c. The deadline for submitting the online questionnaire is 2359 EST on 31 May 2024 in order to facilitate pre-board actions. 5.d. The questionnaire does not allow for an officer to edit their responses after submission. Officers who desire to change their responses should submit a new questionnaire, using the link above. MMOA will provide the board with the results of the most recent submission. 5.e. Submit correspondence after 31 May 2024 to MMOA-3 by email at [email protected]. All correspondence to the board must originate from or be endorsed by the screening officer. Any correspondence submitted after the convening of the board will considered at the discretion of the board president. 5.f. OMPF update material. Officers should submit OMPF update requests via OMPF- Records Management Application (O-RMA). If assistance is required, contact your unit S-1 or local IPAC. Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times. 5.g. Photographs are not used in the CSBs per reference (d). 5.h. Fitness reports. Completed fitness reports must be submitted to Performance Evaluation Section (MMRP-30) for inclusion into the OMPF. Incomplete fitness reports will not normally be accepted or forwarded to the board. 5.i. Remove by request (RBR). 5.i.1. Officers who are eligible but do not desire to screen must complete the online command screening questionnaire and attach an AA form requesting RBR. The AA form must be endorsed by the first Marine in the fitness report routing chain. The Senior Marine Representative or administrative reviewer may be used if there is no Marine in the chain. Officers without properly endorsed AA forms for RBR will screen for command. 5.i.2. MMOA-3 must receive requests for RBR via the online questionnaire no later than 2359 EST on 31 May 2024. Officers requesting RBR must also email a copy to their PMOS monitor. 5.i.3. Officers who submit a RBR AA form but subsequently wish to withdraw that request must do so via a second AA form. The AA form must be signed by the Marine requesting to be screened and does not require other endorsement. Submit these AA forms to PMOS monitor and MMOA-3 at [email protected]. 6. Command availability. 6.a. Command availability will be posted on the command screening questionnaire and on the MMOA-3 website: https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/wordpress/?active_marine=active-marines-home/manpower-management-division/mmoa/mmoa-3-homepage 6.b. The list of commands screening will be updated periodically prior to the board and is subject to change up until the conclusion of the board. 7. Board results. Manpower Management will release the results of the CSBs at the beginning of August 2024 via MARADMIN. 7.a. Alternates. Officers selected as alternates will be prioritized by the board for assignment when command vacancies occur. MMOA-3 will post an alphabetical list of alternates on the MMOA-3 website following the release of the board results. 7.b. Declinations. Officers who decline command must submit a declination in writing (AA Form) via the first general officer in their chain of command addressed to HQMC via MMOA-3. The MARADMIN announcing results will establish a timeline for acceptance or declination. Officers who decline command are ineligible for future command, unless otherwise approved by the Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. 7.c. Deferrals. Officers selected for command who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary circumstances may request a deferral. If approved, the Director, Manpower Management will defer the officer to a future command screening board. Primary selectees may submit a deferral request in writing (AA Form) to HQMC (MMOA-3) via the first general officer in their chain of command. 8. Points of contact: Colonel N. I. Brown Branch Head, MMOA DSN: 278-9300, Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: [email protected] Colonel K. M. Gall Ground Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9300, Comm: (703)784-9300 Email: [email protected] Colonel R. E. Herrmann Aviation Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9300 Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: [email protected] Colonel L. W. Hemming Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9267 Comm: (703) 784-9267 Email: [email protected] Colonel B. C. Issitt Combat Service Support Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: [email protected] Colonel R. F. May Combat Arms Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: [email protected] Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Patterson Information Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9273 Comm: (703) 784-9273 Email: [email protected] Major V. J. DePinto Field Grade Center Desk DSN: 278-9273 Comm: (703) 784-9273 Email: [email protected] 9. Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//