R 071530Z APR 23
MARADMIN 183/23
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/PPO/PL//
SUBJ/CONVENING OF THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 23 SPECIAL TECHNICAL OPERATIONS (STO) FREE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (FMOS) SELECTION PANEL// 
REF/A/DOC/CJCSI 3120.08D/28JAN2013//
REF/B/DOC/MCO S3120.2A/20DEC2022//
REF/C/DOC/NAVMC 1200.1G/12MAY2021//
NARR/REF A IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS INSTRUCTION FOR INTEGRATED JOINT SPECIAL TECHNICAL OPERATIONS. REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER FOR INTEGRATED JOINT SPECIAL TECHNICAL OPERATIONS. REF C IS THE MARINE CORPS MOS MANUAL.// 
POC/ANGELA CURRY/MAJ/PPO PLX/TEL: (703) 692-4331/EMAIL: ANGELA.CURRY@USMC.MIL//
POC/BURKETT COCHRANE/CIV/PPO PLX/TEL: (703) 614-0285/EMAIL: BURKETT.COCHRANE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This MARADMIN announces the convening of the FY23 Special Technical Operations (STO) 8016 Free Military Occupational Specialty (FMOS) Selection Panel.  The Selection Panel will convene at HQMC from 22-26 May 2023 and is open to officers from O-1 to O-6, WO-1 to CWO-5, as well as enlisted Marines from E-6 to E-9, who have acquired the requisite operational planning and security skills identified in References (a) and (b).
2.  Eligibility Criteria:
(1) Must currently be or have previously served in an Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations indoctrinated billet.  This requirement cannot be waived.
(2) Complete a STO Planners Course that meets Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) academic requirements.  This requirement cannot be waived.
(3) Complete the CJCS-approved Planning and Decision Aid System (PDAS) Operators Course (Resident or Computer Based Training).  This requirement can be waived.
(4) Serve at least six months in an OCONUS billet where STO was a function of the billet or one year in a CONUS billet where STO was a function of the billet.  This requirement cannot be waived.
(5) Demonstrate the capability and capacity to plan, coordinate, and execute STO activities across the range of military operations (ROMO) with particular emphasis on the integration of STO functions into Coalition, Joint, or Marine Corps plans, operations, and exercises.  This requirement cannot be waived.
(6) Serve in a STO Planner position in support of CJCS, Combatant Command, or Service STO requirements.  This requirement cannot be waived.
3.  Application Guidance:
(1) Applicants should clearly describe how they met the above criteria, particularly (4), (5), and (6).
(2) HQMC 8016 panel members may not be familiar with individual applicants’ STO portfolio; therefore, applications should provide sufficient detail demonstrating how the eligibility criteria were met.
(3) STO Chief and O-6 endorsements should provide additional information contextualizing the applicant’s actions in STO.  This includes, but is not limited to, describing how the applicant’s actions demonstrate a mature capability and capacity to plan, coordinate, and execute STO across the ROMO.  Formulaic and template-endorsements that do not offer any insight into an applicant’s STO actions are discouraged.
(4) Fitness Reports, awards, appointment letters, etc., documenting the applicant’s actions in STO may be submitted.
(5) Do not submit miscellaneous certificates from courses other than STO Planner’s Course and PDAS Operator’s Course.
4.  Coordinating Instructions:
(1) Applications must be received no later than 15 May 2023.
(2) All applications will be submitted via SIPRNET SharePoint at https:(slash)(slash)intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/USMC8016/SitePages/8016Home.aspx.  A SIPR Intelink account is required to access the SharePoint and submit.
(3) Applicants are encouraged to review the SIPR SharePoint site for templates, forms, previous submissions, Frequently Asked Questions, and guidance on content for application and endorsement letters.  Applicants are encouraged to contact their nearest Marine Corps STO Chief for assistance with appropriate Security Classification Guide reviews and generic submission requirements.  Applicants may contact the 8016 Occupational Field Sponsor at (703) 692-4331 with specific questions on submission requirements.
5.  The selection panel will be comprised of representatives from the Strategy and Plans Division (PL) who have appropriate combined, joint, and service-level STO operational and administrative experience.  The panel will individually screen each applicant’s operational experience, security management credentials, pertinent academic information, and command endorsements to ensure that they meet the 8016 FMOS requirements.
6.  A subsequent MARADMIN will announce the results of the 8016 selection panel.  Marines approved for the 8016 FMOS will submit the resulting MARADMIN to their local IPAC, which will run the appropriate unit diary entry to add the additional MOS to their Official Military Personnel File.
7.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
8.  Release authorized by BGen Simon Doran, Director, Strategy and Plans Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps.//