FY17 MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON ONE PILOT SELECTION PANEL RESULTS
Date Signed: 9/20/2016 | MARADMINS Number: 495/16
MARADMINS : 495/16
R 201539Z SEP 16
MARADMIN 495/16
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN APP//
SUBJ/FY17 MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON ONE PILOT SELECTION PANEL RESULTS//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MM/YMD: 20041130//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MM/YMD: 20160229//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1326.7E CH1, SELECTION AND SCREENING CRITERIA FOR MARINES ASSIGNED TO MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON ONE (HMX-1). REF B IS MARADMIN 108/16, FY17 MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON ONE ROTARY WING AND TILTROTOR PILOT SELECTION PANEL.//
POC/K.J. OCONNOR/MAJ/UNIT: MANPOWER OFFICER HMX-1/TEL: 571-494-4929/EMAIL: KENNETH.OCONNOR(AT)WHMO.MIL//
GENTEXT/remarks/1.  The following officers have been selected by the FY17 HMX-1 Pilot Selection Panel with concurrence from MMOA-2 and approved by the Deputy Commandant for Aviation:
a.  Primary FY17 selectees:
RANK    LAST NAME     FIRST NAME   MI  MOS
Capt    Arnold        Kent         W   7566
MaJ     Ballenger     John         R   7566
Capt    Bunce         Jamie        W   7532
Maj     Cummings      George       D   7532
Capt    Dodd          Taylor       T   7563
Maj     Gibson        John         F   7563
Capt    Goodman       Alexander    M   7563
Capt    Green         Daniel       S   7532
Maj     Hedman        Alex         D   7532
Capt    Jacobs        Makoto       C   7563
Maj     Kennedy       Paige        S   7562
Capt    Kuhlmann      Chad         D   7566
Capt    Lopez         Sergio       F   7532
Maj     Mirra         Mark         D   7563
Maj     Oren          William      C   7565
Capt    Pardee        Jeffrey      P   7566
Maj     Parrott       Michael      P   7532
Maj     Quigley       Matthew      W   7566
Capt    Terry         Link         T   7532
Capt    Williams      Jeremy       P   7566
Capt    Ziemba        Eugene       V   7532
2.  To coordinate orders to HMX-1, primary selectees are instructed to contact their PMOS monitor and the HMX-1 Manpower Officer.  Selectees can expect orders to report to HMX-1 during FY17.
3.  To initiate the formal background investigation required for a Top Secret Yankee White security clearance, primary selectees are instructed to contact Cpl Brandi Matern, HMX-1 Security Administration clerk at brandi.matern(at)whmo.mil.
4.  The following officers have been selected as alternates and may be offered assignment to HMX-1 in the event that any primary rotary wing or tiltrotor selectee becomes ineligible:
RANK    LAST NAME     FIRST NAME   MI  MOS
Capt    Cain          Christopher  W   7563
Capt    Gruber        Thomas       F   7532
Maj     Herrera       Paul         C   7532
Capt    Mcgonigle     Ryan         D   7566
Capt    Piersall      Clayton      W   7566
Capt    Serpa         Andrew       A   7532
5.  Qualified and interested pilots not selected by this panel can anticipate the FY18 Marine Helicopter Squadron One Pilot Selection Panel to be announced in March 2017 via MARADMIN.
6.  Marines from non-aviator officer and enlisted Military Occupational Specialties are screened and selected continuously for assignment to HMX-1.
7.  Interested marines should contact their PMOS monitors and the points of contact listed in this MARADMIN for additional information.
8.  HMX-1 assignment points of contact include the HMX-1 Manpower Officer, Maj Kenneth OConnor at kenneth.oconnor(at)whmo.mil, the HMX-1 Recruiting and Selection coordinators, Maj Samuel Kunst at samuel.kunst(at)whmo.mil and Maj George Rawson at george.rawson(at)whmo.mil, and the HMX-1 Manpower Chief, GySgt Victor Velez at victor.velez(at)whmo.mil.
9.  Release authorized by LtGen J. M. Davis, Deputy Commandant for Aviation.//