FISCAL YEAR 2023 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

MARADMINS : 251/22

R 171446Z MAY 22 MARADMIN 251/22 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2023 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/DTG: 252010ZAUG20// 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, THE MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF D IS MARADMIN 491/20, REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CONSIDERATION BY BOARDS AND SELECTION PROCESSES.// POC/M. G. GUARD/MAJ/MMOA-3/TEL: (703) 784-9285/EMAIL: MITCHELL.GUARD@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This message announces the available colonel and lieutenant colonel commands for assignment during the fiscal year (FY) 2023, the eligible officer population for screening, and the established timeline for execution of the Command Screening Boards (CSB). 1.a. Major timeline milestones are (read in three columns): Date Milestone Note Release of this message CSB questionnaire open 1 17 June 2022 Completed questionnaire due 2 17 June 2022 Remove by request (RBR) due 3 7 July 2022 Lieutenant colonel CSB convenes 4 18 July 2022 Colonel CSB convenes 4 1 August 2022 CSB results released 5 15 August 2022 Declinations and deferrals due 6 Note 1: Refer to paragraph 4 of this message for additional details regarding eligibility criteria. The eligibility rosters are posted on the following website: https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/commandscreeningprogram. Note 2: Eligible officers complete the questionnaire by 2359 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 17 June 2022. Refer to paragraph 5 of this message for additional details regarding the submission of the questionnaire. Note 3: If an officer is eligible for the CSB but desires not to be considered, refer to paragraph 5.g. of this message for the RBR requirements. Note 4: Refer to paragraph 6 of this message for additional details regarding the available commands. Note 5: Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA) releases the results of the CSBs on or about 1 August 2022. Note 6: Officers selected for command but who desire to defer or decline selection must submit a command endorsed Administrative Action (AA) form requesting declination or deferral to M&RA. Refer to paragraph 7 for additional information. 1.b. The purpose of the Command Screening Program is to ensure 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 be available between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024. 2. Process. The boards will select from a list of eligible colonels, colonel selects, lieutenant colonels, and lieutenant colonels selects those who are best and most fully qualified for command. 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 officers decline or otherwise cannot take command. The boards will develop proposed command slates for the primary selectees and forward with the alternate list to Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) for approval. Once the list is approved, board results listing the primary selectees will be announced via Marine Administrative (MARADMIN) message. 3. Board composition. The CSBs will consist of representatives of the command element, ground combat element, aviation combat element, logistics combat element, and supporting establishment to ensure broad Marine Air-Ground Task Force representation among board members. 4. Eligibility. 4.a. Eligible criteria. All unrestricted colonel or colonel selects and lieutenant colonel or lieutenant colonel selects, except as outlined in paragraph 4.b. 4.b. Ineligible 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 2025. 4.b.3. Lieutenant colonels in or above the promotion zone for the calendar year 2022/fiscal year 2024 Colonel Promotion 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 colonel selects currently in a lieutenant colonel command from eligibility for a colonel command. 4.b.5. Officers who were selected for command and slated on previous CSBs but subsequently declined command. 4.b.6. Officers who were selected as alternates for command on previous CSBs, and were fleeted-up for command due to vacancy, but declined following the command offer. 4.b.7. Officers who graduated the academic year 2021-2022 cycle of the School of Advanced Warfighting, School of Advanced Military Studies, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, or the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School. 4.b.8. Officers in the Special Education Program. These officers will be eligible to screen for command after their graduation from school. 4.b.9. Officers serving in a joint duty assignment who have not completed 12 months of a joint assignment by 31 August 2022. 4.b.10. Officers with the acquisition Primary Military Occupational Specialty (8059/8061). 4.b.11. Limited duty officers. 4.b.12. Officers who have been relieved for cause from a designated lieutenant colonel or colonel command screened billet regardless of length of time in command. 5. Board communication. 5.a. CMC directs all eligible officers to communicate with the board. The online questionnaire is the only mechanism for board communication, and for which all eligible officers are to communicate their preferences. Officers may call attention to any matter deemed important, including command preferences or location, family or personal situations the board should consider in decision making. A common access card certificate is not required to access the questionnaire. 5.a.1. Colonel command screening questionnaire: https:(slash)(slash)go.max.gov/dod/colcsb. 5.a.2. Lieutenant colonel command screening questionnaire: https:(slash)(slash)go.max.gov/dod/ltcolcsb. 5.b. Officers may submit any material not found in the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via the questionnaire. Instructions on how to upload material are provided on the second page of the questionnaire. Officers who experience difficulty should contact Manpower Management Officer Assignments Branch, Plans, Programs, and Boards Section (MMOA-3) by email at smbplanso@usmc.mil or by phone at (703) 784-9284 for assistance. 5.c. The deadline for submitting the online questionnaire is 2359 EST on 17 June 2022 in order to facilitate pre-board actions. Any correspondence received after the convening of the board will be submitted at the discretion of the board president. All correspondence to the board must originate from or be endorsed by the screening officer. 5.d. OMPF update material. Officers should submit OMPF update material to the email address: smb.manpower.mmrp-20@usmc.mil as soon as possible. Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times. 5.e. Photographs are not utilized in the CSBs per reference (d). 5.f. 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.g. Remove by request (RBR). 5.g.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.g.2. MMOA-3 must receive requests for RBR via the online questionnaire no later than 2359 EST on 17 June 2022. 6. Command availability. 6.a. Command availability will be posted on the command screening questionnaire and on the MMOA-3 "Command Screening Program" board updates and information website: https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/commandscreeningprogram. 6.b. The list of commands screening will be updated periodically prior to the board, and are subject to change up until the conclusion of the board. 7. Board results. M&RA plans to release the results of the CSBs on or about 1 August 2022. 7.a. Alternates. Officers selected as alternates to command will be prioritized by the board for use when command vacancies occur. An alphabetical list of alternates (not listed in order of priority) will be posted on the MMOA-3 website following the release of the board results. 7.b. Declinations. 7.b.1. Officers slated to command who decline must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, forwarded to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA-3). Officers who decline command will receive a letter in their OMPF documenting the declination. Unless otherwise approved by Deputy Commandant for M&RA due to extraordinary circumstances, officers who decline command will not be considered for any other command during the slating year and are ineligible for command screening on future boards. 7.b.2. Alternates identified to fill vacated commands are also required to formally decline if they choose not to accept the offer. Letters of declination will be placed in the officer's OMPF. 7.b.3. MMOA-3 must receive requests for declination no later than 2359 EST on 15 August 2022. 7.c. Deferrals. 7.c.1. Officers selected for command by the board who are unable to execute orders are afforded the opportunity to request deferral. 7.c.2. Officers requesting deferral must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first Marine in the fitness report routing chain, forwarded to HQMQ (MMOA-3). The Senior Marine Representative or administrative reviewer may be used if there is no Marine in the chain. MMOA-3 must receive requests for deferral no later than 2359 EST on 15 August 2022. 7.c.3. If approved, officers may be deferred to the follow year's CSB in accordance with reference (a). 8. Points of contact: Colonel G. E. Beals Branch Head, MMOA DSN: 278-9300, Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: ginger.beals@usmc.mil Colonel G. P. Gordon Ground Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9300, Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: gregory.p.gordon@usmc.mil Colonel I. D. Stevens Aviation Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9300 Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: ian.stevens@usmc.mil Colonel R. G. McCarthy III Combat Arms Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: robert.g.mccarthy@usmc.mil Lieutenant Colonel M. D. Foster Combat Service Support Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9274, Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: morina.foster@usmc.mil Lieutenant Colonel R. A. Belt II Information Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9273 Comm: (703) 784-9273 Email: russell.belt@usmc.mil Colonel G. W. Burnett Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor DSN: 278-9267 Comm: (703) 784-9267 Email: garth.burnett@usmc.mil Major C. M. Calhoun Field Grade Center Desk DSN: 278-9273 Comm: (703) 784-9273 Email: cody.calhoun@usmc.mil 11. Release authorized by MajGen Michael J. Borgschulte, Director, Manpower Management Division.//