R 011000Z NOV 23
MARADMIN 554/23
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY24 NROTC SELECTION BOARD PNS AND XO RESULTS//
REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/DTG: 181000ZAUG23//
REF/B/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20210510//
REF/C/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20190215//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 403/23, FISCAL YEAR 2024 NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT.  REF B IS MCO 1300.8 W/CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.  REF C IS MCO 1900.16 W/CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.//
POC/MICHAEL D. SCOTTO/MAJ/MMOA-3/TEL: 703-784-9284/EMAIL: MICHAEL.D.SCOTTO@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) selection board convened on 10 October 2023 to select officers for duty as Marine Officer Instructors (MOI), Executive Officers (XO), and Professors of Naval Science (PNS) beginning in 2024.
2.  The board considered the records of all officers who applied against the requirements of the available universities, individual career progression, competitiveness, preferences of the applicant, and overall needs of the Marine Corps.  As an integral component of our officer corps accessions, only those officers who met the standard of best and fully qualified were selected for duty with the NROTC.
3.  Selection board results
3.a.  Primary selectees
3.a.1.  Professor of Naval Science assignments:
Name                   MOS     MCC    University/Consortium 
Finn, Ryan M.          8040    H87    Virginia Military Institute
Gehris, Scott A.       8041    H93    Villanova University
Perry, Tracy A.        8041    H06    Univ of California Los Angeles
3.a.2.  Executive Officer assignments:
Name                   MOS    MCC   University/Consortium 
Elzie, Ryan W.         0302   H69   Prairie View A&M
Flanagan, Michael P.   5803   H12   Cornell University
Salazar, Daniel A.     0602   H91   University of Utah
3.a.3.  Marine Officer Instructors. MOI selections will be announced in a separate message at a later date.
3.b.  Alternate selectees
3.b.1.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for Professor of Naval Science assignments:
Name                   MOS
Lee, Cedric N.         8041
Zummo, Matthew P.      8041
McCarthy, Michael C.   8041
3.b.2.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for Executive Officer assignments:
Name                   MOS
Rittenhouse, Jacob A.  5803
Boynton, Colin P.      0202
3.b.3.  The alternates for MOI will be announced in a separate message at a later date.
4.  Coordinating instructions
4.a.  Primary selectees.  
4.a.1.  Acceptance of selection.  Primary selectees shall accept or decline via email to their PMOS monitor no later than (NLT) 10 November 2023.
4.b.  Alternate selectees.  No action is required on the part of officers on the alternate list in paragraph 3.b.  In the event that a billet becomes vacant, Manpower Management will fleet-up an officer from the alternate list.  PMOS monitors will directly contact any alternate selected as a fleet-up.
4.c.  Declinations.  Officers who decline assignment to an NROTC billet must submit a declination in writing (AA form) via the first general officer (PNS) or first O6 (XO) in their chain of command addressed to HQMC via MMOA-3 NLT 10 November 2023.  Officers who decline will be ineligible for future NROTC billets, unless otherwise approved by the Director, Manpower Management.
5.  Each officer assigned to NROTC duty will become part of the university staff.  Orders will not be issued until nominations are accepted by the assigned university.
6.  Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//