R 181143Z APR 24
MARADMIN 183/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 AIR OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE WITH MARINE FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MCO/YMD:20210510//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MCO/YMD:20191226//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/MCO/CMC/YMD: 20210203//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH.1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF B IS MCO 3500.109A, MARINE CORPS AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS TRAINING PROGRAM. REF C IS MCO 1001.65A, OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS.//
POC/A. BEHRENDS/MAJ/MARSOC G-3 AIR/FIRES OFFICER/TEL: (910)440-0863/DSN: 758/EMAIL: ANDREW.V.BEHRENDS.MIL@SOCOM.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is seeking interested active and reserve component officers that are assigned a 73xx or 75xx Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) to serve in 24-month air officer tours. The Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) MARSOC Air Officer Selection Panel will convene on or about 29 May 2024. This message announces the eligibility criteria for interested applicants, the process for application, and establishes the timeline for application and execution of the panel.
1.a. Major timeline milestones (read in 2 columns):
Date Milestone
Message release MARSOC Air Officer application window open
17 May 2024 MARSOC Air Officer application deadline
29 May 2024 Selection Panel convenes
2. Application and selection overview. MARSOC seeks applicants with the experience, maturity, judgement, leadership ability, and tactical acumen that match the gravity of the missions they are being selected to perform. Applicants should possess a strong fires integration background. Previous Air Officer and Forward Air Controller tours are highly encouraged. Aircraft qualifications such as Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and instructor qualifications/designations are highly competitive. Experience, both inside and outside of the cockpit, will help to build a picture of the whole Marine, which will be used as a basis for panel selection.
3. Eligibility
3.a. Eligibility Criteria
3.a.1. Active or reserve component commissioned officers in the rank of captain or major.
3.a.1.a. Reserve component officers must be willing to be appointed to the active component if selected for this duty, in accordance with reference (c).
3.a.2. Designated Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers, or Unmanned Aerial Systems Officers.
3.a.3. Active duty applicants must have completed minimum time-on-station requirements per ref (a) and be eligible for permanent change of station orders in fiscal year 2025.
3.a.3.1. Applicants must notify their PMOS monitor of their intent to apply and must receive email confirmation of their eligibility to apply.
3.a.4. Applicants must able to successfully complete Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic/Pacific (EWTGLANT/PAC) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) school and must be awarded the additional MOS of 7502 prior to check-in.
3.a.5. Applicants must be medically qualified to attend Full Spectrum Level C SERE upon assignment to MARSOC, if not already SERE Level C complete. Applicants shall submit a letter signed by a medical provider to certify this qualification, or SERE Level C completion certificate.
3.a.6. Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTIs) applying to MARSOC must be scheduled to have served a minimum of 18 months with their unit following graduation from WTI course by 30 September 2024. This requirement does not preclude WTIs from applying to MARSOC, and MMOA can adjust orders on a case-by-case basis to ensure this prerequisite is satisfied. Route waiver requests to HQMC (MMOA) NLT the application deadline using a NAVMC 10274 (AA form). Waiver requests must be endorsed by the applicant's chain of command and appropriate approval authority per ref (b).
3.b. Ineligibility Criteria
3.b.1. Officers in the above zone for promotion on the FY25 Promotion Selection Board.
3.b.2. Officers unable to be world-wide deployable while assigned to MARSOC.
4. Selection and approval
4.a. Selectees will be approved by MMOA prior to notification.
4.b. Reserve component officers must submit a return to active duty (RAD) package along with their application, and will be approved for RAD if selected by the panel.
5. Application process
5.a. Interested personnel should contact the MARSOC Air/Fires Officer, Major Andrew Behrends, via the email listed in paragraph (6) to receive a Prospective Air Officer Resume and Prospective Air Officer Information Sheet, as well as further information on required documents.
5.b. Reserve component officers must submit a RAD package as part of the application process. These officers shall submit a RAD package directly to the MMOA-3 Retention and Release Officer (RRO). The RRO will provide correspondence confirming the completeness of the package and the applicant's eligibility for RAD. The applicant shall provide the MARSOC Air/Fires Officer with this correspondence.
5.c. Applicants will submit all required documents via email in pdf form, unless otherwise indicated. Applicants shall CC their PMOS monitors on all correspondence when submitting application documents to MARSOC Air/Fires Officer.
6. Points of contact:
MARSOC Air/Fires Officer.
Major Andrew Behrends
Comm: (910) 440-0863/4
Email: andrew.v.behrends.mil@socom.mil
MARSOC JTAC PM
Mr. Michael Menchio
Comm: (910) 440-0862
Email: michael.j.menchio.civ@socom.mil
Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
Col Lee Hemming
Comm: (703)784-9267
Email: lee.hemming@usmc.mil
Fixed Wing Majors Monitor
Major Jesse Simmermon
Comm: (703) 784-92697
Email: jesse.simmermonordan.blake@usmc.mil
Fixed Wing Company Grade Monitor
Major Anthony Gutierrez
Comm: (703) 784-9267
Email: anthony.m.gutierrez@usmc.mil
Rotary Wing Majors Monitor
LtCol Kyleigh Cullen
Comm: (703) 784-9267
Email: kyleigh.cullen@usmc.mil
Rotary Wing Company Grade Monitor
Major Anthony Emberger
Comm: (703) 784-9267
Email: anthony.emberger@usmc.mil
Retention Release Officer
Major Emily Secrest
Comm: (703) 784-9284
Email: emily.secrest@usmc.mil
7. This MARADMIN is applicable to the total force.
8. Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//