NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ACADEMIC YEA

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R 071307Z JUN 24 MARADMIN 263/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2025// REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MCO/YMD: 20210510// REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MCO/YMD: 20210203// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF B IS MCO 1001.65A, ACTIVE COMPONENT OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS.// POC/J. L. GOSS/MAJ/MMOA-3/TEL: 703-784-9284// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message announces the eligibility criteria for Marines who desire to apply for academic year 2025 (AY25) NROTC duty beginning in summer 2025 and the timeline for selection board execution. The board will select officers for Professor of Naval Science (PNS), Executive Officer (XO), and Marine Officer Instructor (MOI) duty. 1.a. Major timeline milestones are below: Date Milestone 16 August 2024 NROTC application deadline 28 August 2024 AY25 NROTC board convenes 2. Background 2.a. NROTC units are an essential component in the training of prospective naval officers. Officers serving at NROTC units mentor, develop, and shape the future officer corps and must therefore be of the highest caliber. Officers aspiring to serve on NROTC duty must possess superlative leadership and academic qualities, be of sound moral character, and demonstrate superior physical fitness. 2.b. Officers serving as an XO or MOI regularly support and augment summer training at Officer Candidates School, and other seasonal training programs such as new student indoctrination, or career orientation and training for Midshipmen. 3. Eligibility. NROTC positions are open to all active duty unrestricted officers that meet the criteria below. If an individual does not satisfy the criteria below they must contact their PMOS monitor to discuss waiver requirements. 3.a. All interested officers must receive approval to apply from their PMOS monitors who will ensure officers meet all eligibility criteria or outline waiver requirements to become eligible. This correspondence must be included as an attachment in the application package submission. 3.b. Grade. Officers who are promoted, selected, or in-zone for the solicited billet grade requirements are eligible to apply. Paragraph (7) lists available billets with the required grade. 3.b.1. Officers applying for MOI or XO must possess the career timing to serve a full tour of duty (36 months) in the billet grade to which they are applying. Requests for exceptions will not normally receive favorable consideration. 3.c. Time on Station (TOS). Officers who will complete their prescribed tour, on their current set of orders, NLT 30 September 2025 are eligible. 3.c.1. Officers may request via Administrative Action form to screen if they are scheduled to complete their prescribed tour after 1 October 2025. The first O5 in the chain of command must endorse the request and is required to acknowledge a potential gap in staffing that could last until that officer’s natural rotation date or beyond. 3.c.2. Officers currently serving in their first tour will be screened for NROTC duty if they are eligible to compete for promotion to captain and career designation. 3.c.3. Officers may apply who are not yet career designated but will screen for career designation on the FY25 Career Designation Panel #1 in spring 2025. 4. Recommended applicant attributes. 4.a. Academics. Minimum requirement is a bachelor’s degree with a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average (GPA). Select schools waive this requirement to 2.5 GPA if the applicant's record is otherwise outstanding. Select billets require a master’s degree. 4.b. Physical fitness. High first class PFT and CFT are recommended. 5. Assignment, selection, and slating. 5.a. MMOA makes every effort to match selected officers with their preferences. By applying for NROTC duty, officers volunteer and agree to be assigned to any available NROTC billet. Requests for declination by officers who applied and were selected for NROTC duty will not normally receive favorable consideration. 5.b. Officers selected for MOI duty who have not screened for career designation (CD) will be offered CD in conjunction with their selection to that duty per reference (b). 5.c. Selected officers who were not offered CD on a previous board for career designation, or are selected for career designation and decline, will nullify their MOI selection and execute their End of Active Service (EAS). 6. Application process. 6.a. Officers interested in NROTC duty who meet the above eligibility criteria must complete the AY25 NROTC application and submit the documents listed below as part of their package to MMOA-3 no later than 2359 ET on 16 August 2024. Submit all application documents outlined below to the following organization address: SMBMMOAPLANSO@USMC.MIL. Applicants must also complete the assignment questionnaire and upload all application documents via the questionnaire located at https:(slash)(slash)forms.osi.apps.mil/ r/jTS0pNFJqe. 6.a.1. In the event that MMOA changes the list of available billets by updating the webpage in paragraph (7) after an officer has submitted his or her application, the officer may complete an updated questionnaire with revised billet preferences, but this is not required. If multiple questionnaires are submitted, MMOA will use the most recent submission. 6.b. Electronic packages must be submitted in a single portable document format (.pdf) file with the following naming convention: “EDIPI_LASTNAME_SUM24NROTC_DOC1.pdf”. The document must be less than 800KB in size. 6.c. The applications must include: 6.c.1. Document 1 - Personal statement. Submit this letter in standard naval letter format from the Marine to MMOA-3. Applicants are encouraged to submit personal statements of two pages or less. This is the officer’s opportunity to express in writing their desire to serve on NROTC duty and elaborate on relevant personal strengths and experiences. 6.c.2. Document 2 - Command endorsement. Submit this letter in standard naval letter format from the immediate chain of command, battalion/squadron commander or equivalent, for officers applying for MOI or XO. 6.c.3. Document 3 – Letter of Recommendation. At least one but no more than three letters of recommendation. 6.c.4. Document 4 - Official college transcripts. Official college transcripts are to be sent directly from the university or officer and be uploaded to the officer's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). Officers should submit OMPF update requests via OMPF- Records Management Application (O-RMA) which can be accessed through Marine Online (MOL). If assistance is required, contact your unit S-1 or local IPAC. Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times. If legible college transcripts are already included in the officer's OMPF, a duplicate submission is not required. 7. Billet vacancies 7.a. Below is the list of billets available at the time of publication. The list may change due to unforeseen circumstances and MMOA will post a current list on the NROTC Selection Panel webpage at https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/webcenter/ portal/MMOA3_BUI/pages_fy13569587. 7.b. PNS vacancies for Colonels and Colonels select (read in four columns): MCC University Location Note H08 Univ. Of Colorado Boulder, CO 1 H19 Florida A&M Univ. Tallahassee, FL H61 Univ. Of Arizona Tucson, AZ 1 7.c. XO vacancies for Majors and Majors select (read in four columns): MCC University Location Note H05 Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Pittsburgh, PA 1 H09 Morehouse College Atlanta, GA 1,3 H16 Duke Univ. Trent Hall Durham, NC 1,3 H67 SUNY Maritime College Bronx, NY 1,2 H74 Rensselaer Polytechnic (RPI) Troy, NY 1 7.d. MOI vacancies for First Lieutenants, Captains select, and Captains (read in five columns): MCC University Location Note H01 Auburn Univ. Auburn, AL 3 H02 Univ. Of Hi At Manoa Honolulu, HI H07 The Citadel Charleston, SC H22 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA H28 Univ. of Illinois Champaign, IL H32 Univ. of Kansas Lawrence, KS H36 Marquette Univ. Milwaukee, WI H42 Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI H48 Univ. of Missouri Columbia, MO H54 Univ. of North Carolina Durham, NC 3 H60 Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH 2 H61 Univ. of Arizona Tucson, AZ H66 Pennsylvania State Univ. Univ. Park, PA H69 Prairie View A&M College Houston, TX 3 H79 Savannah State College Savannah, GA H90 Univ. of Tulane New Orleans, LA H92 Vanderbilt Univ. Nashville, TN H93 Villanova Univ. Villanova, PA 3 H95 Univ. of Washington Seattle, WA 2 H96 Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, WI HC5 Old Dominion Univ. Norfolk, VA 2,3 Note 1: Master’s degree required. If an applicant does not possess a graduate degree, an enrollment, or an accepted status, into a graduate degree program is required. Note 2: Waives GPA requirement to 2.5. Note 3: This university is associated with a consortium. Local travel will be required between the university locations. 8. MMOA will release a selection MARADMIN as soon as feasible after the conclusion of the board. MMOA may not issue permanent change of station orders until they receive approval by the NROTC units or universities of selected officers. 9. Points of contact: 9.a. MMOA-1 Maj V. J. DePinto Email: vincent.depinto@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9272 Maj A. J. Rudd Email: andrew.rudd@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9276 9.b. MMOA-2 Maj C. A. Hubbard Email: Cameron.a.hubbard@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9267 9.c. MMOA-3 Plans Office Maj J. L. Goss Email: jaime.goss@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9284 10. This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 11. Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//