FY25 NROTC SELECTION BOARD PNS AND XO RESULTS
Date Signed: 10/25/2024 | MARADMINS Number: 515/24
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MARADMIN 515/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY25 NROTC SELECTION BOARD PNS AND XO RESULTS// 
REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/DTG: 071307ZJUN24//
REF/B/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20210510//
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NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 263/24, FISCAL YEAR 2025 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/ANDREW J. RUDD/MAJ/MMOA/TEL: 703-784-9276/
EMAIL: ANDREW.RUDD@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps (NROTC) selection board convened on 29
August 2024 to select officers for duty as Marine Officer
Instructors (MOI), Executive Officers (XO), and Professors of Naval
Science (PNS) beginning in 2025. 
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 selections for FY25
are as follows (read in four columns):
Name                   MOS     MCC     University/Consortium 
Zummo, M.              8041    H08     Univ. Of Colorado 
Michael, R.            8040    H19     Florida A&M Univ.
Allen, R.              8041    H61     Univ. Of Arizona
3.a.2.  Executive Officer selections for FY25 are as follows
(read in four columns):
Name                   MOS     MCC     University/Consortium 
Gardiner Jr., M.       7557    H05     Carnegie-Mellon Univ.
Perras, J.             5803    H09     Morehouse College  
Mar, J.                0302    H16     Duke Univ. Trent Hall
Batcher, A.            0402    H67     Suny Maritime College 
Colgrove, J.           6602    H74     Rensselaer Polytechnic (RPI)
3.a.3.  MOI selections for FY25 are as follows 
(read in four columns):
Name                   MOS     MCC     University/Consortium 
Acosta, A.             0302    H48     Univ. of Missouri
Ayala, V.              0602    H02     Univ. Of Hi at Manoa
Bauer, C.              0202    HC5     Old Dominion Univ.
Collins, N.            0302    H01     Auburn Univ.
Dudley, C.             0602    H28     Univ. of Illinois
Gorkes, M.             0302    H42     Univ. of Michigan
Hall, H.               3002    H60     Ohio State Univ.
Jadus, A.              7210    H07     The Citadel
Marshall, J.           0402    H54     Univ. of North Carolina
Monroe, T.             1302    H79     Savannah State College
Morgan, K.             1803    H22     College of the Holy Cross
Munro, L.              5803    H66     Pennsylvania State Univ.
Newsome, D.            0602    H32     Univ. of Kansas
Reid Jr, R.            0302    H95     Univ. of Washington
Schultz, J.            0202    H93     Villanova Univ.
Shellman, T.           6002    H90     Univ. of Tulane
Shi, J.                0402    H69     Prairie View A&M College
Swenson, J.            0202    H36     Marquette Univ.
Tseng, R.              0102    H61     Univ. of Arizona
Upadhyaya, T.          0802    H96     Univ. of Wisconsin
Vazquez, J.            0102    H92     Vanderbilt Univ.
3.b.  Alternate selectees
3.b.1.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for
Executive Officer assignments:
Name                   MOS
Kerstetter, R.         0202
Maldonado, A.          3002
Patitsas, N.           0102
Whitaker, S.           6002
3.b.2.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for
MOI assignments:
Name                   MOS
Garcia, M.             1302
Gee II, L.             0402
Grippo, F.             7204
Luna, L.               0202
Mangseth, S.           1302
Miller, M.             1302
Miller, N.             6002
Proctor, B.            6602
Skwarlo III, S.        0402
Templeman, J.          0802
Trogdon, H.            3404
Zelek, J.              0102
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) 15
November 2024. 
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 and deferrals  
4.c.1.  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 15 November 2024.  Officers who
decline will be ineligible for future NROTC billets, unless
otherwise approved by the Director, Manpower Management.
4.c.2.  Deferrals.  Officers selected for assignment to a PNS or XO
billet who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary
circumstances may request a deferral.  If approved, the Director,
Manpower Management will defer the Marine to a future NROTC
selection panel.  Primary selectees may submit a deferral request in
writing (AA Form) via the first general officer in their chain of
command addressed to HQMC via MMOA-3.  
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 MajGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower
Management Division.//