NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) ACCEPTING  MARINE OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR 2026-2028 SHOW SEASONS
Date Signed: 10/30/2024 | MARADMINS Number: 523/24
MARADMINS : 523/24

R 292012Z OCT 24
MARADMIN 523/24
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) ACCEPTING 
MARINE OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR 2026-2028 SHOW SEASONS//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CNATRA/YMD: 20230125//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20210510//
NARR/REF A IS CNATRAINST 1301.4N, APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND 
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS OF THE BLUE ANGELS.  REF B IS MCO
1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.
POC/C. J. ODONNELL/LT/BLUE ANGELS APPLICANTS OFFICER/
TEL: (850) 452-4650/DSN 922-4650 / (760) 339-2509/
DSN 658-2509/ EMAIL: CONNOR.J.ODONNELL3.MIL@US.NAVY.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The United States Navy Flight Demonstration 
Squadron (NFDS) (Blue Angels) may select one Captain/Major C-130
Demonstration Pilot for the 2026-2028 show seasons. 
2.  Interested officers should submit applications per reference (a)
by 30 April 2025 to the points of contact indicated in paragraph 5. 
Applicants must contact their monitor listed in paragraph 6.b. to 
determine eligibility prior to beginning the application process. 
The NFDS will make final selections in July 2025.
3.  Qualifications and Eligibility.  Applicants must be active duty
commissioned officers with the following specific qualifications:
3.a.  C-130 demonstration pilot applicants must have an aircraft
commander rating in the C-130J and should have approximately 1,200 
hours of flight time and completed Advanced Flight Training with an 
average or greater composite score.
3.b.  Applicants should have completed 24 months time-on-station 
(TOS) by 1 September 2025.  Additionally, applicants currently 
assigned outside of the continental United States (OCONUS) shall 
complete their tour control factor by 1 September 2025 to be 
eligible.  Applicants must notify their PMOS monitor and receive 
email confirmation confirming they meet TOS requirements to include
in their application.
4.   Manpower Management Officer Assignments (MMOA) will approve all
selectees prior to issuing of orders.  Pilots will be required to 
remain on active duty for two years following completion of their 
assignment with the Blue Angels.
5.  Reference (a) delineates application procedures.
5.a.  All interested officers must submit their applications to the
Blue Angels Applicants Officer.  The Blue Angels transition
between east and west locations throughout the year.
5.a.1.  Applications submitted before 1 March 2025 must be sent to: 
    Commanding Officer
    Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
    Attn:  LT Connor ODonnell
    Naval Air Facility El Centro
    1605 Third Street
    Hangar 5
    El Centro, CA 92243
5.a.2.  Applications submitted between 2 March 2025 and 30 April 
2025 must be sent to: 
    Commanding Officer
    Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
    Attn:  LT Connor ODonnell
    390 San Carlos Road, Suite A
    Pensacola, FL 32508-5508 
5.b.  Officers may deliver applications in-person to the Pensacola 
location beginning 15 March 2025. 
5.c.  In addition, officers shall submit copies of their application 
to MMOA-2 electronically using the following address: 
smb_officer_aviation@usmc.mil with PMOS monitor on the CC line.
6.  Points of contact
6.a.  Blue Angels.  For additional information, visit the Blue 
Angels website at https://www.blueangels.navy.mil or 
contact the Blue Angels Applicants Officer:
LT Connor ODonnell, Blue Angels Applicants Officer
  Pensacola, FL.  DSN: 922-4650, Comm: (850) 452-4650
  El Centro, CA (Jan-Mar).  DSN: 658-2509, Comm: (760) 339-2509 
  Email: connor.j.odonnell3.mil@us.navy.mil.
6.b.  MMOA monitors.
Maj Jesse Simmermon, Fixed Wing Major Monitor
  DSN: 278-9269, Comm: (703) 784-9269
  Email: jesse.simmermon@usmc.mil
Capt Maverick Santamaria, Fixed Wing Company Grade Monitor
  DSN: 278-9267, Comm:(703) 784-9267
Email:  maverick.santamaria@usmc.mil.
7.  This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.
8.  Release authorized by MajGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, 
Manpower Management Division.//