FY26 NROTC SELECTION PANEL XO AND MOI RESULTS

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R 211929Z JUL 25 MARADMIN 344/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FY26 NROTC SELECTION PANEL XO AND MOI RESULTS// REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/DTG: 071307ZJUN24// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20210510// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20190215// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 212/25, FISCAL YEAR 2026 NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 W/CH-2, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1900.16 W/CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.// POC/RYAN J. AYER/MAJ/MMOA/TEL: 703-784-9276/ EMAIL: RYAN.J.AYER@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) selection board convened on 26 June 2025 to select officers for duty as Marine Officer Instructors (MOI) and Executive Officers (XO) beginning in 2026. 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. Executive Officer selections for FY26 are as follows (read in four columns): Name MOS MCC University Ashe, Cruz C. 4502 HAE University of Southern Florida Chase, Mark W. 0302 H04 University of California Weidner, Zachary E. 0402 H12 Cornell University 3.a.2. MOI selections for FY26 are as follows (read in four columns): Name MOS MCC University Addis, Kyle W. 0402 H58 University Of Notre Dame Benn, Spencer A. 0402 H19 Florida A&M University Brown, Abram E. 0302 H81 Southern University A&M College Davis, Datra C. 0102 H50 University Of Nebraska Epperson, Samuel Z. 0802 H53 Arizona State University Evans, Xavier B. 3404 H9C Maine Maritime Academy Goodson, Christian R. 0402 H52 University Of New Mexico Hansen, Jacob G. 7204 H08 University Of Colorado Harman, Tyler A. 0402 H89 Texas A&M University Henderson, Tyler R. 0802 H30 Iowa State University Jerome, Austin M. 0402 H87 Virginia Military Institute Karczewski, Jake A. 0302 H40 Miami University Of Ohio Mattea, Luke E. 0802 H72 Purdue University McNally, Jacques P. 1302 H44 University Of Minnesota Moreno, Lizetthe 0402 H17 University Of Florida Murillo, Joshua S. 0602 H57 Norwich University Schwien, Elizabeth 0102 H63 George Washington University Wehner, Samuel J. 0602 H56 Northwestern University Witte, Anthony J. 3002 H03 Boston University Yamasaki, Peter J. 3404 HC3 University Of Maryland 3.b. Alternate selectees 3.b.1. The board selected the following officers as alternates for Executive Officer assignments (read in two columns): Name MOS Dios, Eric M. 0402 Fernandez Jr, Raymond 6602 3.b.2. The board selected the following officers as alternates for MOI assignments (read in two columns): Name MOS Carter, Colton L. 0402 Engelhart, Erik B. 0402 Hernandez, Keyne 3002 Jack, John N. 3002 Lindsay, Travis D. 0802 Moody, Rick A. 6002 Nicksic, Luke S. 3002 Ruane, Steven K. 0602 Tovarcarreon, Ana D. 0402 Trotta, Christopher J. 0202 Wright, Brooks A. 1803 Zambrana, Christopher 5803 4. Coordinating Instructions 4.a. Primary selectees 4.a.1. Acceptance of selection. This message serves as notification of orders for officers listed in paragraph 3.a. Selected officers are directed to contact their PMOS monitor NLT 10 days from the release of this MARADMIN. 4.a.2. Selected officers who have not yet accepted Career Designation (CD) will be offered CD in conjunction with this assignment. Retention & Release Officer, MMOA-3 will notify all selectees being offered CD via Marine Online (MOL). Officers offered CD must accept or decline by responding via MOL NLT 10 days from the release of this MARADMIN. Officers who do not respond by the deadline will be considered as having declined CD. Officers who decline the offer of CD in conjunction with this panel selection will execute their current End of Active Service IAW MCO 1001.65A and forfeit their selection to their respective university. 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. Requests for declination by officers who applied and were selected for NROTC duty will not receive favorable consideration. 4.c.2. Deferrals. Officers selected for assignment to an 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 BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//