R 121300Z AUG 25
MARADMIN 371/25
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 CAREER DESIGNATION PANEL NUMBER 2 RESULTS//
REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/MPP-30/20210203//
REF/B/MSGID: MSG/CMC/MM/162020ZJUN25//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC/MIO/20130703//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1001.65A, OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE
ACCESSIONS. REF B IS MARADMIN 280/25, ANNOUNCEMENT OF FISCAL
YEAR 2025 CAREER DESIGNATION PANEL 2 FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT
MARINE OFFICERS. REF C IS MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM
PERSONNEL REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS USER MANUAL (MCTFSPRIUM).//
POC/J. SCHULZE/MAJ/RRO/MMOA-3/TEL:(703)784-9284/
EMAIL: SMB_MANPOWER_OFFICER_PROGRAMS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Career Designation
Panel 2 (CDP 2) convened on 29 July 2025 aboard Marine Corps Base
Quantico. Based on the panel's recommendations, the Deputy
Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DC M&RA) will offer
Career Designation (CD) to selected officers, allowing them to
remain on active duty beyond their initial service obligation.
2. CD Process
2.a. The offer of CD is a milestone in a Marine officer’s career.
Commanders are required to counsel those officers who have been
offered CD on the implications of either accepting or declining CD
before that officer responds. In addition to speaking with their
commander, officers considering declining CD should also reach out
to their Primary Military Occupational Speciality (PMOS) Monitor
before declining CD.
2.b. Notifications
2.b.1. Upon release of this MARADMIN, the Retention and Release
Officer (RRO) will notify all officers being offered CD via
Marine Online (MOL).
2.b.2. RRO will notify all officers not being offered CD via MOL.
Those officers who were not offered CD are eligible to screen on
subsequent panels if their current Expiration of Active Service
(EAS) date supports subsequent screenings.
2.b.3. A list of all officers offered CD is located on
the following site:
https://www.manpower.marines.mil/Divisions/Manpower-Management/
Officer-Assignments/Plans-and-Programs-MMOA-3/#tab/retention-and-
release
2.c. Accepting or Declining
2.c.1. Officers offered CD must accept or decline the offer by
responding to the MOL message no later than 14 days from MARADMIN
release. Officers who do not respond to this offer by the deadline
will be considered as having declined CD and will execute their
existing EAS.
2.c.2. Officers who accept CD will incur a 24-month active duty
service obligation beginning 01 September 2025 and ending
01 September 2027. This obligation runs concurrently with, not in
place of, any existing or future obligation incurred by permanent
change of station (PCS) orders.
Officers who accept the offer of CD will have their EAS changed to
indefinite (00000000) upon acceptance.
2.c.3. Officers who decline CD will execute their current EAS.
2.d. Reporting and Administration
2.d.1. The RRO will report the offer of CD via Unit Diary Marine
Integrated Personnel System. Commands will be notified via
the Diary Feedback Report to the respective Installation
Personnel Administration Centers (IPACs) per MCTFSPRIUM,
paragraph 41001. This information will reflect on the Officer
Data (OFFD) screen in the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS).
2.d.2. The following codes can be used to determine an officer’s
CD status in MCTFS:
1 - Active Screening on a CDP
2 - Offered CD
5 - Not Offered CD
6 - Accepted CD
7 - Declined CD / Did Not Respond
2.d.3. Admin Chiefs, Personnel Chiefs, Personnel Officers,
Manpower Officers, IPACs, and G1’s can utilize the OFFD screen via
MCTFS to verify officers who were offered, not offered, accepted, or
declined CD. This information is resident in the MCTFS record and
can be found as ACDU CAREER DESIG CODE and ACDU CAREER DESIG
CONSIDER DT.
3. Remedial Career Designation
3.a. Under the Commanding General Remedial CD Program, Commanding
Generals are authorized per MCO 1001.65A to nominate for remedial
CD consideration those eligible Marines who were not offered CD on
FY25 CDP2 to the RRO/MMOA-3.
3.b. Officers who were not offered CD may request remedial
nomination via the NAVMC 10274 Administrative Action (AA) Form.
AA Forms must be addressed to the MARFOR Commanding General and
endorsed by the officer’s chain of command.
3.c. Officers who are nominated for CD under the remedial program
must meet the qualifications specified in MCO 1001.65A . The
nominees for remedial CD are due to MMOA-3 within 60 days of
publication of this MARADMIN for review and administrative action.
3.d. Consolidated nominations must be submitted via naval letter
format from the officer’s respective G1 to MMOA-3 at
smb_manpower_officer_programs@usmc.mil
and must include the officers EDIPI, full name, MARFOR, and PMOS.
Files must be named EDIPI_LASTNAME_REMEDIALCD25
4. This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserves.
5. Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director,
Manpower Management Division.//