1STLT PROMOTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
Date Signed: 8/28/2025 | MARADMINS Number: 397/25
MARADMINS : 397/25

R 261639Z AUG 25
MARADMIN 397/25
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/1STLT PROMOTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CONGRESS//
REF/B/MSGID:MCO/CMC/MMPB-10/20211028//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/20190328//
REF/D/MSGID:MCO/CMC/MMSR/20250528//
REF/E/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20181010//
REF/F/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20190415//
REF/G/MSGID:MSG/MP/120935ZJUN2001//
NARR/REF A IS TITLE 10, U.S.C.  REF B IS MCO 1400.31D, MARINE
CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 1, OFFICER PROMOTIONS.  REF C IS
SECNAVINST 1420.3, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY COMMISSIONED OFFICER
PROMOTION PROGRAM.  REF D IS MCO 1900.16 W/CH-3, MARINE CORPS
SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.  REF E IS SECNAVINST 1120.9B,
DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR MARINE CORPS AND MARINE CORPS
RESERVE AS MARINE CORPS JUDGE ADVOCATE.  REF F IS SECNAVINST
1412.6M, PROMOTION OF OFFICERS TO THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR
GRADE) IN THE NAVY AND TO THE GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE
MARINE CORPS.  REF G IS MARADMIN 277/01, BACCALAUREATE
DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR RESERVE OFFICERS.//
POC/M. J. COOK/MAJ/UNIT:HD MMPB-10/TEL:(703) 784-9705/
EMAIL:MICHAEL.J.COOK@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Authority.  Refs (a) through (g) regulate all
Marine Corps officer promotions.  This message is the authority for
commanding officers to effect promotions.  Per the refs, CMC
(MMPB-10) will not effect an officer's promotion until that
officer's name appears on a promotion MARADMIN or CMC message.
MMPB-10 will mail appropriate commissions to parent commands under
separate cover.  Expect 4-6 weeks for delivery.  The commission is
not the legal authority to promote and is not required to effect the
promotion.  For the purposes of conducting a promotion ceremony,
sample commissions and the oath of office are located in chapter 6
of ref (b) or the Officer Promotions homepage at www.Marines.mil.
Under "Marines/Career," click on "Promotions."  Click on "Officer
Promotions," look under the "Reference" tab on the right side of the
page.
2.  Under the provisions of ref (f), the Secretary of the Navy,
acting for the President of the United States, hereby authorizes the
promotion of the following named officer(s) on active duty, as
indicated, to the permanent grade of first lieutenant.  Rank, pay,
and allowances are effective from the date indicated.
Name                            DOR          MCC
Padrepio S. Asola               01Sep25      V11
Lukas A. Blake                  01Sep25      J61
Moriah I. Duprat                01Sep25      K03
Ryan A. Elison                  01Sep25      J61
Jeremy S. Maran                 01Sep25      K9R
Chandler T. Price               01Sep25      K03
Maxwell R. Thomson              01Sep25      K03
Melissa K. Farrell              02Sep25      1NR
Sheena D. Clark                 08Sep25      V15
Eli J. Bivens                   09Sep25      K03
Charles S. Glaubit              09Sep25      1UV
Kienan A. Morrissey             09Sep25      J61
Evan M. Ostrowski               11Sep25      023
Jacob R. Smith                  16Sep25      K03
Miguel D. Campero               22Sep25      1F5
Cade S. Fink                    22Sep25      K03
Dylan R. Mico                   22Sep25      K03
Benjamin M. Pluta               22Sep25      K03
Anthony M. Schwend              22Sep25      K03
Dominic C. Bowes                23Sep25      K03
Thomas E. Kempf                 23Sep25      1GR
Milam M. Kinner                 23Sep25      K03
William R. Voorhees             23Sep25      K03
Ian R. Beresford                25Sep25      K03
Andrew O. Becker                26Sep25      K03
Ian J. Corral                   26Sep25      J61
Grant J. Walker                 26Sep25      1PA
Daniel P. Mayeaux               30Sep25      K03
John W. Valentine               30Sep25      1CS
3.  Delay of Promotion
3.a.  Commanding Officer Determination. Per refs (b) and (g), if the
respective commanding officer determines that an officer is not
mentally, physically, morally, or professionally qualified for
promotion, the promotion shall not be effected.  This includes the
physical examination requirement for reserve officers per section
10206 of ref (a).  Ref (a) requires written notification to the
officer of the grounds for delay before the effective date of the
appointment, unless it is impracticable to do so, in which case the
notice shall be given as soon as practicable.  Commanding Officers
must also notify CMC (MMPB-10) prior to the effective date of the
appointment so that the promotion is not effected in Marine Corps
Total Force System (MCTFS) and to allow for the initiation of
administrative action.  Refs (a), (b), (c), and (e) contain
guidelines for the timely submission of supporting documentation.
3.b.  Adverse Screening Process.  Before the release of this
promotion authority, all officers are screened for adverse or
potentially adverse information. If applicable, CMC (MMPB-10)
removed the names of those officers with records identified during
the adverse screening process as containing adverse or potentially
adverse information from the promotion authority MARADMIN.  Those
officers will receive correspondence under separate cover from CMC
(JPL).
4.  Retirement and Transfer.  Officers considering voluntary
retirement should review ref (d) for service obligation prior to
acceptance of promotion.  An officer's selection for promotion
carries over into the reserve, between Active Reserve and
Selected Marine Corps Reserve-Individual Ready Reserve, and with
augmentation into the regular component.
5.  Accepting and Declining Promotion.  Any regular or reserve
officer who is promoted under the refs is considered to have
accepted such promotion on the effective date contained in paragraph
2 (for purposes of date of rank, pay, and allowances in the grade to
which promoted).  To decline a promotion, an officer is required to
submit a letter of declination to CMC (MMPB-10) expressly at the
time their command notifies them of their promotion and directs that
they begin wearing the insignia of the next higher grade.  Any
statement or action by the officer which signals their acceptance of
the promotion, forever waives their right to decline.
6.  For Marine officer promotion matters call Comm (703)784-9705 or
DSN 278-9705.  Email inquiries may be submitted via the Officer
Promotions homepage at www.Marines.mil.  Email address is
officerpromotions@usmc.mil.
7.  Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director,
Manpower Management Division.//