R 041552Z DEC 25
MARADMIN 583/25
MSGID/GENADMIN/COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/SOLICITATION FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025 GUNNERY SERGEANT EDWIN W.
JOHNSON JR. MEMORIAL MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION AWARDS PROGRAM (MCAAP)//
REF/A/MCO 1650.52B/DTD 25 FEB 2025//
NARR/REF A IS THE GUNNERY SERGEANT EDWIN W. JOHNSON JR. MEMORIAL 
MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION AWARDS PROGRAM (MCAAP)//
POC/B.J. WALKER/LTCOL/DEPUTY PRODUCT MANAGER, PRODUCT MANAGER, 
AMMUNITION/TEL: 703-462-4984/EMAIL: BRIAN.WALKER@USMC.MIL//
POC/A. L. LEWIS/CIV/OPERATIONS SECTION, PRODUCT MANAGER, AMMUNITION/
TEL: 703-472-3140/EMAIL: ALLEN.LEWIS1@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose.  To solicit nominees for the Gunnery
Sergeant Edwin W. Johnson Jr. Memorial Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Marine
Corps Ammunition Awards Program (MCAAP), to be presented during an 
awards dinner hosted by the Marine Corps Association on Wednesday, 
24 June 2026. These prestigious awards recognize the exemplary 
performance of ammunition officers (MOS 2340) and ammunition 
technicians (MOS 2311) in the operating forces, supporting 
establishments, and the selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) who 
have made significant contributions while serving in an 
ammunition billet in their unit's assigned mission and who embody
the Marine Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment.  The 
MCAAP encompasses individual awards for ammunition officers and
ammunition technicians serving within the ammunition community.
2. Inclusive dates for the awards are 1 January 2025 to 31 December
2025.
3. For CY 2025, we are soliciting nominations for the following six
categories:
3.A. The Ammunition Officer of the Year Award.  This award is 
presented annually to an active-duty Marine in the rank of Warrant
Officer through Limited Duty Officer Captain.
3.B. The Ammunition Staff Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year Award.
This award is presented annually to an active-duty Marine in the
rank of Staff Sergeant or Gunnery Sergeant.
3.C. The Ammunition Technician Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year
Award.  This award is presented annually to an active-duty Marine in
the rank of Corporal or Sergeant.
3.D. The Ammunition Technical of the Year Award.  This award is
presented annually to an active-duty Marine in the rank of Private
through Lance Corporal.
3.E. The SMCR Ammunition Staff Non-Commissioned Officer/Officer of
the Year Award.  This award is presented to a Reserve Marine in the
rank of Staff Sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant, or Warrant Officer through
Chief Warrant Officer.
3.F. The SMCR Ammunition Technical of the Year Award.  This award is
presented annually to a Reserve Marine in the rank of Private through
Sergeant.
4. In accordance with the reference, nominees must be Marines
currently serving or having served in an ammunition billet holding
the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 2340 or 2311 and should
set a standard of technical and professional excellence by
exhibiting the leadership traits and principles of a Marine, to
include the MOS knowledge expected of an ammunition officer or
ammunition technician of the appropriate rank.
4.A.  Nominees should be recognized as Marines who best exemplify
outstanding performance and technical expertise that have
significantly and positively impacted their unit's mission
accomplishment with regards to ammunition logistics.
5. Follow the instructions contained with this MARADMIN for package
layout and submission.  Award nomination packages shall include:
5.A.  Nomination letter(s) from Command, with Chain of Command
endorsements up to the first O-6.
5.A.1.  Nomination letter shall be in Naval letter format.
5.A.2.  Nomination letter shall include the phone number and email
address for the nominee.
5.A.3.  Nomination letter shall include the unit point of contact
and their phone number and email address. 
5.B.  Nomination letter enclosures shall include:
5.B.1.  Marine Online Basic Training Record print out.
5.B.2.  A career biography of nominee.
5.B.3.  A Summary of Action (SOA) that provides a description of the
nominee's meritorious service or achievement based on their
sustained performance or specific achievement of a superlative
nature.  The SOA shall include their billet description, a list of
qualifications, and significant contributions to the Command.  The 
SOA shall not to exceed two pages in length and will be in paragraph
format using 12-pitch, Times New Roman font, and single-spaced text.
The SOA opening shall read "(RANK FULL NAME) is enthusiastically
recommended for the (AWARD CATEGORY) while serving as (BILLET),
(UNIT), from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025."  Closing remarks
shall reiterate the recommendation.
5.B.4.  A proposed citation.  The citation opening shall read
"Professional achievement in the superior performance of his/her
duties while serving as (BILLET), (UNIT), from 1 January 2025 to 31 
December 2025."  The citation closing shall read RANK LAST NAME's
professionalism, initiative, and steadfast devotion to duty
reflected credit on him/her and were in keeping with the highest
traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. 
5.C.  Do not include SSN for award nominees.
5.D.  Do not include official photographs for award nominees.
6.  Each Marine Corps Major Subordinate Command (i.e.; Marine
Division, Marine Logistics Group, Marine Air Wing, MEF Information
Group, Marine Corps Bases, Posts, and Stations), are encouraged to
submit as many nominations as deemed eligible for consideration for
each award category.
7.  Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) will convene their own
selection board to select the most qualified SMCR Marines and will
forward awardee information to Product Manager Ammunition NLT 2 
March 2026 to be included in the MARADMIN announcing all CY 2025 
MCAAP winners.  Details for the SMCR selection board will be sent by
MARFORRES to unit POCs via SEPCOR.
7.A. Reserve Marines being nominated for the SMCR Ammunition
Technical/Officer of the year category shall submit packages through
their parent Chain of Command.  Packages are due to MARFORRES G-4 no
later than 1600 EST 26 January 2026.  Details for the SMCR
selection board will be sent by MARFORRES to unit POCs via SEPCOR.
8.  All active-duty nomination packages shall be sent electronically
via e-mail to ammomail@usmc.mil in a PDF file.
8.A.  The PDF file shall be named "EDIPI_LASTNAME_CATEGORY" (E.G.
1234567890_PULLER_OFFICER.pdf).
8.B.  The subject line of the email should read:  "Calendar Year
2025 Marine Corps Ammunition Awards Program, (Award Category), ICO
(Rank/Name)".
9.  Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command (COMMARCORSYSCOM),
Product Manager Ammunition must receive all active-duty nomination
packages no later than 1500 EST on 2 March 2026.  Packages
received after the due date and time are not eligible for
consideration.
10.  At the conclusion of the convening boards, selected awardees
will be announced via SEPCOR to include coordinating instructions
for awardees.  COMMARCORSYSOM and the Marine Corps Association
will recognize the award recipients during an award presentation 
that will be held 24 June 2026, at the Clubs at Quantico, Virginia.
11.  Ensure widest dissemination of the contents of this message.
12.  Release authorized by BGen T. L. Campbell, Commander,
Marine Corps Systems Command.//