FISCAL YEAR 2026 (FY26) ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR (AMOI) AND SECOND TOUR DRILL

MARADMINS : 593/25

R 121715Z DEC 25 MARADMIN 593/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2026 (FY26) ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR (AMOI) AND SECOND TOUR DRILL INSTRUCTOR (DI) IMMEDIATE BILLET VACANCIES// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210511// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210510// NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1326.6 CH-1, SELECTING, SCREENING, AND PREPARING ENLISTED MARINES FOR SCREENABLE BILLETS AND INDEPENDENT DUTY ASSIGNMENT (SCREENMAN). REF (B) IS MCO 1300.8, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.// POC/K. L. MCCOY/CAPT/MMEA-25/TEL: 703-784-9472/EMAIL: KRISTINA.MCCOY@USMC.MIL// POC/A. C. MORALES/GYSGT/DI MONITOR/TEL: 703-432-9475/EMAIL: ADRIAN.C.NANEZ.MIL@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The purpose of this MARADMIN is to announce the immediate billet vacancies for the FY26 AMOI program, second tour Drill Instructors, and to solicit applications from qualified Marines. 2. Headquarters Marine Corps needs immediate volunteers for the following FY26 vacancies (read in three columns): University/Vacancy MCC Location UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY H04 Berkeley, CA MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO H40 Oxford, OH MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY H37 Cambridge, MA UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO H24 Moscow, ID UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA H44 Minneapolis, MN USMC OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL 069 Quantico, VA NAVAL ACADEMY PREPARATORY SCHOOL J34 Newport, RI NAVY CHAPLAIN SCHOOL J34 Newport, RI NAVAL OFFICER TRAINING COMMAND K55 Newport, RI 3. Tour length. All assignments are 36-month tours. 4. Obligated Service. Marines must be willing to accept the required obligated service for prescribed tour length as outlined in paragraph 3. 5. Time on Station. Marines must have 36-months Time On Station (TOS) at estimated date of departure, in accordance with reference (b). TOS requirements for Marines requesting assignment in the same geographic location do not apply. Requests for ETP will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 6. Marines must serve a minimum of 36-months in Primary Military Occupational Specialty since last Special Duty Assignment (SDA) tour or screenable billet at estimated date of departure. Requests for Exception to Policy (ETP) will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 7. Marines must meet height and weight standards. 8. Pictures of tattoos must be submitted IAW TFRS Message Number: A66568. 9. AMOI and second tour Drill Instructors eligibility requirements. In addition to the eligibility requirements contained in reference (a) and paragraphs 3-7, Marines applying for the above mentioned billets must meet and comply with the following criteria: 9.a. Regular active-duty Marines in the grade of Staff Sergeant through Master Sergeant. 9.b. Successfully completed a Drill Instructor tour with an Additional Military Occupational Specialty of 0911. 9.c. Possess a minimum General Technical score of 100 (AMOI duty only). Requests for EETP will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 9.d. Possess a minimum of 250 Physical Fitness Test (PFT) score for Officer Candidate School or a 215 PFT score for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at time of submission. 9.e. Marines must complete the Drill Instructor Duty Checklist (NAVMC 11705), provided in appendix E of reference (a). 9.f. Marines applying for this program must be willing to accept assignment to any vacancy listed in paragraph 2. 9.g. Marines selected for AMOI duty will be required to execute their Permanent Change of Station moves and report to their respective NROTC units no later than 31 March 2026. Upon reporting, Marines should expect to augment to Officer Candidate School summer training from April 2026 through August 2026. 10. Marines are authorized to submit for these billets year round. The no later than for submission is 31 December 2025, applications with attachments must be submitted electronically using the SDA request in the Total Force Retention System (TFRS) to CMC (MMEA-25) via the normal Reenlistment Extension Lateral Move (RELM) routing chain. Unit Career Counselors have access to the TFRS program. RELM enclosures will contain the following: 10.a. Administrative Action Form listing in order of precedence the billets for which applying, dates served on Drill Instructor Duty, contact information, and any other relevant information that should be considered. 10.b. Drill Instructor Duty Checklist (NAVMC 11705). 10.c. Gunnery Sergeants must annotate their promotion preference (M or F). 11. This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 12. Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//