ALMARS : 425/97
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ALMAR 425/97
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SUBJ/FY99 COLONEL AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL RESERVE COMMAND SCREENING
/BOARD RESULTS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC RAM/961224//
REF/B/RMG/CMC RAM/241925ZDEC96/961224//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.65, RESERVE COMMAND SCREENING PROGRAM. REF B
IS CMC ALMAR 459/96, OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR RESERVE COMMAND
BILLETS.//
POC/LTCOL KEN PLATO/-/PRIPHN:DSN 224-1761/-/-/SECPHN:1-800-222-9311
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RMKS/1. PER REF A, ON 8 DEC 97, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE
CORPS CONVENED A BOARD OF THREE GENERAL OFFICERS TO SCREEN THE
RECORDS OF 39 RESERVE COLONELS FOR POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENT TO 12
SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) COMMAND BILLETS. IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THAT BOARD, A BOARD OF THREE GENERAL OFFICERS AND SIX
COLONELS CONVENED TO SCREEN THE RECORDS OF 125 RESERVE LIEUTENANT
COLONELS FOR 23 SMCR COMMAND BILLETS.
2. TO ACCOMMODATE THE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS, 24 COLONELS AND 46 LIEUTENANT COLONELS WERE
IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD AND APPROVED BY THE COMMANDANT AS POTENTIAL
COMMANDERS FOR THE BILLETS LISTED IN REF B. THE QUALITY OF THE
RECORDS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD WAS SUPERB, WHICH PRODUCED AN
EXCEPTIONALLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
3. AS THE COMMAND SCREENING BOARD FOR THE RESERVE COMPONENT,
SEVERAL POINTS ABOUT THIS PROCESS ARE WORTHY OF EMPHASIS
TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT READ MORE INTO THE BOARD RESULTS THAN WAS
INTENDED:
A. THE COMMAND SCREENING PROCESS DIFFERS FROM THE PROMOTION
SELECTION PROCESS IN THAT REQUIREMENTS WILL VARY FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR.
B. THEREFORE, COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS TEND TO FOCUS ON A NARROWER
SET OF CRITERIA THAN DO PROMOTION BOARDS.
C. AS A RESULT, SCREENING FOR COMMAND IS NOT A PRECURSOR FOR
SELECTION FOR PROMOTION. FAILURE TO BE SCREENED IS NOT NECESSARILY
AN INDICATION OF A LACK OF COMPETITIVENESS FOR PROMOTION, NOR IS IT
AN INDICATOR OF FUTURE POTENTIAL TO BE COMMAND SCREENED. THE
RESERVE COMMAND SCREENING PROCESS HAS ONE PURPOSE ONLY: TO PUT THE
BEST AND MOST FULLY QUALIFIED OFFICERS FROM THOSE AVAILABLE IN
COMMAND OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRING COMMANDERS IN ANY GIVEN
YEAR.
4. RESERVE COLONELS IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR COMMAND FOR THE
PERIOD 1 JUL 98 TO 30 JUN 99 ARE:
RANK LNAME FNAME MI SSN STATUS
COL BACON, JR. ALLAN R 9247 4THMARDIV
COL BECKHART PAUL E 2159 IMA
COL BODDINGTON CRAIG T 6953 4THFSSG
COL CARTER LUTHER F 1797 IMA
COL CRUZ ALLAN F 3892 4THMARDIV
COL DEVORA, JR. ALEJANDRO T 4609 IMA
COL DRYLIE RUSSEL L 9378 IMA
COL FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHE T 0725 4THFSSG
COL GONZALES LAWRENCE D 8672 IMA
COL HAYNIE JAMES E 4500 4THFSSG
COL JOHNSON III FRANCIS A 3942 4THMARDIV
COL JONES BRETT A 8915 4THMAW
COL KERR PHILIP A 2349 4THMARDIV
COL MCKINLEY STEVEN E 7816 IMA
COL SEL MOORE ROGER K 1798 4THMAW
COL NUNNALLY MICHAEL E 5268 4THMAW
COL OEHL, JR. WILLIAM F 1953 4THMAW
COL OHLS GARY J 4754 IMA
COL SEL PACZKOWSKI JOHN P 9524 IMA
COL SEL PATTERSON GREGORY A 1878 4THMARDIV
COL RICH STEPHEN M 0163 IMA
COL SEL STANLEY DARRYL D 7751 4THFSSG
COL STONE DOUGLAS M 0227 IRR
COL THOMPSON FRANK M 1383 4THFSSG
5. RESERVE LIEUTENANT COLONELS IDENTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE FOR COMMAND
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JUL 98 TO 30 JUN 99 ARE:
LTCOL AHERN JOHN F 9689 4THFSSG
LTCOL AICHELMANN FRANK M 2204 4THMAW
LTCOL BAILEY LEANDRO E 1585 4THMAW
LTCOL BALESKIE FRANK A 7147 4THMARDIV
LTCOL BLALOCK III WILLIAM J 9337 4THMAW
LTCOL BRENNAN STEVEN J 7962 4THMAW
LTCOL BROWNING PHILIP R 9735 4THMAW
LTCOL BUBP DANNY R 3545 IMA
LTCOL BYRON THOMAS C 6478 4THFSSG
LTCOL CAHILL TERRY K 8429 4THMARDIV
LTCOL DEOTTE JAMES E 1141 4THMARDIV
LTCOL DONAHUE MICHELLE M 4531 4THMARDIV
LTCOL DUFF RONALD R 4877 4THMAW
LTCOL DUNARD MONTE E 1415 4THMAW
LTCOL DWIGGINS WILLIAM O 6757 4THMARDIV
LTCOL FISCHER GERARD W 0789 4THMARDIV
LTCOL FLERLAGE JOHN C 3222 4THMAW
LTCOL GIGNAC, JR. JOHN D 5498 4THMARDIV
LTCOL GRAHAM PATRICIA A 7029 IMA
LTCOL GUNTER FRANK R 4840 IMA
LTCOL HOPPER PAUL K 8721 4THMAW
LTCOL HOWARD MICHAEL C 2191 IMA
LTCOL JEFFERSON AUNDRA J 8579 4THFSSG
LTCOL KEITH RAYMOND S 9354 IMA
LTCOL SEL LADWIG JEFFREY A 4179 4THMAW
LTCOL SEL LAPAIX MARIO 4635 4THFSSG
LTCOL LOWTHER CHARLES A 8100 IMA
LTCOL MANSKE MICHAEL W 4028 IMA
LTCOL MARR JERRY D 6480 4THMAW
LTCOL MARTIN DANA K 8627 4THMARDIV
LTCOL SEL MCCOLLOUGH WILLIAM R 8161 4THFSSG
LTCOL MCDADE DANNY M 8493 IMA
LTCOL SEL MCMULLEN WILLIAM L 3608 4THMAW
LTCOL METROKA GORDON S 1303 4THMARDIV
LTCOL MILES IV DAVID A 6249 4THMARDIV
LTCOL PAPAK ROBERT D 0671 4THMAW
LTCOL PATZMAN LAURENCE S 1945 4THFSSG
LTCOL PEARSON III CHARLES J 5321 4THMAW
LTCOL SAXTON, JR. DAVID O 1818 4THMAW
LTCOL SCOTT CRAIG R 6427 4THMAW
LTCOL SHAMP MICHAEL J 6549 IMA
LTCOL SHEAHAN JAMES P 5530 4THMARDIV
LTCOL SPENCER MICHAEL T 0224 4THMAW
LTCOL STODDARD HAROLD C 4573 4THMAW
LTCOL VEACH STEVEN C 8044 4THMAW
LTCOL SEL WHITEHOUSE DANA A 6746 4THMARDIV
6. EVERY OFFICER SCREENED WILL RECEIVE SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE FROM
THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.
7. PER REF A, COMMARFORRES WILL DEVELOP A PROPOSED SLATING OF
SCREENED OFFICERS TO SPECIFIC BILLETS. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE
SLATING PROCESS AND APPROVAL BY THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS,
AN ALMAR WILL BE RELEASED LISTING OFFICERS AND THE MAJOR COMMAND TO
WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SLATED. OFFICERS WHO ARE SLATED AND DO NOT
DESIRE TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DECLINE IN
WRITING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND.//
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