R 111832Z AUG 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 455/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY12 COLONEL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD RESULTS//
REF/A/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM MMOA3/021129ZJUN11//
AMPN/REF A IS MARADMIN 318/11, FISCAL YEAR 2012 (FY12) COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS.//
POC/R. L. ALDRIDGE/MAJ/UNIT:MMOA-3/-/TEL:DSN 278-9284/ EMAIL:RORY.ALDRIDGE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON 12 JULY 2011, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS CONVENED THE COLONEL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD.  THE PURPOSE OF COMMAND SCREENING IS TO PROVIDE OUR MARINES WITH THE BEST AND MOST FULLY QUALIFIED COMMANDERS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A COMPETENT AND WELL-BALANCED FIGHTING FORCE.  TEN GENERAL OFFICERS SCREENED THE RECORDS OF 252 COLONELS AND COLONELS (SEL) FOR POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENT TO 59 OPERATING/SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT COMMANDS.  BILLETS CONSIDERED WILL BECOME AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD OF 1 JUNE 2012 TO 31 MAY 2013.
2.  THE BOARD SELECTED 59 OFFICERS AS PRIMARIES FOR COMMAND.  TO ACCOMMODATE THE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS, 45 OFFICERS WERE SELECTED AS ALTERNATES AND FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR COMMAND BY THE BOARD.  THE ALTERNATE LIST PROVIDES AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF OFFICERS TO MEET THE COMMAND REQUIREMENTS SHOULD AN OFFICER DECLINE COMMAND OR OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO TAKE COMMAND.
3.  THE QUALITY OF THE MARINES CONSIDERED REAFFIRMS THAT THE CORPS CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND PROMOTE LEADERS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER.  THE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF COMMAND BILLETS AVAILABLE AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE OFFICERS COMBINE TO MAKE COMMAND SELECTION AN EXCEPTIONALLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
4.  AS PART OF THE COMMANDANT'S SPECIAL SELECTION PROCESS (CSSP), AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COLONEL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD (CSB), CMC PERSONALLY SELECTED COMMANDERS FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:
NAME                           COMMAND
CABANISS, CHRISTIAN G          8TH AND I
DESGROSSEILLIERS, TODD S       TBS
ESKELUND, DAVID J              MCLOG
JONES, MATTHEW L               MCTOG
WILD, KEVIN H                  HMX-1
5.  THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS HAS APPROVED THE FOLLOWING:
A.  8040 GROUP
NAME                           COMMAND
BOWERS, WILLIAM  J             6TH MCD
CRABILL, MATTHEW R             MCB CAMPEN
DAVIS, DONALD J                MCLB ALBANY
FERENCE, ANTHONY A             HQ SVC BN MCRD PI
GILTZ, JOHN R                  MARDET FT LEONARDWOOD
JOHNSON, JEFFREY J             MCES
KELLEHER, PATRICK N            CLR-25
KING, TRACY W                  CLR-15
LAVIOLETTE, MARK D             CLR-27
MAXWELL, DAVID W               MCB QUANTICO
SPIGNESI, NICHOLAS A           MCLB BARSTOW
VOHR, JAMES A                  CLR-2
B.  8041/4402 GROUP
NAME                           COMMAND
BAKER, JAMES M                 MCTAG
BAUMGARTEN, PETER B            1ST MARINES
BIEN, STEFAN E                 SOI MCB CAMPEN
CARROLL JR, JOHN J             MCMWTC
CHRISTMAS, JAMES D             22D MEU
COOPER, MATTHEW H              WFTBN MCRD SD
CORDERO, MICHAEL E             HQ-SPT BN MCB CAMPEN
DILL, JEFFREY J                1ST MCD
ESTES, KATHERINE J             HQ SVC BN MCB CAMP BUTLER
GALLANT, ROBIN A               HQ SVC BN QUANTICO
GUENTHER, GLENN R              WTBN QUANTICO
HALL, RICHARD D                4TH MARINES
HERITAGE, RYAN P               6TH MARINES
HERRERA, JAMES H               I MHG
HIGGINS JR, JAMES B            HQBN 2D MARDIV
KOJAC, JEFFREY S               MACG-28
LISZEWSKI, STEPHEN E           11TH MARINES
MCMORRIES, DAVID W             MCNOSC
MERNA, JOHN E                  31ST MEU
MILBURN, ANDREW R              MSOR
NALER, CHRISTOPHER L           MCIOC
REDIFER, STEPHEN E             CBIRF
RUSSELL, JOSEPH J              HQBN 1ST MARDIV
SELLERS, HALLIBURTON J         SEC BN MCB CAMPEN
SMITH, RUSSELL E               24TH MARINES
STEBBINS, SCOTT F              MACG-18
STOPA, JAMES B                 II MHG
TANZOLA III, ROBERT L          III MHG
WILSON, BLAKE M                MCB CAMP FUJI
C.  8042 GROUP
NAME                           COMMAND
BENEDICT, SCOTT F              24TH MEU
CASSELL, MITCHELL E            MCAS NEW RIVER
CAVANAUGH, BRIAN W             MAG-36
FARNAM, JOHN P                 MCAS MIRAMAR
HOBSON, HUNTER H               MAG-12
KLING, GARY A                  TRNG WING FIVE
KREBS, DAVID A                 MATSG-22
MCPHILLIPS, CHRISTOPHER A      MAG-13
MOORE, MICHAEL A               MAG-39
ORR, MICHAEL R                 VMX-22
SOFGE JR, ROBERT B             MAG-14
TOBIN III, ROBERT T            MAG-49
VARA, JOHN C                   MAG-26
6.  ALL OFFICERS SELECTED AS PRIMARIES AND ALTERNATES FOR COMMAND WILL HAVE A LETTER ANNOTATING SELECTION INCLUDED IN THEIR OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).
7.  THE LIST OF OFFICERS SELECTED AS ALTERNATES WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA THE MMOA-3 COMMAND SCREENING WEBPAGE.  THE LIST WILL BE POSTED ALPHABETICALLY BY FULL NAME, MOS AND CURRENT MCC.  FOR OFFICERS DECLINING COMMAND ON THE INITIAL SLATE, THE NEXT ALTERNATE WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THEIR PRIMARY MOS MONITOR AND FLEETED UP FROM THE PRIORITIZED ALTERNATE LIST.
8.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.
A.  PRIMARY SELECTEES ARE TO ACCEPT VIA EMAIL TO THEIR MONITOR LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 10 BY 30 SEPTEMBER 2011.  THOSE OFFICERS WHO DECLINE COMMAND MUST SUBMIT THEIR DECLINATION IN WRITING (AA FORM) VIA THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER IN THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND TO HQMC (MMOA-3) NLT 30 SEPTEMBER 2011.
B.  PRIMARY SELECTEES WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF ANY SELECTION BOARD ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO PRIOR TO ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND.
C.  HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS DOES NOT NORMALLY CONSIDER DEFERRALS FOR COMMAND; HOWEVER, CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ASSUME COMMAND DUE TO POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.  OFFICERS WHO FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY MAY REQUEST DEFERRAL.  ALL REQUESTS WILL BE ENDORSED BY THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.  THOSE OFFICERS APPROVED FOR DEFERRAL WILL BE NON-COMPETITIVELY SELECTED FOR COMMAND ON A LATER BOARD AND WILL THEN COMPETE FOR SLATING.
9.  OFFICERS SLATED TO COMMAND WILL SCHEDULE THEIR ATTENDANCE TO THE RESIDENT COMMANDANT'S COMMANDERS PROGRAM PRIOR TO, OR SHORTLY AFTER, ASSUMING COMMAND.  THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE COMMANDERS PROGRAM WHICH IS A MANDATORY 10 DAY CURRICULUM AND THE 5 DAY SPOUSES WORKSHOP WHICH RUNS CONCURRENTLY AND IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED FOR THE SPOUSES OF COMMANDERS.  THE PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED SEMIANNUALLY IN MARCH AND OCTOBER ABOARD MCB QUANTICO AND IS ANNOUNCED BY MARADMIN EACH JANUARY AND AUGUST.  FURTHER INFO IS AVAILABLE FROM MCU ONLINE AT WWW.MCU.USMC.MIL/LLEADERSHIP.  THE POC FOR THE COMMANDANT'S COMMANDERS PROGRAM AND SPOUSES WORKSHOP IS MAJOR LIA B. KOLOSKI AT (703)784-6850.
10.  CMC (MMOA) POINTS OF CONTACT ARE:
COL A. L. SOLGERE, HEAD MMOA
  DSN: 278-9300 COMM (703) 784-9300
  EMAIL: ANDREW.SOLGERE@USMC.MIL
COL B. M. WILSON, GROUND COL MONITOR
  DSN: 278-9300, COMM: (703) 784-9300
  EMAIL: BLAKE.M.WILSON@USMC.MIL
COL D. A. KREBS, AVIATION COL MONITOR
  DSN 278-9300 COMM (703) 784-9300
  EMAIL: DAVID.KREBS@USMC.MIL
LTCOL J. E. ORILLE, HEAD, MMOA-3
  DSN 278-9284 COMM (703) 784-9284
  EMAIL: JOHN.ORILLE@USMC.MIL
11.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY C. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION (ACTING).//