MARADMINS : 445/06
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MARADMIN 445/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/CONVENING OF THE FY08 U.S. MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND
/MAJOR LIMITED DUTY OFFICER PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MSG/CMC/300729ZMAR2006//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMPR/YMD:20060701//
REF/C/MSGID:MSG/CMC/240729ZMAR2005//
REF/D/MSGID:MSG/CMC/271002ZSEP2001//
REF/E/MSGID:MSG/CMC/111526ZSEP2002//
REF/F/MSGID:MSG/CMC/200729ZFEB2003//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 151/06, FY08 U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICER
PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS. REF B IS MCBUL 1400, OFFICER LINEAL
PRECEDENCE. REF C IS MARADMIN 141/05, REVISED MASTER BRIEF SHEET.
REF D IS MARADMIN 463/01, TRANSMISSION AND FILING OF DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF). REF E
IS MARADMIN 483/02, TRANSMISSION AND FILING OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
TO THE OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF). REF F IS MARADMIN
066/03, SUBMISSION OF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR DEPLOYED MARINES.//
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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. AS ANNOUNCED BY REF A, THE FY08 U.S. MARINE
CORPS LIMITED DUTY OFFICER (LDO) PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD WILL
CONVENE ON 30 OCTOBER 2006, AT HARRY LEE HALL, MARINE CORPS BASE,
QUANTICO, VA. THE SELECTION BOARD WILL CONSIDER OFFICERS IN A
PERMANENT LIMITED DUTY STATUS FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADES OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND MAJOR. PERMANENT LDO'S COMPETE FOR PROMOTION
AS VACANCIES BECOME AVAILABLE IN THEIR GRADE AND COMPETITIVE
CATEGORY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS). ANY OFFICER IN A
TEMPORARY STATUS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR
PROMOTION BY THE BOARD.
2. PROMOTION BOARDS. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER, BY MOS AND GRADE AND
ONLY AS SPECIFIED BY THE YEARLY PROMOTION PLAN, THREE CATEGORIES OF
OFFICERS: ABOVE-ZONE, IN-ZONE, AND BELOW-ZONE. OFFICERS DEFINED AS
LDO IN REF B ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BOARD. HOWEVER, OFFICERS WITH
ESTABLISHED SEPARATION/RETIREMENT DATES WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE
CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD IF
THE SEPARATION/RETIREMENT DATE IS ESTABLISHED BY MIDNIGHT ON THE DAY
THE BOARD CONVENES. IN ADDITION, CAPTAINS WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS
WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION TO MAJOR. OFFICERS WHOSE
LINEAL CONTROL NUMBER (LCN) PRECEDES THE SENIOR OFFICER IN-ZONE ARE
DEFINED AS ABOVE-ZONE. THOSE ABOVE-ZONE OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN
PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED ARE DEFINED AS "ABOVE-ZONE, NOT PREVIOUSLY
CONSIDERED." OFFICERS IN THIS STATUS ARE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO
BE IN-ZONE. OFFICERS MAY REVIEW REF B AND THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
BOARD ON THE INTERNET AT THE OFFICER PROMOTION HOMEPAGE. THE SENIOR
AND JUNIOR OFFICERS IN-ZONE (SR AND JR IZ) AND THE JUNIOR OFFICER
ELIGIBLE BELOW-ZONE (JR BZ) ARE AS FOLLOWS (ENCL (1) OF REF B
APPLIES):
A. LDO LIEUTENANT COLONEL SELECTION BOARD. THE MOS 0430, 2102,
6004, AND 6302 SELECTION BOARDS WILL CONSIDER BELOW-ZONE (BZ)
OFFICERS.
DOR LCN
(1) MOS 0430
SR IZ: MAJOR ROBERT D. ELLIS 1 JAN 01 06557000
JR IZ: MAJOR STEVEN P. COUTURE 1 FEB 03 08099000
JR BZ: MAJOR JEFFREY P. RUPPERT 1 JUN 04 08890000
(2) MOS 2102
ONLY IZ: MAJOR WALTER SHIHINSKI 1 JUN 00 06261000
JR BZ: MAJOR DOUGLAS E. WEDDLE 1 MAR 03 08138000
(3) MOS 2305
SR IZ: MAJOR DOUGLAS M. FINN 1 MAR 03 08136000
JR IZ: MAJOR RONALD P. HEFLIN 1 JUL 03 08316000
(4) MOS 5902
ONLY AZ: MAJOR BRUCE T. VINCENT 1 JUN 00 06260000
MAJOR JORGE L. MEDINA 1 MAY 01 06900000
(5) MOS 6004
SR IZ: MAJOR DAVID S. PHILLIPS 1 AUG 01 07152000
JR IZ: MAJOR DANIEL R. WESTPHAL 1 OCT 02 07720000
JR BZ: MAJOR GERALD A. CUMMINGS 1 MAR 04 08762000
(6) MOS 6302
SR IZ: MAJOR LAWRENCE D. BUTTS 1 JUN 00 06265000
JR IZ: MAJOR WALTER C. MURPHY, JR. 1 SEP 01 07225000
JR BZ: MAJOR WILLIAM E. SAULS 1 JUL 02 07622000
(7) NO LIEUTENANT COLONEL LDO SELECTION BOARDS WILL BE CONVENED
FOR THE FOLLOWING MOS'S: 0210, 0650, 2340, 2802, 3102, 3302, 3410,