R 261404Z JAN 15
MARADMIN 040/15
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/1STLT PROMOTIONS FOR FEBRUARY 2015//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CONGRESS//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMPR-1/YMD:20060809//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20060328//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMSR/YMD:20070606//
REF/E/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:19881025//
REF/F/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20051209//
REF/G/MSGID:DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20060207//
REF/H/MSGID:MSG/MP/120935ZJUN2001//
NARR/REF A IS TITLE 10, U.S.C. REF B IS MCO P1400.31C, MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 1, OFFICER PROMOTIONS. REF C IS SECNAVINST 1420.1B, PROMOTION, SPECIAL SELECTION, SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT, AND SELECTIVE EARLY REMOVAL BOARDS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. REF D IS MCO P1900.16F, MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF E IS SECNAVINST 1120.9A, DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR MARINE CORPS AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE AS MARINE CORPS JUDGE ADVOCATES. REF F IS SECNAVINST 1412.6L, PROMOTION OF OFFICERS TO THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) IN THE NAVY AND TO THE GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE MARINE CORPS. REF G IS SECNAVINST 1412.9B, MARINE CORPS LIMITED DUTY OFFICER AND WARRANT OFFICER PROGRAMS, PROMOTIONS, AND CONTINUATION PROCEDURES. REF H IS MARADMIN 277/01, BACCALAUREATE DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR RESERVE OFFICERS.//
POC/S. R. WRIGHT/MAJ/UNIT:HD MMPR-1/-/TEL:(703) 784-9703/EMAIL: SHANA.WRIGHT(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REF F, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, ACTING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE PROMOTION OF THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY, AS INDICATED, TO THE PERMANENT GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT. RANK, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES ARE EFFECTIVE FROM THE DATE INDICATED.
NAME                            DOR          MCC
STUART M. CHESTER               01FEB15      1EC
AKIRA J. FRANKLIN               01FEB15      1NG
MITCHELL A. HOLBERT             01FEB15      K9R
COLTON L. MORGAN                01FEB15      J61
ALEX E. CABRERA                 02FEB15      1Y2
ZACHARY A. FOWLER               02FEB15      K03
TIMOTHY G. KRUCKEBERG           02FEB15      1GT
ANDREW E. PETREVICS             02FEB15      K03
MARK A. RASMUSSEN               02FEB15      K71
ROSS T. STUDWELL                02FEB15      K03
JAMES B. TOUHEY, JR.            02FEB15      15T
PATRICIA A. LINCKMCEANEY        03FEB15      K71
JARED R. GRIFFITH               05FEB15      V35
BRIAN E. SCHMIDT                09FEB15      15J
TYLER SWEET                     09FEB15      1YB
PATRICK R. HOWARD               15FEB15      J9M
MAXWELL J. LIEB                 15FEB15      J9M
CODY S. DENNIS                  22FEB15      K71
BRADLEY S. ABELL                23FEB15      193
PHILLIP A. CHEN                 23FEB15      K9R
RYAN C. GALLAGHER               23FEB15      K71
PATRICK J. MCGINN               23FEB15      K03
MICHAEL H. SUNWOO               23FEB15      1L2
DYLAN J. ARMSTRONG              26FEB15      K71
2.  RETIREMENT AND TRANSFER. OFFICERS CONSIDERING VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT SHOULD REVIEW REF D FOR SERVICE OBLIGATION PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE OF PROMOTION. AN OFFICER'S SELECTION FOR PROMOTION CARRIES OVER INTO THE RESERVE, BETWEEN AR AND SMCR-IRR, AND WITH AUGMENTATION INTO THE REGULAR COMPONENT.
3.  ACCEPTING AND DECLINING PROMOTION. ANY REGULAR OR RESERVE OFFICER WHO IS PROMOTED UNDER THE REFERENCES IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE ACCEPTED SUCH PROMOTION ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND (FOR PURPOSES OF DATE OF RANK, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES IN THE GRADE TO WHICH PROMOTED). TO DECLINE A PROMOTION, AN OFFICER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF DECLINATION TO CMC (MMPR-1) EXPRESSLY AT THE TIME THEIR COMMAND NOTIFIES THEM OF THEIR PROMOTION AND DIRECTS THAT THEY BEGIN WEARING THE INSIGNIA OF THE NEXT HIGHER GRADE. ANY STATEMENT OR ACTION BY THE OFFICER WHICH SIGNALS THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROMOTION, FOREVER WAIVES THEIR RIGHT TO DECLINE.
4.  FOR MARINE OFFICER PROMOTION MATTERS CALL COMM (703)784-9706 OR DSN 278-9706. EMAIL INQUIRIES MAY BE SUBMITTED VIA THE PROMOTION BRANCH'S INTERNET WEB PAGE AT WWW.MARINES.MIL. CLICK ON "MARINES," GO TO THE "CAREER" SECTION UNDER "INFORMATION FOR MARINES," AND THEN CLICK ON "PROMOTIONS." CLICK ON "OFFICER PROMOTIONS," THEN LOOK UNDER "CONTACTS."
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN CRAIG Q. TIMBERLAKE, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION.//