R 221234Z JUN 15
MARADMIN 301/15
MSGID/CMC AVN ASM WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/FY-16 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) OFFICER PMOS 7315 SELECTION BOARD RESULTS//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MCO 1200.17E/YMD: 130808//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MCO 1331.2K/YMD: 031218//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/US CODE TITLE 37/-/YMD: 20120103//
REF/D/MSGID: DOC/DODI 7730.67/AVIATOR INCENTIVE PAYS AND BONUS PROGRAM//
REF/E/MSGID: MSG/MARADMIN 131/15//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1200.17E MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES MANUAL. REF B IS MCO 1331.2K, TRANSITION/CONVERSION TRAINING FOR MARINE NAVAL AVIATORS AND NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICERS. REF C IS LEGISLATION GOVERNING AVIATION CONTINUATION PAY. REF D DESCRIBES ELIGIBILITY AND PAYMENT OF AVIATOR INCENTIVE PAYS. REF E IS THE MARADMIN ANNOUNCING THE UAS OFFICER PRIMARY MOS 7315 FIELD ACCESSION BOARD RMKS/1. THE FOLLOWING MARINES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR REDESIGNATION AS UNMANNED AIRCAFT SYSTEM (UAS) OFFICERS PMOS 7315:
1A. PRIMARY CANDIDATES
    RANK   LAST NAME      FIRST NAME       MOS
    CAPT   BOERSMA        JONATHAN         7588
    CAPT   HENRY          BENJAMIN         7588
    MAJ    HUEFNER        JAMES            7565
    CAPT   JONES          ZACHARY          7562
    MAJ    KEMPF          MICHAEL          7588
1B. ALTERNATES
    RANK   LAST NAME      FIRST NAME       MOS
    MAJ    LAW           NICHOLAS         6602
2. ALL PRIMARY SELECTS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE THEIR REDESIGNATION VIA THEIR CURRENT MONITOR BY EMAIL NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS MESSAGE. UPON ACCEPTANCE, AVIATORS WILL HAVE A LETTER PLACED IN THEIR OMPF STATING THAT ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW PMOS SIGNIFIES A PERMANENT VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF FLIGHT STATUS. PER REFERENCES B, C, AND D, AVIATORS WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR AVIATION CAREER INCENTIVE PAY (ACIP) OR AVIATION CONTINUATION PAY (ACP). ACIP AND ACP WILL BE TERMINATED EFFECTIVE THE DATE OF REDESIGNATION.
3. INFORMATION REGARDING NEW ASSIGNMENT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE AVIATION GROUND MONITORS (MAJ CHAD OBRIEN OR CAPT JAMES KAVANAGH) AT MMOA-2, DSN 278-9267 OR (703) 784-9267.
4. APPLICANTS NOT SELECTED BY THIS BOARD CAN ANTICIPATE THE FY-17 ACCESSION BOARD TO BE ANNOUNCED IN MAR 2016 VIA MARADMIN. NON-SELECT APPLICATION PACKAGES FOR THE FY-16 SELECTION BOARD WILL NOT BE VALID FOR FUTURE ACCESSION BOARDS. EACH BOARD IS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND IS UNIQUE IN SELECTION NUMBERS AND PRECEPT CRITERIA.
5. POC FOR THIS MARADMIN IS MAJ MATEO SALAS, ASM-30, DSN 224-1244 OR (703) 614-1244.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN J. M. DAVIS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION.//