MARADMIN 628/23 - FY26 U.S. Marine Corps Officer Promotion Selection Boards

Scope

MARADMIN 628/23 announces the FY26 U.S. Marine Corps Officer Promotion Selection Board schedule and provides promotion guidance for Active and Reserve Component officers. The MARADMIN sets convening dates, time-in-grade requirements, eligibility rules, opt-out process, OMPF and MBS responsibilities, correspondence procedures, and post-board notification. Applicability is the Active and Reserve Component.

Audience

• All eligible officers. Confirm OMPF and MBS accuracy. Submit correspondence under signed cover letter no later than 10 calendar days before convene date.
• Lineal staff at CMC MMPB-10. Maintains the lineal list and eligibility verification.
• HQMC MMPB-22 (Records Management). Receives OMPF document submissions.
• HQMC MMPB-23 (Performance Evaluation Section). Receives FITREPs.
• MIRSO. Issues updated CRCRs for IRR and IMA officers.
• Reserve Affairs Career Management Team (CMT). Provides OMPF review and career counseling for the Reserve Component.

Board convening dates

• Major General Active 2024-07-09. Reserve 2024-07-10.
• Brigadier General Active 2024-07-16. Reserve 2024-07-17.
• Colonel Active 2024-05-01. Reserve 2024-09-04.
• Lieutenant Colonel Active 2024-05-07. Reserve 2025-01-21.
• Major Active 2024-06-04. Reserve 2025-01-07.
• Colonel, LtCol, Major Active Reserve 2024-09-04.
• LtCol and Major LDO Active 2024-09-17.
• Captain Active 2025-02-04 (AFQOL process). Reserve and Active Reserve 2025-02-11 (AFQOL).
• Chief Warrant Officer Reserve and Active Reserve 2025-02-11. Active 2025-08-12.

TIG requirements

• Brigadier General to Major General. 1 year.
• Colonel to Brigadier General. 1 year.
• Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel. 3 years.
• Major to Lieutenant Colonel. 3 years.
• Captain to Major. 3 years.
• First Lieutenant to Captain. No minimum.
• CWO 2, 3, 4 to CWO 3, 4, 5. 2 years.

Eligibility rules

• 90-day exclusionary rule. Officers with an established separation or retirement date within 90 days after the board convenes are precluded. Excepted the USMC Captain AFQOL.
• One-year rule for Reserve Officers. Eligible if continuously on the RASL or ADL for one year before the board convenes.
• US Citizenship. An ADL Captain who is not a US citizen is not eligible for Major.
• Deferment. Officers eligible within one year of placement on the ADL are deferred unless they request consideration in writing.
• Opt out. Eligible Regular Unrestricted Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Reserve Unrestricted Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel officers submit a NAVMC 10274 by 2024-01-31.

Captain AFQOL process

For promotion to Captain, no promotion selection board convenes. Eligible officers undergo the All-Fully-Qualified-Officers List (AFQOL) process. Records are screened to identify fully qualified officers. Officers determined not fully qualified are omitted from the AFQOL constituting a failure of selection.

Correspondence rules

• Cover letter signed by the eligible officer required.
• Submission portal. https://www2.manpower.usmc.mil/application_cac/ (preferred). Email officerpromotions@usmc.mil. US Mail. Next-day delivery (FedEx, UPS). Fax DSN 278-9883.
• Deadline. 2359 EST 10 calendar days prior to the board convene date. Per Title 10 USC Section 614(b) or 14106.
• Late correspondence will not be accepted.
• Classified reports. Notify CMC MMPB-10 with full name, EDIPI, grade, occasion, and dates of the report.

Connection to higher policy

• 10 U.S. Code. Officer promotion authority. Sections 614(b) and 14106 drive the correspondence deadline.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MCBul 1400. Officer Lineal Precedence, dated 2023-08-01.
• MCO P1400.31D. Marine Corps Promotion Manual Volume 1, Officer Promotions.
• MCO P1070.12K w/CH-1. Marine Corps Individual Records Administration Manual (IRAM).
• MCO 1610.7B. Performance Evaluation System (PES).
• MCO 1553.4B. Professional Military Education (PME).
• MCO P1001R.1L w/CH-1. Marine Corps Reserve Administrative Management Manual (MCRAMM).
• MARADMIN 634/23. Change to Annual Fitness Report Schedule. Companion schedule reset driven by these FY26 boards.
• MARADMIN 611/23. Opt Out of Consideration. Sets the opt-out framework.
• MARADMIN 477/07. Joint Qualification System (JQS). Required for Colonels selected for Brigadier General.

Status

Released 2023-12-14, DTG R 141330Z DEC 23. Originator CMC Washington DC MRA MM. Release authorized by Brigadier General Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division. Applicability is all Active and Reserve Component officers. POC Major M.J. McClinnis at MMPB-10, 703-784-9704, melanie.mcclinnis@usmc.mil.