R 061947Z APR 26 MARADMIN 161/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MM MRA WASHINGTON DC// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2027 (FY27) AND FISCAL YEAR 2028 (FY28) UNITED  STATES MILITARY GROUP (USMILGP) / SECURITY COOPERATION  ORGANIZATION (SCO) SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20250311// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20251015// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210510// REF/D/MSGID: DOC/CJCSI/20240719// REF/E/MSGID: DOC/DODI/20180403// REF/F/MSGID: DOC/DOW/20250630// NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 1540.33, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS  PROGRAM.  REF B IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 5710.6E, MARINE CORPS SECURITY COOPERATION.  REF C IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 1300.8 CH-1, PERSONNEL  ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF D IS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF  INSTRUCTION 1330.05, JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PROCEDURES.  REF E IS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) INSTRUCTION 1300.19, DOD JOINT  OFFICER MANAGEMENT (JOM) PROGRAM.  REF F IS SECRETARY OF WAR  MEMORANDUM RENAMING SECURITY COOPERATION ORGANIZATIONS// POC/JOSEPH SCHULZE/MAJ/MMOA-3/COMM: 703-784-9284/ EMAIL: [email protected] // POC/STEVEN M. SCHER/MAJ/MMOA-3/COMM: 703-784-9211/ EMAIL: [email protected] // POC/BRETT M. MCCORMICK/LTCOL/PPO PL/DSN: 312-224-4365/ COMM: 703-692-4365/  EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/CLAY J.FISHER/CIV/PPO PL/DSN: 312-224-0322/COMM: 703-614-0322/ EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/NANCY A. WRIGHT/CTR/PPO PL/DSN: 312-224-2168/ COMM:703-692-2168/EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This message solicits applications to fill FY27  and FY28 USMILGP/SCO billet vacancies.  All applicants must be  prepared to move in the early summer of FY27, if selected.  The  International Affairs Program (IAP) seeks qualified officers to  serve in Joint USMILGP/SCO billets within respective Combatant  Commands (CCMD).  The board will select officers based on their  specific political-military and security cooperation experience and  performance as Marine Air Ground Task Force officers.  Per ref (b),  USMILGP/SCOs serve in influential strategic-level positions where  they are the foremost points of contact between the Department of  War and the host nation Ministry of Defense, other government  agencies, small businesses, and academia.  USMILGPs/SCOs are located  in or associated with U.S. diplomatic facilities worldwide and are  responsible for overseeing and implementing in-country security  cooperation events, to include security assistance programs, and  for facilitating cooperation in research, development, and  acquisition with allied and partner nations. 1.a.  Major timeline milestones are (read in two columns): Date                        Milestone 26 June 2026                Applications due 31 August 2026              Board convenes 2.  Eligibility 2.a.  Eligibility requirements 2.a.1.  Applicants must be on active duty. 2.a.2.  Must receive monitor concurrence. 2.a.3.  Time on station requirements.  2.a.4.  Applicants must meet minimum prescribed tour control factor (TCF) and be eligible for permanent change of station (PCS) orders  in FY27.  All FY28 USMILGP/SCO billets require language training in  FY27 unless a selectee already possess the required language skills.   Those selected for FY27 USMILGP/SCO billets will move in FY27 and  not attend language training. 2.a.4.a.  If an applicant does not meet their prescribed TCF  requirements in paragraph 2.a.4, they must submit an exception to  policy (ETP), endorsed by the first O-6 in the chain of command, via NAVMC 10274 (AA-Form), with their application.  Transfer inside of  the prescribed TCF will result in a gap for that command until the  TCF has concluded.  If an officer is selected prior to his/her  normal rotation date, Manpower Management Officer Assignments (MMOA) will attempt to provide a backfill.  A commander's endorsement of  the AA Form is considered acknowledgement of this situation.  MMOA will adjudicate the ETP separately from the board process and must  be approved by MMOA before a Marine will be considered for a  USMILGP/SCO billet vacancy.  An officer with an approved ETP will  be a FY27 mover regardless of selection to the USMILGP/SCO program. 2.a.5.  Applicants must meet the grade criterion (or be selected  for promotion to that grade) of the associated duty for which they  are applying and must possess the career timing to serve a full  tour of duty in the grade of the billet for which they are applying. Lieutenant colonel applicants must plan to opt-out of consideration  for promotion if selected or if they enter the in-zone population  at any time during their anticipated tour of duty and must agree to  do so in their application if selected.  Officers serving in a  Standard Joint Duty Assignment (S-JDA) will be eligible for full  joint duty credit after 24 months of service. 2.a.6.  Applicants must already have a completed Tier Five (T-5)  investigation and have Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)  eligibility.  Application to serve as a USMILGP/SCO is not  sufficient justification for an investigation eligibility  determination.  T-5 investigation requests will not be submitted as  part of the USMILGP/SCO application. 2.a.7.  Study Track Foreign Area Officers (FAO) and Regional Affairs Officers (RAO) are eligible to apply.  If selected to a position  within their regional designation, this tour will count as their  utilization assignment. 2.b.  Ineligibility criteria 2.b.1.  Officers with an established separation or retirement date. 2.b.2.  Officers in the above zone.  Lieutenant colonels in the  above-zone may be considered on a case-by-case basis. 2.b.3.  Applicants selected for or currently attending programs that have a designated utilization assignment are ineligible.  2.b.4.  Those officers currently serving in a S-JDA who will not  have completed a full tour (24 months) prior to July 2027. 3.  The FY27 and FY28 USMILGP/SCO selection board will screen for  the following USMILGP/SCO positions.  This list is subject to  change up until the conclusion of the board based on IAP and CCMD  requirements.  For the most current list, visit the website listed  in paragraph 5.c.1. 3.a.  FY27 USMILGP/SCO Billet vacancies (read in eight columns) Grd   BMOS    Country      Language  RptDate  MCC  JDAL      Note O5    8243    Thailand     Thai      May 27   NAM  00007233  1,2,3