R 211929Z JUL 25 MARADMIN 344/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FY26 NROTC SELECTION PANEL XO AND MOI RESULTS//  REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/DTG: 071307ZJUN24// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20210510// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/MCO/YMD: 20190215// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 212/25, FISCAL YEAR 2026 NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT.  REF B IS MCO 1300.8 W/CH-2, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.  REF C IS MCO 1900.16 W/CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.// POC/RYAN J. AYER/MAJ/MMOA/TEL: 703-784-9276/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) selection board convened on 26 June 2025 to select officers for duty as Marine Officer Instructors (MOI) and Executive Officers (XO) beginning in 2026. 2.  The board considered the records of all officers who applied against the requirements of the available universities, individual career progression, competitiveness, preferences of the applicant, and overall needs of the Marine Corps.  As an integral component of our officer corps accessions, only those officers who met the standard of best and fully qualified were selected for duty with the NROTC. 3.  Selection board results 3.a.  Primary selectees 3.a.1.  Executive Officer selections for FY26 are as follows (read in four columns): Name                   MOS     MCC   University Ashe, Cruz C.          4502    HAE   University of Southern Florida Chase, Mark W.         0302    H04   University of California Weidner, Zachary E.    0402    H12   Cornell University 3.a.2.  MOI selections for FY26 are as follows (read in four columns): Name                   MOS     MCC   University Addis, Kyle W.         0402    H58   University Of Notre Dame Benn, Spencer A.       0402    H19   Florida A&M University Brown, Abram E.        0302    H81   Southern University A&M College Davis, Datra C.        0102    H50   University Of Nebraska Epperson, Samuel Z.    0802    H53   Arizona State University Evans, Xavier B.       3404    H9C   Maine Maritime Academy Goodson, Christian R.  0402    H52   University Of New Mexico Hansen, Jacob G.       7204    H08   University Of Colorado Harman, Tyler A.       0402    H89   Texas A&M University Henderson, Tyler R.    0802    H30   Iowa State University Jerome, Austin M.      0402    H87   Virginia Military Institute Karczewski, Jake A.    0302    H40   Miami University Of Ohio Mattea, Luke E.        0802    H72   Purdue University McNally, Jacques P.    1302    H44   University Of Minnesota Moreno, Lizetthe       0402    H17   University Of Florida Murillo, Joshua S.     0602    H57   Norwich University Schwien, Elizabeth     0102    H63   George Washington University Wehner, Samuel J.      0602    H56   Northwestern University Witte, Anthony J.      3002    H03   Boston University Yamasaki, Peter J.     3404    HC3   University Of Maryland 3.b.  Alternate selectees 3.b.1.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for Executive Officer assignments (read in two columns): Name                   MOS Dios, Eric M.          0402 Fernandez Jr, Raymond  6602 3.b.2.  The board selected the following officers as alternates for MOI assignments (read in two columns): Name                   MOS Carter, Colton L.      0402 Engelhart, Erik B.     0402 Hernandez, Keyne       3002 Jack, John N.          3002 Lindsay, Travis D.     0802 Moody, Rick A.         6002 Nicksic, Luke S.       3002 Ruane, Steven K.       0602 Tovarcarreon, Ana D.   0402 Trotta, Christopher J. 0202 Wright, Brooks A.      1803 Zambrana, Christopher  5803 4.  Coordinating Instructions 4.a.  Primary selectees 4.a.1.  Acceptance of selection.  This message serves as notification of orders for officers listed in paragraph 3.a. Selected officers are directed to contact their PMOS monitor NLT 10 days from the release of this MARADMIN. 4.a.2.  Selected officers who have not yet accepted Career Designation (CD) will be offered CD in conjunction with this assignment.  Retention & Release Officer, MMOA-3 will notify all selectees being offered CD via Marine Online (MOL).  Officers offered CD must accept or decline by responding via MOL NLT 10 days from the release of this MARADMIN.  Officers who do not respond by the deadline will be considered as having declined CD.  Officers who decline the offer of CD in conjunction with this panel selection will execute their current End of Active Service IAW MCO 1001.65A  and forfeit their selection to their respective university. 4.b.  Alternate selectees.  No action is required on the part of officers on the alternate list in paragraph 3.b.  In the event that a billet becomes vacant, Manpower Management will fleet-up an officer from the alternate list.  PMOS monitors will directly contact any alternate selected as a fleet-up. 4.c.  Declinations and deferrals 4.c.1.  Declinations.  Requests for declination by officers who applied and were selected for NROTC duty will not receive favorable consideration. 4.c.2.  Deferrals.  Officers selected for assignment to an XO billet who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary circumstances may request a deferral.  If approved, the Director, Manpower Management will defer the Marine to a future NROTC selection panel.  Primary selectees may submit a deferral request in writing (AA Form) via the first general officer in their chain of command addressed to HQMC via MMOA-3. 5.  Each officer assigned to NROTC duty will become part of the university staff.  Orders will not be issued until nominations are accepted by the assigned university. 6.  Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//