R 292105Z JAN 25 MARADMIN 044/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA// SUBJ/MARINE CORPS RESERVE POLICY BOARD - NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR  CALENDAR YEAR 2025// REF/A/MSGID/DOC/SECNAV/YMD:20230627// REF/B/MSGID/DOC/DASN/YMD:20241127// NARR/REF (A) IS SECNAVINST 5420.170N, THE NATIONAL NAVY RESERVE  POLICY BOARD AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE POLICY BOARDS. REF (B) IS THE  DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY'S APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE POLICY BOARD CALENDAR YEAR 2025// POC/C. L. GROSSO/COL/MCRPB CHIEF OF STAFF /EMAIL:[email protected]// POC/RESERVE AFFAIRS MAILBOX /HQMC RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION/[email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  To announce new members for the  Calendar Year (CY) 2025 through 2027 Marine Corps Reserve Policy  Board (MCRPB). 2.  Background.  The MCRPB is established per reference (a) to  consider and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Navy on  reserve policy matters.  The MCRPB meets four times per year, twice  in person, and twice virtually.  Members of the MCRPB are highly  qualified individuals of the Marine Corps Active and Reserve  components who possess wide ranges of experiences.  The Board  consists of no more than 21 members who serve a three-year term. 3.  The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve  Affairs) approved the following personnel to serve as board members  for CY 2025-2027:     a. Colonel Michael D. McCarthy, USMCR     b. Lieutenant Colonel Dianna F. DiToro, USMCR     c. Major Chadd S. Montgomery, USMCR     d. Major Christopher C. Smauley, USMCR     e. Major Drake P. Toney, USMCR     f. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas J. Villa, USMCR     g. Sergeant Major Brian J. Hibbard, USMCR     h. First Sergeant Charles Lauersdorf, USMCR 4.  The current membership includes the following:     a. Major General Valeria A. Jackson, USMCR     b. Brigadier General Raymond Adams, USMCR     c. Brigadier General Patrick F. Tiernan, USMCR     d. Colonel Cheryl Grosso, USMCR     e. Lieutenant Colonel Mathison Hall, USMCR     f. Lieutenant Colonel Jason Smedley, USMCR     g. Captain Marshall Andrews, USMCR     h. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ignacio Juarezperez, USMCR     i. Sergeant Major Bryan Axelrod, USMCR     j. Master Sergeant Christopher Magner, USMCR     k. DC M&RA, RA Sergeant Major (billet)     l. MARFORRES Force Surgeon (billet)     m. MARFORRES Sergeant Major (billet) 5.  The MCRPB thanks all applicants who submitted packages for  consideration.  Applicants not selected are encouraged to apply again for the CY 2026 Board. 6.  Questions concerning the MCRPB can be directed to the point of  contact above. 7.  Release authorized by Major General Karl D. Pierson, Director,  Reserve Affairs Division.//