R 011834Z APR 25 MARADMIN 175/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2026 RECRUITING STATION COMMANDING OFFICER SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT// REF/A/MSGID:  DOC/CMC/YMD:  20210510// REF/B/MSGID:  DOC/CMC/YMD:  20190215// REF/C/MSGID:  DOC/CMC/YMD:  20200826// REF/D/MSGID:  MSG/CMC/YMD:  20030815// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.  REF B IS MCO 1900.16 CH 2, THE MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL.  REF C IS MARADMIN 491/20, REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CONSIDERATION BY BOARDS AND SELECTION PROCESSES.  REF D IS MARADMIN 371/03, CHANGE TO PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RECRUITING STATION OFFICERS.// POC/T. J. KITASATO/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/ EMAIL:  [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  This message announces the timeline for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Recruiting Station Commanding Officer (RSCO) Selection Board, outlines eligibility criteria, provides information on board communication, and lists the available recruiting stations for assignment. 1.a.  Major timeline milestones (read in two columns): Date                      Milestone  Release of this message   RSCO questionnaire opens 1 May 2025                Completed questionnaire due  1 May 2025                Remove by request (RBR) due 2 June 2025               RSCO Selection Board convenes TBD July 2025             RSCO Selection Board results released 1.b.  Recruiting continues to be one of the most demanding missions facing the Marine Corps.  Despite the challenges, the Marine Corps' continued success is a testament to the high quality of Marines assigned to recruiting duty.  The Marine Corps provides the  opportunity to lead these remarkable Marines to officers who have  demonstrated great leadership performance.  Selection as an RSCO is  a unique distinction with tremendous opportunity to shape the  future of the Marine Corps and to develop both professionally and  personally.  Successful tours indicate outstanding leadership ability, which is acknowledged via higher selection percentages  than peers for future command opportunities.  In the past five years 64 percent of successful RSCOs were selected as primaries for  Lieutenant Colonel command versus a 23 percent selection rate  overall. 2.  Process.  The board will select those who are best and fully qualified from the eligible population.  The board will select a number of primaries equal to the number of available recruiting  stations and a sufficient number of alternates to meet requirements when primary selects cannot take command.  Manpower Management Division will release the results via Marine Administrative  (MARADMIN) message. 2.a.  Board composition.  The RSCO board will be composed of 3 general officers and 13 colonels to ensure a broad professional perspective among the board membership. 3.  Eligibility criteria.  Active-duty officers who meet the below  criteria will be screened for RSCO duty: 3.a.  Majors and Majors (select) with a date of rank of 1 September  2024 or junior who will meet their minimum tour control factor (TCF) by 1 September 2026. 3.a.1.  Captains in-zone for promotion to Major in Calendar Year  2025/Fiscal Year 2027. 3.b.  Eligibility rosters can be found on the following website  under MMOA-3 Top Level Schools and Programs Tab in the Recruiting  Station Commanding Officer sub-folder: https://www.manpower.marines. mil/Manpower-Management/Officer-Assignments/#tab/top-level-schools-a nd-programs 4.  Ineligibility criteria   4.a.  Officers with an established separation or retirement date. 4.b.  Officers in receipt of orders with a TCF greater than 12  months. 4.c.  Limited duty officers. 4.d.  Officers selected for or currently attending programs with a designated utilization tour.  Examples include, but are not limited to:  Graduate Education Programs (GEPs), Test Pilot, Foreign Area Officer (FAO)/Regional Area Officer (RAO), School of Advanced Warfighting and joint equivalents, and Funded Law. 4.e.  Officers with an approved lateral move in FY26. 4.f.  Naval aviators completing two or more consecutive years in Duty in Flight Status, All Flight Activity Denied (DIFDEN) status  during FY26 will not normally be screened for RSCO duty. 5.  Volunteers.  An officer who does not meet the eligibility criteria or meets one or more of the ineligibility criteria and desires to screen may request screening by submitting an exception to policy (ETP) via an NAVMC 10274 Administrative Action (AA) form  to the Plans, Programs, and Boards Section (MMOA-3) via email.  The  AA form must include why the officer desires to screen and the  specific eligibility/ineligibility criteria that they do not/do  meet.  The AA form must be favorably endorsed by the first O-5  commanding officer in the Marine's chain of command and must  receive concurrence from the PMOS monitor via email.  Not meeting  date of rank requirements is an example of a ETP that MMOA will  consider. 6.  Board communication 6.a.  All eligible officers are directed to communicate their  recruiting station duty preferences via the online questionnaire located at: https://www2.manpower.usmc.mil/application_cac/edu/ ViewBoardServlet.action?boardID=4886 6.b.  Officers may submit any material not found in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via the questionnaire.  Instructions on how to upload material are provided on the final page of the questionnaire.  Officers who experience difficulty with the  questionnaire upload process should contact Manpower Management  Officer Assignments Branch, Plans, Programs, and Boards Section  (MMOA-3) by email at [email protected] or by phone at (703) 784-9284 for assistance. 6.c.  The deadline for submitting the online questionnaire is 2359 EST on 1 May 2025 in order to facilitate pre-board actions. 6.d.  Any correspondence submitted after 1 May 2025 will be  considered at the discretion of the board president. 6.e.  OMPF update material.  Officers should submit OMPF update  requests via OMPF-Records Management Application (O-RMA). If  assistance is required, contact your unit S-1 or local IPAC.  Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times.  The RSCO selection board will have access to the member's  OMPF. 6.f.  The RSCO selection board does not use photographs per  reference (c). 6.g.  Fitness reports.  Completed fitness reports must be submitted  to Performance Evaluation Section (MMRP-30) for inclusion into the OMPF.  Incomplete fitness reports will not normally be accepted or forwarded to the board. 6.h.  Remove by request (RBR) 6.h.1.  Officers who are eligible but do not desire to screen for a compelling reason must complete the online questionnaire and attach  a AA form requesting RBR.  The AA form must state the reason the  officer desires to RBR and be favorably endorsed by the first  general officer in the Marine's chain of command.  MMOA does not  consider perceived key billet or career progression concerns as  viable reasons for RBR since service as an RSCO is a career- enhancing assignment.  The board will screen officers without  properly endorsed AA forms. 6.h.2.  Director, Manpower Management will review all AA forms  requesting RBR and will approve or deny the requests.  Prior to the convening of the board, MMOA-3 will notify all officers who  submitted an RBR whether their request was approved or denied. 6.h.3.  MMOA-3 must receive RBRs via the online questionnaire no later than 2359 EST on 1 May 2025.  Officers requesting RBR must  also email a copy to their PMOS monitor. 7.  Billet vacancies.  Listed below are recruiting stations that the FY26 RSCO Selection Board is expected to slate.  This list is subject to change and can change up until the day of the board. 1st Marine Corps District      RS Albany, NY      RS Baltimore, MD      RS Boston, MA      RS Springfield, MA 4th Marine Corps District      RS Lansing, MI      RS Raleigh, NC      RS Richmond, VA 6th Marine Corps District      RS Atlanta, GA      RS Baton Rouge, LA      RS Columbia, SC      RS Ft Lauderdale, FL      RS Tampa, FL 8th Marine Corps District      RS Albuquerque, NM      RS Salt Lake City, UT  9th Marine Corps District      RS Indianapolis, IN      RS Oklahoma City, OK 12th Marine Corps District      RS Sacramento, CA 8.  Board results.  Manpower Management (MMOA-3) will release the  results of the board in July 2025, via MARADMIN. 8.a.  Alternates.  Officers selected as alternates to RS command will be prioritized by the board for assignment when RSCO vacancies  occur.  MMOA-3 will post an alphabetical list of alternates on the  MMOA-3 website following the release of the board results. 8.b.  Declinations.  Officers who decline command must submit a  declination in writing (AA Form) via the first general officer in  their chain of command addressed to HQMC via MMOA-3.  The MARADMIN announcing results will establish a timeline for acceptance or declination.  Officers who decline command are ineligible for  future command at any rank, unless otherwise approved by the Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.  8.c.   Deferrals.  Officers selected for command who are unable to  execute orders due to extraordinary circumstances may request a  deferral.  If approved, the Director, Manpower Management will  defer the officer to a future RSCO selection board.  Primary  selectees may submit a deferral request in writing (AA Form) to  HQMC (MMOA-3) via the first general officer in their chain of  command. 8.d.  Per MARADMIN 371/03, officers who successfully complete a tour of duty as an RSCO and meet the eligibility requirements will have the option of either attending Marine Corps Command and Staff  College (USMC CSC) without screening on the Commandant's  Professional Intermediate Education Board (CPIB) or screening on  the board for other CPIB opportunities.  Officers who complete  their RSCO tour of duty as a lieutenant colonel (select) may opt to  compete for fellowship opportunities.  Lieutenant colonels (select)  should address their preferences with their PMOS monitor.  Officers  who do not desire to attend resident USMC CSC or to compete for  other CPIB programs will have the option of geo-location preference  (East Coast, West Coast, National Capitol Region, Hawaii, overseas)  for their follow-on duty assignment. 9.  Points of contact: 9.a.  MMOA-1 (Ground) Major Thomas Milroy    Combat Arms Major Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9272    Email:  [email protected] Major Ryan Ayer    Co Grade Infantry Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9276    Email:  [email protected] Major Carlin Myrick    Co Grade Combat Arms Officers    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Major Corydon Cusack    Combat Service Support Major Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9272    Email:  [email protected] Major Luis Medinahernandez    Co Grade Manpower/Military Police Officers    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Captain Steven Scher    Co Grade Logistics Officers    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Captain Kendra Appleby    Co Grade Supply Officers    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Captain James Sisco    Co Grade Information Officers    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Captain Nathan Rogers    Co Grade Intel/Law    Comm:  703-784-9276/7/9/80    Email:  [email protected] Major Nathan Matthai    Information Maj Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9272    Email:  [email protected] 9.b.  MMOA-2 (Aviation) Major Brandon Thompson    Rotary Wing Major Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9267              Email:  [email protected] Major Anthony Emberger    Co Grade Rotary Wing Officers    Comm:  703-784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] Major Katherine Bookhout    Aviation Ground Major Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9267      email:  [email protected] Captain Juan Moreno    Co Grade Aviation Ground Officers    Comm:  703-784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Simmermon    Fixed Wing Major Monitor    Comm:  703-784-9267         Email:  [email protected] Captain Maverick Santamaria    Co Grade Fixed Wing Officers    Comm:  703-784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] 10.  Release authorized by MajGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//