R 082020Z JUL 25 MARADMIN 318/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2026 (FY26) ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR  (AMOI), SECOND TOUR DRILL INSTRUCTOR (DI), AND UNITED STATES (US)  NAVAL ACADEMY SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER BILLET VACANCIES// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210511// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210510// NARR/REF (A) IS MCO 1326.6 CH-1, SELECTING, SCREENING, AND PREPARING ENLISTED MARINES FOR SCREENABLE BILLETS AND INDEPENDENT DUTY  ASSIGNMENT (SCREENMAN). REF (B) IS MCO 1300.8, MARINE CORPS  PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.// POC/K. L. MCCOY/CAPT/MMEA-25/TEL: 703-784-9472/EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/A. C. MORALES/GYSGT/DI MONITOR/TEL: 703-432-9475/EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this MARADMIN is to solicit applications from qualified Marines for the FY26 AMOI program, second tour Drill Instructors, and US Naval Academy 8014 Senior  Enlisted Leader. 2.  Headquarters Marine Corps needs volunteers for the following FY26 vacancies (read in three columns): University/Vacancy                          MCC   Location UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI                      H48   Columbia, MO MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO                    H40   Oxford, OH MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY                H37   Cambridge, MA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY           H04   Berkeley, CA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE         H81   Baton Rouge, LA NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY             H54   Raleigh, NC UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO                         H24   Moscow, ID NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY                       H52   New Mexico, NM UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA                       H61   Tucson, AZ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                     H44   Minneapolis, MN TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY                         HC7   Tuskegee, AL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA                H80   Columbia, SC UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA               H02   Honolulu, HI USMC OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL               069   Quantico, VA MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, PARRIS ISLAND   040   Parris Island, SC MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO       041   San Diego, CA US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY                  KB5   Garden City, NY    US NAVAL ACADEMY                            J38   Annapolis, MD 2.a.  Potential FY26 vacancies (read in three columns): AUBURN UNIVERSITY                           H01   Auburn, AL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES        H06   Los Angeles, CA UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS                        H32   Lawrence, KS MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY                        H36   Milwaukee, WI UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME                    H58   Notre Dame, IN UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER                     H78   Rochester, NY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY                        H89   Houston, TX UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN                     H96   Madison, WI 3.  Tour length.  Second tour assignments at Marine Corps Recruit Depots are 24 months.  All other assignments are 36-month tours. 3.a.  Obligated Service.  Marines must be willing to accept the required obligated service for prescribed tour length as outlined in paragraph 3. 4.  Time on Station.  Marines must have 36 months Time On Station  (TOS) at estimated date of departure, in accordance with reference  (b).  TOS requirements for Marines requesting assignment in the  same geographic location do not apply.  Requests for ETP will be  considered on a case-by-case basis.  5.  Marines must serve a minimum of 36 months in Primary Military  Occupational Specialty since last Special Duty Assignment (SDA) tour or screenable billet at estimated date of departure.  Requests for  ETP will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 6.  Marines must meet height and weight standards. 7.  Pictures of tattoos must be submitted IAW TFRS Message Number: A66568. 8.  AMOI and second tour Drill Instructors Eligibility requirements. In addition to the eligibility requirements contained in reference  (a) and paragraphs 3-7, Marines applying for the above mentioned  billets, other than the US Naval Academy (see paragraph 9), must meet and comply with the following criteria: 8.a.  Regular active-duty Marines in the grade of Staff Sergeant through Master Sergeant. 8.b.  Successfully completed a Drill Instructor tour with an Additional Military Occupational Specialty of 0911. 8.c.  Possess a minimum General Technical score of 100 (AMOI duty only).  Requests for Exception to Policy (ETP) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.  8.d.  Possess a minimum of 250 Physical Fitness Test (PFT) score for Officer Candidate School or a 215 PFT score for Marine Corps Recruit Depots and Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at time of submission.  8.e.  Marines must complete the Drill Instructor Duty Checklist  (NAVMC 11705), provided in appendix E of reference (a). 8.f.  Marines applying for this program must be willing to accept assignment to any vacancy listed in paragraph 2. 8.g.  Marines selected for AMOI duty will be required to execute  their Permanent Change of Station moves and report to their  respective NROTC units no later 31 March 2026. Upon reporting,  Marines should expect to augment to Officer Candidate School summer  training from April 2026 through August 2026. 9.  US Naval Academy Eligibility requirements.  In addition to the  eligibility requirements contained in reference (a) and paragraphs  1-7, Marines applying for the US Naval Academy, must meet and comply with the following criteria: 9.a.  Regular active-duty Marines in the grade of Staff Sergeant or Gunnery Sergeant.  9.b.  Must have successfully completed a SDA or screenable billet,  in accordance with reference (a).  The Senior Enlisted Leader billets are no longer restricted to second tour drill instructors. 9.c.  Possess a minimum General Technical score of 100.  Requests for exception to policy (ETP) will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 9.d.  Possess a current first-class Physical Fitness Test score at the time of submission. 9.e.  Marines interested in an assignment to USNA, must download the USNA application at https:(slash)(slash)www.usna.edu/USMC/index.php and submit the completed application with attachments electronically using the SDA request in the Total Force Retention System (TFRS) to CMC (MMEA-25) via the normal Reenlistment Extension Lateral Move (RELM) routing chain.  Unit Career Planners have access to the TFRS program.   9.f. Must complete the Independent Duty Checklist (NAVMC 11710),  provided in appendix E of reference (a). 9.g.  Marines selected for US Naval Academy will be required to  execute their Permanent Change of Station moves and report no later  31 May 2026.  10.  Marines are authorized to submit for these billets year round.  The no later than for submission is 31 December 2025, applications  with attachments must be submitted electronically using the SDA  request in the Total Force Retention System (TFRS) to CMC (MMEA-25)  via the normal Reenlistment Extension Lateral Move (RELM) routing  chain.  Unit Career Counselor have access to the TFRS program.   The enclosures to the RELM will contain the following: 10.a.  Administrative Action Form listing in order of precedence the  billets for which applying, dates served on Drill Instructor Duty  or screenable billet, and any other relevant information that should be considered.   10.b.  Gunnery Sergeants must annotate their promotion preference  (M or F). 11.  This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 12.  Release authorized by MajGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.//