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FISCAL YEAR 2027 AIR OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE WITH MARINE FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4446684/fiscal-year-2027-air-officer-applications-for-service-with-marine-forces-specia/

R 271926Z MAR 26 MARADMIN 140/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2027 AIR OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE WITH MARINE FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210510// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20191226// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210203// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH.1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF B IS MCO 3500.109A, MARINE CORPS AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS TRAINING PROGRAM. REF C IS MCO 1001.65A, OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS.// POC/R. O'BRIEN/LTCOL/MARFORSOC G-3 AIR/FIRES OFFICER/TEL: (910)440-0863/DSN 758/EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARFORSOC) is seeking interested active or reserve component officers that are assigned 73xx or 75xx Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) to serve in 24-month length Air Officer tours. The Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) MARSOC Air Officer Selection Panel will convene on or about 16 April 2026.  This message announces the eligibility criteria for interested applicants, the process for application, and establishes the timeline for application and execution of the panel.

  1.  Major timeline milestones (read in 2 columns): Date                   Milestone Message release        MARSOC Air Officer application window open 8 May 2026             MARSOC Air Officer application deadline 20 May 2026            Selection Panel convenes
  2.  Application and selection overview.  MARSOC seeks applicants with the experience, maturity, judgement, leadership ability, and tactical acumen that match the gravity of the missions they are being selected to perform.  Applicants should possess a strong fires integration background.  Previous Air Officer and Forward Air Controller tours are highly encouraged.  Aircraft qualifications such as Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and instructor qualifications/designations are highly competitive.  Experience, both inside and outside of the cockpit, will help to build a picture of the whole Marine, which will be used as a basis for panel selection.
  3.  Eligibility 3.a.  Eligibility Criteria 3.a.2.  Active or reserve component commissioned officers in the rank of major or captain. 3.a.3.  Reserve component officers must be willing to be appointed to the active component if selected for this duty, in accordance with reference (c). 3.a.4.  Designated Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers, or Unmanned Aerial Systems Officers. 3.a.5.  Active duty applicants must have completed minimum time-on-station requirements per reference (a) and be eligible for permanent change of station orders in Fiscal Year 2027. 3.a.6.  All interested officers must receive approval to apply from their PMOS monitors who will ensure officers meet all eligibility criteria or outline waiver requirements to become eligible.  This correspondence must be included as an attachment in the application package submission. 3.a.7.  Applicants must be able to successfully complete Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic/Pacific (EWTGLANT/PAC) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) school and be awarded the additional MOS of 7502 prior to check-in. 3.a.8.  Applicants must be medically qualified to attend Full Spectrum Level C SERE upon assignment to MARSOC, if not already SERE Level C complete.  Applicants shall submit a letter signed by a medical provider to certify this qualification, or SERE Level C completion certificate. 3.a.6.  Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTIs) applying to MARSOC must be scheduled to have served a minimum of 18 months with their unit following graduation from WTI course by 30 September 2026. This requirement does not preclude WTIs from applying to MARFORSOC, and MMOA can adjust orders on a case-by-case basis to ensure this prerequisite is satisfied.  Route waiver requests to HQMC (MMOA) NLT the application deadline using a NAVMC 10274 (AA form).  Waiver requests must be endorsed by the applicant's chain of command and appropriate approval authority per reference (b). 3.b.  Ineligibility Criteria 3.b.1.  Officers unable to be world-wide deployable while assigned to MARFORSOC.
  4.  Selection and approval 4.a.  Selectees will be approved by MMOA prior to notification. 4.b.  Reserve component officers must submit a return to active duty (RAD) package along with their application, and will be approved for RAD if selected by the panel.
  5.  Application Process 5.a.  Interested personnel should contact the MARSOC Assistant Air/Fires Officer, LtCol Richard O'Brien, via the email listed in paragraph (6) to receive a Prospective Air Officer Resume and Prospective Air Officer Information Sheet, as well as further information on required documents. 5.b.  Reserve component officers must submit a RAD package as part of the application process.  These officers shall submit a RAD package directly to the MMOA-3 Retention and Release Officer (RRO).  The RRO will provide correspondence confirming the completeness of the package and the applicant’s eligibility for RAD.  The applicant shall provide the MARSOC Air/Fires Officer with this correspondence. 5.c.  Applicants will submit all required documents via email in portable document format (PDF), unless otherwise indicated. Applicants shall carbon copy (CC) their Primary Military Occupational Specialty (PMOS) monitors on all correspondence when submitting application documents to MARSOC Air/Fires Officer.
  6.  Points of contact MARFORSOC Assistant Air/Fires Officer    LtCol Richard O'Brien    Comm: (910) 440-0863    Email: [email protected] MARFORSOC JTAC PM    Mr. Michael Menchio    Comm:  (910) 440-0862    Email: [email protected] Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor    LtCol Eben Buxton    Comm:  (703)784-9267/8/9/70    Email: [email protected] Fixed Wing Majors Monitor    Maj Adam Chase    Comm:  (703) 784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] Fixed Wing Company Grade Monitor    Capt Maverick Santamaria    Comm:  (703) 784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] Rotary Wing Majors Monitor    Maj Brandon Thompson    Comm:  (703) 784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected] Rotary Wing Company Grade Monitor    Maj Alexander Lee    Comm:  (703) 784-9267/8/9/70    Email:  [email protected]
  7.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the total force.
  8.  Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//
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