R 121430Z MAY 26 MARADMIN 219/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FY27 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS PROCESS// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20250521// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20250311// REF/C/MSGID: MSG/CMC/20260126// REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC/20251204// NARR/REF A IS MCO 5250.1 W/CH 1, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS// NARR/REF B IS MCO 1300.8 W/CH 1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY// NARR/REF C IS MARADMIN 024/26, CALENDAR YEAR 2026 U.S. MARINE  CORPS OFFICER NON-STATUTORY SELECTION BOARDS AND PANELS// NARR/REF D IS MARADMIN 582/25, REQUIREMENT UPDATE ON OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR NON-PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS// POC/D. B. HEATON/MAJ/MMOA-1/MMOA FIELD GRADE CENTER DESK/ TEL: (703)784-9272/EMAIL:  [email protected]// POC/C. P. MYRICK/MAJ/MMOA-1/COMPANY GRADE CENTER DESK/ TEL: (703)784-9276/EMAIL:  [email protected]// POC/J. C. MORENO/CAPT/MMOA-2/DEPUTY LTCOL AVIATION MONITOR/  TEL: (703)784-9276/EMAIL:  [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This message outlines the Fiscal Year 2027  (FY27) assignments process.  The mission of Manpower Management  Officer Assignments (MMOA) is to assign the right officers to the right billets at the right time and support command, education,  and retention screening requirements to optimize Marine Corps  warfighting capability and readiness.  MMOA executes its mission in accordance with references (a) and (b).  The FY27 slate has two phases. 2. Phase I: Talent Management: During this phase MMOA supports the Talent Management Process.  2.a. Stage A: Preparation: Career Counseling  2.a.1.  MMOA assumed responsibilities for all officer career  counseling services in 2024.  To better serve officers'  progression, each counseling timeframe throughout the Human  Resource Development Process Cycle (HRDP) will have a specific purpose. Officers should conduct a self-audit of their record and seek counseling from their command and mentors before scheduling  counseling with their monitor.  2.a.2.  Board Preparation and Record Audit counselings are  offered between March and May of 2026.  These counselings are  intended to prepare those Marines and their records that will  screen for a competitive board or panel in the summer of 2026.  monitors will thoroughly review and discuss the Marines OMPF, and all associated information that may factor into consideration on a board or panel, such as career timing and trajectory. 2.b.  Stage B: Execution: Non-Statutory Board Support 2.b.1. Non-statutory boards are the service’s primary talent  management tool.  Reference (c) provides the FY27 non-statutory  board schedule.  2.b.2.  In accordance with reference (d), all officers considered on a FY27 non-statutory board must have an official photograph  uploaded in their Official Military Personnel File. 2.b.3.  An exception to policy (ETP) is required for any officer  who does not meet eligibility requirements.  Unless otherwise  specified, O6 endorsement is required for all ETPs and in  accordance with that board's MARADMIN announcement.  The MMOA  Branch Head is the approval authority for ETPs unless otherwise specified.  2.b.4  Removal by Request (RBR) is authorized for specific  non-statutory boards.  RBRs must include the appropriate  endorsement.  See specific MARADMINS for RBR endorsement  requirements. 2.b.5.  Board correspondence deadline will be outlined in each  corresponding MARADMIN. 3.  Phase II: Manpower Management: During this phase MMOA  consolidates the vacancy requirements post Phase I and executes the remainder of the FY27 slate. 3.a.  Stage A: MMOA Roadshow and Interviews 3.a.1.  The MMOA Roadshow will occur in September.  A separate  message will release with details regarding dates and locations. 3.a.2.  Failure to Select Counselings will occur in October 2026. The primary audience is for Marines who were within the in-zone  population for promotion on calendar year 2026 promotion selection boards.  The secondary audience is Marines who were in the  above-zone population for calendar year 2026 promotion selection  boards.  The end state of these counselings are to discuss factors that may have resulted in the Marine’s non-selection.  3.a.3.  Mover Interviews will be offered in October and November  of 2026.  Movers include those officers selected for promotion,  as they will need to move into a grade-appropriate billet, and  those with a estimated departure of Summer 2027.  Monitors will discuss relevant board selections, record competitiveness, career path decision points, and other topics as required by the Monitor or desired by the Marine.  Marines must be prepared by  understanding their own career timing, career aspirations, and family considerations for their next assignment.  3.a.4.  Scheduling.  Monitors will publish individual interview  schedules and coordinating instructions.  3.b.  Stage B: Slating 3.b.1.  The adjustment to the schedule for the statutory promotion boards aims to streamline the assignment process and allow for  earlier issuance of orders to Marines and their families. Units  and Marines are strongly encouraged to review the recommendations below to ensure that their preferences are taken into account,  which will enhance MMOA’s ability to fulfill the Service’s  requirements. 3.b.2.  Separation Timelines.  MMOA must receive separation requests for processing prior to 15 October 2026.  This is to accurately  forecast total vacancies and further define/refine the mover  population.  Requests received before this date will register as  summer 2027 vacancies; requests received after will be considered 2028 vacancies.  MMOA considers 1 June through 1 October as the  ‘on-cycle’ EAS window.  This window enables a separation plan that prevents the separating officer from departing before the summer  move cycle.  Shortfalls created by requests that deviate from this window will be borne by the command that endorsed the request.   Commands are encouraged to engage Marines who are considering  early transition to create plans that support the command, the  service, and the Marine’s transition. 3.b.3.  Tour Modification Requests.  Extensions and curtailments received after 15 October 2026 are unlikely to be favorably  endorsed. Commands and Marines are encouraged to submit these requests as soon as possible for MMOA’s adjudication. 3.b.4.  Billet Nominations and Screening.  Commands are encouraged to work with MMOA to resolve assignments that require additional screening, such as aides, staff secretaries, or joint critical requirements prior to 15 October.  Delays in the nominative  assignment process impacts adjacent units and Marines.   3.b.5.  Career Designation (CD).  Commands are encouraged to  ensure junior officers understand the CD process.  Officers who are offered and accept CD will incur 24 months of obligated  service from the date outlined in the selection MARADMIN.   Officers who accept career designation may be issued PCS orders within this service obligation window and therefore incur  additional obligated service.  Officers who decline career  designation will execute their EAS as outlined in their signed service agreement.  EAS extension requests by those who decline CD will not normally receive favorable endorsement from MMOA.   Commands are directed to ensure officers offered CD must accept or decline by the deadline communicated in the Career Designation  Panel Results, to reduce unnecessary delays in the company grade slating process. 3.b.6.  By Name Requests.  By name requests complicate the  manpower process.  Commanding Generals may offer their assessments of where key Colonels should go by sending this information to the Director, Manpower Management. All other requests will be considered a command preference and incorporated into the slating process.  4.  Officer Assignment Timelines:     May – September 2026: Non-Statutory Boards     September 2026: Roadshow     October: Failure to Select Interviews     October through November 2026: Mover Interviews     15 October 2026: Separations and Tour Modification Requests Due     20 November 2026: Vacancy and Mover List Published     4 December 2026: Mover Survey Closes     1 January 2027: 85 percent of OCONUS and Joint Orders Issued     1 February 2027: 85 percent of CONUS Orders Issued     5.  Points of contact:     Maj Davin B. Heaton     Comm: (703)784-9272     Email: [email protected]     Maj Carlin P. Myrick     Comm: (703)784-9276     Email: [email protected]     Capt Juan C. Moreno     Comm: (703)784-9267     Email: [email protected] 6.  This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 7.  Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//