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MARADMIN 159/23

Fiscal Year 2023 Non-Special Duty Assignment Meritorious Promotions

This MARADMIN announces the Fiscal Year 2023 Non-Special Duty Assignment (Non-SDA) meritorious promotions for enlisted Marines to the ranks of Gunnery Sergeant and Staff Sergeant. The message lists 21 Marines selected for promotion to Gunnery Sergeant and 43 Marines selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant, with an effective date of rank of 2 April 2023.

Issued: March 29, 2023
1.  Upon receipt of this Marine Administrative Message (MARADMIN), but not prior to 2 April 2023, Commanders will effect the promotion of selected Marines per paragraph 5100 of reference (a).  Cite this MARADMIN as authority for promotion.
2.  Per reference (b), effective July 2020, Marines who are selected to the ranks of SSgt through SgtMaj/MGySgt, to include meritorious promotions, must have at least 24-months of obligated service (OBS) remaining on contract beginning on the date of their promotion.  If the Marine refuses to extend or reenlist to have sufficient obligated service, inform CMC (MMPR-2) of the Marine's refusal.
2.a.  Marines who do not comply with OBS requirements prior to 2 April 2023 are not authorized to be promoted and will not have their promotion effected in the Marine Corps Total Forces System (MCTFS) until they comply.
2.a.1.  Commanders are authorized to locally extend Marines who are identified as not being in compliance with OBS requirements. Unit Career Planners or other unit representatives completing the NAVMC 321a must cite this MARADMIN as the authority.  Only the Commanding Officer or those serving in an acting capacity may sign the NAVMC 321a as the Administering Officer.  Commanding Officers are not authorized to extend those Marines with draw case code (DCC) of AF, AH, AX, or AY.  Marines with those DCCs must submit their extension for promotion to MMEA (HQMC) via the Total Force Retention System for appropriate action.  Marines on limited duty or pending evaluation by a PEB may not be extended using this authority.
3.  In accordance with the provisions of references (a) and (b), authority is granted to meritoriously promote the Marines listed below with a date of rank and effective date of 2 April 2023 in accordance with references (a) through (l).  (Read from left to right)
3.a.  To Gunnery Sergeant:
Name                    MCC     Name                    MCC
Banhegyesi, L.          174     Batt, T. M.             U80
Bergaoui, A.            138     Casper, M. J.           1JW
Feeney, D. T.           15E     Dagostino, T. J.        J78
Gifford, A. D.          1R4     Guelzow, M. N.          V33
Hardison, K. M.         T30     Lovell, J. A.           142
Marshall, O.            C37     Martinez, E.            1FJ
Morgan, B. C.           017     O'Brien, R. J.          V26
Phelps, A. A.           036     Rainey, C. N.           03A
Ramos, D. A.            V33     Rice, M. J.             1MU
Robinson, E. R.         VHE     Trevino Jr., R.         1Y8
Woltz II, D. R.         SHE     
3.b.  To Staff Sergeant:
Name                    MCC     Name                    MCC
Arellano, J. A.         1V2     Basant, B. K.           K46
Bugarin, G. P.          DJV     Burroughs, B. H.        V12
Butorovich, N. P.       124     Coleman, E. M.          J9E
Davis, E. P.            V16     Dibartolo, J. A.        TRN
Duchini, T. A.          1GT     Garciasanchez, C. A.    V24
Grimshaw, D. R.         15L     Gustinis, S. M.         1US
Hanson, M. C.           S2C     Hollister, C. R.        19F
Jacobs, G. K.           1EM     Johnson, D. R.          15H
Kim A. H.               TMH     Lawrence, D. T.         036
Letter, B. I.           038     Lewis IV, J. H.         1CK
Liu, J.                 1JW     Mares, A. A.            1CO
McGuire, B. E.          1PK     Minor, H. B.            V35 
Nevels, D. P.           193     Newman, T. M.           1QN
Noriega, W. A.          TCJ     Prewitt, K. A.          KES
Pullin, R. T.           027     Rachels, M. A.          122
Rivera, N. C.           S8B     Roddy, S. T.            1MX
Sanchez, J. A.          011     Smith, J. K.            VLD
Stump, C. J.            VM1     Tomajko, J. S.          1R2
Walroth, S. M.          017     Williams, C. L.         233
Wright, J. L.           QBC          
4.  Congratulations to these Marines for exemplary performance and well-deserved meritorious promotion.
5.  Release authorized by MajGen Michael J. Borgschulte, Director, Manpower Management Division.