Fiscal Year 2007 (FY 07) Command Screening Boards

THE FY07 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS WILL CONVENE ON 6
JULY 06 FOR LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND 12 JULY 06 FOR COLONELS. THESE
BOARDS WILL SELECT OFFICERS FOR DESIGNATED COMMAND BILLETS THAT WILL
BE AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD 1 JUN 07 TO 31 MAY 08.
2. PURPOSE. PER REF A, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMAND SCREENING
PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR MARINES RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE
LEADERSHIP. 
3. PROCESS. THE BOARDS WILL SELECT FROM A LIST OF ELIGIBLE 
COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT COLONELS THOSE OFFICERS WHO ARE BEST AND
MOST FULLY QUALIFIED FOR COMMAND. THE BOARD WILL SELECT AS
PRIMARIES A NUMBER OF OFFICERS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF COMMANDS
AVAILABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD WILL SELECT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
OF OFFICERS AS ALTERNATES TO MEET COMMAND REQUIREMENTS WHEN
OFFICERS DECLINE OR OTHERWISE CANNOT TAKE COMMAND. THE BOARDS WILL
DEVELOP PROPOSED COMMAND SLATES FOR THE PRIMARY SELECTEES AND FORWARD
THEM WITH THE ALTERNATE LIST TO THE CMC FOR APPROVAL. ONCE THE LIST
IS APPROVED, THE BOARD RESULTS CONTAINING THE PRIMARY SELECTEES WILL
BE ANNOUNCED VIA MARADMIN.
4. BOARD MAKE-UP. THE COLONEL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD WILL CONSIST
OF NINE GENERAL OFFICERS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GCE, ACE, CSSE, AND
SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT TO ENSURE A BROAD PERSPECTIVE AMONG BOARD
MEMBERS. THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD WILL 
CONSIST OF THREE GENERAL OFFICERS AND 14 COLONELS. AGAIN, THEY WILL
REPRESENT TO THE BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE MAGTF AND 
THE SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT.
5. ELIGIBILITY
 A. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMAND SCREENING INCLUDES ALL UNRESTRICTED 
COLONEL OR COLONEL SELECTS AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL OR LIEUTENANT
COLONEL SELECTS. EXCEPT FOR OFFICERS IN UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, AS
OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 5.B, 5 THROUGH 8, OFFICERS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF AN
ASSIGNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SCREENING AND SLATING, INCLUDING THOSE
SERVING OCONUS ON A 36-MONTH ACCOMPANIED TOUR.
 B. INELIGIBLE OFFICERS ARE:
 1) OFFICERS WITH ESTABLISHED SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT DATES.
 2) OFFICERS WITH A MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE PRIOR TO 01 JUL 09.
 3) LTCOLS IN OR ABOVE THE PRIMARY ZONE FOR THE FY 08 COL
SELECTION BOARD. (JR DOR IS 20021001).
 4) OFFICERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELD COMMAND IN ONE OF THE 
DESIGNATED COLONEL OR LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMAND SCREENED BILLETS
FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, ARE CURRENTLY IN COMMAND,
OR ARE SLATED AND AWAITING COMMAND AS A RESULT OF A PREVIOUS COMMAND
SCREENING BOARD. (THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE COLONEL SELECTS CURRENTLY IN
A LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMAND FROM ELIGILBILITY FOR A COLONEL COMMAND).
 5) OFFICERS SERVING IN A JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE
TO COMPETE IF THEY WILL COMPLETE 24 MONTHS IN THEIR JOINT DUTY
ASSIGNMENT DURING THE SLATING WINDOW, BUT WILL ONLY BE SLATED TO
COMMANDS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE 24 MONTHS BEFORE
TRANSFERRING TO COMMAND. MMOA WILL FURNISH THE BOARD THE DATES THAT
OFFICERS SERVING IN A JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO TRANSFER
TO COMMAND.
 6) OFFICERS CURRENTLY IN DESIGNATED CRITICAL ACQUISITION
BILLETS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO SCREEN AND SLATE IF THEY WILL HAVE
COMPLETED 36 MONTHS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO COMMAND. OFFICERS IN
PROGRAM MANAGER BILLETS WILL NORMALLY COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 48
MONTHS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO COMMAND. MMOA WILL PROVIDE THE
COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS WITH THE DATES THAT OFFICERS SERVING IN
CRITICAL ACQUISITION ASSIGNMENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMMAND.
 7) OFFICERS WITH THE ACQUISITION PRIMARY MOS (9959) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
 8) OFFICERS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (SEP) WILL BE 
ELIGIBLE TO SLATE TO COMMANDS AVAILABLE AFTER THEIR GRADUATION FROM
SEP.
 9) PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF THE BOARD, OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE 
OFFICERS WHO WISH NOT TO BE SCREENED FOR COMMAND SHOULD INDICATE
SUCH ON THE ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE OR MAY SEND AN EMAIL TO THEIR
MONITOR REQUESTING TO BE REMOVED. OFFICERS WILL BE REMOVED FROM
COMMAND CONSIDERATION WITHOUT PREJUDICE. THIS CORRESPONDENCE WILL
NOT BE PLACED IN AN OFFICER'S OMPF.
 10) ONCE THE BOARD IS IN SESSION, OFFICERS THAT DESIRE NOT
TO BE SCREENED MUST REQUEST IN WRITING TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT NOT TO
BE CONSIDERED FOR COMMAND AND INDICATE THE REASON IN THEIR LETTER. 
6. ALTERNATES. OFFICERS SCREENED AS ALTERNATES BUT NOT SLATED TO A 
COMMAND WILL BE PRIORITIZED BY THE BOARD. COMMAND VACANCIES WILL BE 
FILLED BY FLEETING UP OFFICERS FROM THIS PRIORITIZED LIST. MMOA
WILL MANAGE THE ALTERNATE LIST AND IT IS VALID UNTIL THE CONVENING
OF THE NEXT COMMAND SCREENING BOARD. THE ALTERNATES LIST WILL BE
POSTED ON THE MMOA WEBSITE BY THE LAST SIX NUMBERS OF SSN AND MOS.
7. DECLINATIONS
 A. OFFICERS WHO ARE SLATED AND DO NOT DESIRE TO ACCEPT COMMAND
WILL BE REQUIRED TO DECLINE IN WRITING THROUGH THEIR APPROPRIATE
CHAIN OF COMMAND WITH GENERAL OFFICER ENDORSEMENT. IT IS IN THE
OFFICER'S BEST INTEREST TO INCLUDE IN THESE LETTERS OF DECLINATION,
ANY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. THESE LETTERS OF DECLINATION WILL BE
PLACED IN THE OFFICERS OMPF. OFFICERS FAILING TO SUBMIT THEIR
DECLINATION LETTER PER THIS MARADMIN WILL HAVE A LETTER PLACED IN
THEIR OMPF DOCUMENTING THE COMMAND DECLINATION. OFFICERS WHO
DECLINE COMMAND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY OTHER COMMANDS DURING
THE SLATING YEAR, BUT WILL REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE BOARDS.
 B. IF OFFICERS ON THE INITIAL SLATE DECLINE COMMAND, OFFICERS
WILL BE FLEETED UP FROM THE PRIORITIZED ALTERNATE LIST. ALTERNATES
WHO FLEET UP TO VACATED COMMANDS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO FORMALLY
DECLINE IF THEY SO CHOOSE. ANY SUBSEQUENT DECLINATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE SLATING YEAR WILL ALSO BE FILLED THROUGH THE FLEETUP PROCESS.
8. BOARD COMMUNICATION
 A. THE COMMANDANT HAS DIRECTED THAT ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS
SHOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD. TO FACILITATE THIS MMOA WILL
COORDINATE AN ONLINE COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE OUTLINED IN
PARAGRAPH 8-B. THE ONLINE COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE IS THE
PRIMARY MECHANISM FOR OFFICERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD. 
COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD MAY CALL ATTENTION TO ANY MATTER THE
OFFICER CONSIDERS IMPORTANT, INCLUDING PREFERENCES FOR COMMAND AND
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AS WELL AS FAMILY OR PERSONAL SITUATIONS THAT
THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER IN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR ASSIGNMENT 
TO A COMMAND. THE COMMANDANT'S INTENT IS FOR THE COMMAND SCREENING
BOARD TO BE FULLY AWARE OF ANY SITUATION THE OFFICER CONSIDERS
CRITICAL TO THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR FUTURE COMMAND ASSIGNMENT. 
 B. COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COMMAND SCREENING
QUESTIONNAIRE CAN BE LOCATED VIA LINKS FROM MMOA WEBPAGE, WHICH
CAN BE REACHED VIA WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL. TO FIND THE MMOA-3
WEBPAGE FROM THE ABOVE LINK, NAVIGATE THROUGH "ACTIVE MARINE",
"MM", AND "MMOA." (OFFICER ELIGIBILITY AND COMMAND AVAILABILITY
WILL BE POSTED ON THE MMOA WEB PAGE: MANPOWER WEBPAGE
REQUIRES THAT OFFICERS REGISTER TO FULLY VIEW ALL ITEMS).
 C. ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD, OTHER THAN THE ONLINE 
QUESTIONNAIRE, MUST ORIGINATE FROM, OR BE ENDORSED BY, THE ELIGIBLE
OFFICER. ALL CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD INCLUDING
ENCLOSURES WILL BE DESTROYED UPON COMPLETION OF THE BOARD. 
CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED PRIOR TO
THE CONVENING OF THE BOARD TO:
 HEADQUARTERS US MARINE CORPS
 MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMOA-3)
 ATTN COL (OR LTCOL) COMMAND SCREENING BOARD
 3280 RUSSELL RD
 QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103
 D. PHOTOGRAPHS. AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH IS REQUIRED TO BE
SUBMITTED TO THE COMMAND SCREENING BOARD. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE
PREFERRED AND ARE TO BE ELECTRONICALLY FILED IN THE OMPF, AS PER
REFS B AND C. OFFICERS WHO SUBMIT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE OMPF
MAY CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH BY CONTACTING CMC
(MMSB-20) OR BY CHECKING THE MMSB HOMEPAGE. IF ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IS NOT POSSIBLE, OFFICERS MUST
SUBMIT A HARD COPY PHOTOGRAPH TO THE BOARD VIA MMOA-3. OFFICERS
HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEIR PHOTOGRAPH IS
SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED BY THE BOARD. DEPLOYED PHOTOS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
 E. FITNESS REPORTS. COMPLETED FITNESS REPORTS MUST BE
SUBMITTED TO MMSB-32 FOR INCLUSION INTO THE OMPF. INCOMPLETE
FITNESS REPORTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. 
THIS INCLUDES FITREPS MISSING SIGNATURES OR REVIEWING
OFFICER CERTIFICATION. FITREPS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO:
 HEADQUARTERS US MARINE CORPS
 MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMSB-32)
 2008 ELLIOT ROAD
 QUANTICO, VA 22134-5030
 F. OMPF UPDATE MATERIAL. ANY UPDATE DOCUMENT(S) THAT AN
OFFICER FEELS SHOULD BE PART OF THE OMPF, OTHER THAN FITREPS, SHOULD
BE FORWARDED TO:
 HEADQUARTERS US MARINE CORPS
 MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMSB-20)
 2008 ELLIOT ROAD
 QUANTICO, VA 22134-5030
INDICATE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE AND BY USE OF A COVER LETTER
THAT THE UPDATE MATERIAL IS TO BE ENTERED IN TIME FOR THE COMMAND
SCREENING BOARD. ALL MATERIALS FOR INCLUSION IN THE OMPF SHOULD BE
MARKED "FOR LTCOL COMMAND SCREENING BOARD" OR "FOR COL COMMAND
SCREENING BOARD" AS APPROPRIATE. TIME CRITICAL ITEMS TO BE ENTERED
INTO THE OMPF CAN BE FAXED TO MMSB-20 AT DSN: 278-5682 COMM (703)
784-5682.
9. CMC (MMOA) POINTS OF CONTACT ARE:
COL MICHAEL N. PEZNOLA GROUND COLONEL MONITOR
DSN 278-9301 COMM (703) 784-9301
INTERNET ADDRESS MICHAEL.PEZNOLA@USMC.MIL
COL STEPHEN G. NITZSCHKE AVIATION COLONEL AND LTCOL MONITOR
DSN 784-9300 COMM (703) 784-9267
INTERNET ADDRESS STEPHEN.NITZSCHKE@USMC.MIL
LTCOL ANDREW L. SOLGERE LTCOL MONITOR
DSN 278-9279 COMM (703) 784-9279
INTERNET ADDRESS ANDREW.SOLGERE@USMC.MIL
LTCOL EMILY J. ELDER MMOA-3
DSN 278-9284 COMM (703) 784-9284
INTERNET ADDRESS EMILY.ELDER@USMC.MIL 
MAJ R. C. RICE MMOA-3 PLANS OFFICER
DSN 278-9284 COMM (703) 784-9284
INTERNET ADDRESS ROBERT.C.RICE@USMC.MIL
10. THIS MARADMIN DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE TOTAL FORCE.