Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) Command Screening Boards

1. THE FY06 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS WILL CONVENE
ON 6 JUL 05 FOR LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND 12 JUL 05 FOR COLONELS. 
THESE BOARDS WILL SELECT OFFICERS FOR DESIGNATED COMMAND BILLETS 
THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD 1 JUN 06 TO 31 MAY 07. 
2. PURPOSE. PER REF A, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMAND SCREENING
PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR MARINES RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE
LEADERSHIP. IN ACCOMPLISHING THIS, IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT EVERY
ELIGIBLE OFFICER RECEIVES FAIR AND EQUITABLE CONSIDERATION FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMAND. 
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. THE COMMAND SCREENING PROGRAM USES COMMON ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA FOR BOTH SCREENING AND SLATING. IF AN OFFICER SCREENS FOR
COMMAND, THAT OFFICER WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SLATING. ELIGIBILITY FOR
COMMAND SCREENING INCLUDES ALL UNRESTRICTED COLONEL/COLONEL SELECTS
AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL/LIEUTENANT COLONEL SELECTS. EXCEPT FOR
OFFICERS IN UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, AS OUTLINED IN PARA 5.B.6-8,
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 A MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE PRIOR TO 
01 JUL 08.
 2) LTCOLS IN OR ABOVE THE PRIMARY ZONE FOR THE FY06 COL
SELECTION BOARD ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LTCOL COMMAND.
 3) OFFICERS WITH ESTABLISHED VOLUNTARY SEPARATION DATES.
 4) OFFICERS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY HELD COMMAND IN ONE OF THE
DESIGNATED COLONEL/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 COMPETING FOR A COLONEL
COMMAND).
 5) PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF THE BOARD, OFFICERS WHO WISH
NOT TO BE SCREENED FOR COMMAND MAY SEND AN E-MAIL TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE MONITOR TO BE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE. AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BOARDS, OFFICERS MUST
REQUEST IN WRITING TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
COMMAND. OFFICERS MUST INDICATE THE REASON FOR REQUESTING TO BE
EXCLUDED. THESE LETTERS WILL NOT BE PLACED IN AN OFFICER'S OFFICIAL
MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).
 6) 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 PCS TO
COMMAND.
 7) 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 TO PCS TO COMMAND.
 8) OFFICERS CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR THE PRIMARY AQUISITION
MOS OF 9959 ON THE ACQUISITION PMOS SELECTION BOARD IN OCTOBER 2005
WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE ACQUISITION PMOS IF SELECTED FOR COMMAND
BY THE COMMAND SCREENING PROGRAM. 
 9) OFFICERS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (SEP) WILL BE
ELIGIBLE TO SLATE TO COMMANDS AVAILABLE AFTER THEIR GRADUATION FROM
SEP.
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. THE
ALTERNATE LIST IS VALID UNTIL THE CONVENING OF THE NEXT COMMAND
SCREENING BOARD. THE ALTERNATES LIST WILL BE POSTED ON THE MMOA
WEBSITE BY LAST SIX 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 THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN
OF COMMAND WITH GENERAL OFFICER ENDORSEMENT. IT IS IN THE OFFICER'S
BEST INTEREST TO PROVIDE THESE LETTERS OF DECLINATION TO EXPLAIN ANY
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. THESE LETTERS OF DECLINATION WILL BE
PLACED IN THE OFFICER'S 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.
 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. COMMAND SCREENING IS MEANT TO BE A PARTICIPATORY PROCESS. 
ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THE BOARD PRESIDENT. THE COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE, AS
OUTLINED IN PARA 8.C., WAS INSTITUTED TO BE A SIMPLE AND UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD. COMMUNICATION
WITH THE BOARD MAY CALL ATTENTION TO ANY MATTER THE OFFICER
CONSIDERS IMPORTANT, INCLUDING PREFERENCES FOR COMMAND AND/OR
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, AS WELL AS FAMILY/PERSONAL SITUATIONS WHICH
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED 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. ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD MUST ORIGINATE FROM, OR BE
ENDORSED BY, THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER. ALL CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO
THE BOARD INCLUDING ENCLOSURES WILL BE DESTROYED UPON THE 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 
 C. COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE. TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION
WITH THE BOARD, A WEBSITE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ELIGIBLE OFFICERS
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT VIA A COMMAND SCREENING
QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COMMAND SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE LOCATED
VIA LINKS FROM MMOA'S HOMEPAGE, WHICH CAN BE REACHED VIA
<www.usmc.mil>. OFFICER ELIGIBILITY WILL BE POSTED ON THE MMOA
HOMEPAGE AS WELL AS COMMAND AVAILABILITY.
 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, NOR FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. 
THIS WILL INCLUDE THOSE 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. COPIES OF SAID DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
BOARD CAN BE FORWARDED AS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 5. 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 J. P. TOMCZAK HEAD MMOA/AVN COL MONITOR
DSN 278-9301 COMM (703) 784-9301
INTERNET ADDRESS (TOMCZAKJP@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
COL C. F. SWAIN GND COL MONITOR
DSN 278-9301 COMM (703) 784-9301
INTERNET ADDRESS (SWAINCF@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
LTCOL J. HARRISON GRD LTCOL MONITOR
DSN 278-9279 COMM (703) 784-9279
INTERNET ADDRESS (HARRISONJ@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
LTCOL T. C. MOORE AVN LTCOL MONITOR
DSN 278-9267 COMM (703) 784-9267
INTERNET ADDRESS (MOORETC@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
LTCOL B. M. WILSON MMOA-3
DSN 278-9284 COMM (703) 784-9284
INTERNET ADDRESS (WILSONBM@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
MAJ R. C. RICE MMOA-3 PLANS OFFICER
DSN 278-9284 COMM (703) 784-9284
INTERNET ADDRESS (RICERC@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL)
10. THIS MARADMIN DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE TOTAL FORCE.