1stLt Promotions for July 2017
This MARADMIN announces the promotion of 30 officers to the permanent grade of First Lieutenant (1stLt) for July 2017, with effective dates ranging from July 1 to July 31, 2017. The message provides the legal authority for commanding officers to effect these promotions and includes important guidance on accepting or declining promotions.
Issued: June 12, 2017
1. Authority. Refs (a) through (h) regulate all Marine Corps officer promotions. This message is the authority for commanding officers to effect promotions. Per the refs, an officers promotion may not be effected until that officers name appears on a promotion MARADMIN or CMC message. Appropriate commissions will be mailed to parent commands under separate cover. Expect 2-3 weeks for delivery. The commission is not the legal authority to promote and is not required to effect the promotion. For the purposes of conducting a promotion ceremony, sample commissions and the oath of office can be found in chapter 6 of ref (b) or the Officer Promotion Branch homepage at www.Marines.mil. Under "Marines/Career," click on "Promotions." Click on "Officer Promotions," look under the "Reference" tab on the right side of the page. 2. Under the provisions of ref (f), the Secretary of the Navy, acting for the President of the United States, hereby authorizes the promotion of the following named officers on active duty, as indicated, to the permanent grade of first lieutenant. Rank, pay, and allowances are effective from the date indicated. Name DOR MCC Landon M. Keller 01Jul17 KB6 Matthew P. Mulcaire 01Jul17 V14 Keith M. Bartlett 03Jul17 K71 Patrick Q. Cagas 03Jul17 1US Phillip W. Chouinard 03Jul17 K71 John T. Findley 03Jul17 K03 Evan M. Gumbel 03Jul17 K03 John G. Hammernik 03Jul17 K03 Brandon J. Klewicki 03Jul17 V13 Juan C. RuizVillegas 03Jul17 K9R Elijah T. Scott 03Jul17 1PJ Solomon S. Thomas 03Jul17 V21 Garrett R. Thornton 03Jul17 1UR Travis F. Via 03Jul17 1GS Michael A. Farnan 07Jul17 1CQ Sean M. Sullivan 07Jul17 15S Mackenzie D. Stewart 08Jul17 1PJ Bennett A. Liwski 09Jul17 1Y4 Nicholas D. Cordova 10Jul17 1QE Armando A. Soto III 10Jul17 1GR Joshua A. Dowers 11Jul17 1GD Ammon C. Ebert 18Jul17 K71 Jovany Lara 18Jul17 1EH Jordan E. Saunders 24Jul17 V33 Adam J. Kersten 25Jul17 K71 Rio S. Gallegos 31Jul17 1Y5 Christopher R. Miller 31Jul17 1GT Matthew E. Straw 31Jul17 V14 Connor H. Tourek 31Jul17 V33 Taylor V. WulffMorrison 31Jul17 K03 3. Retirement and Transfer. Officers considering voluntary retirement should review ref (d) for service obligation prior to acceptance of promotion. An officers selection for promotion carries over into the reserve, between AR and SMCR-IRR, and with augmentation into the regular component. 4. Accepting and Declining Promotion. Any regular or reserve officer who is promoted under the refs is considered to have accepted such promotion on the effective date contained in paragraph 2 (for purposes of date of rank, pay, and allowances in the grade to which promoted). To decline a promotion, an officer is required to submit a letter of declination to CMC (MMPR-1) expressly at the time their command notifies them of their promotion and directs that they begin wearing the insignia of the next higher grade. Any statement or action by the officer which signals their acceptance of the promotion, forever waives their right to decline. 5. For Marine officer promotion matters call Comm (703)784-9706 or DSN 278-9706. Email address is OfficerPromotions@usmc.mil. 6. Release authorized by MajGen Michael A. Rocco, Director, Manpower Management Division.