1stLt Promotions for July 2024
This MARADMIN authorizes the promotion of 38 active duty officers and 3 reserve officers to the permanent grade of First Lieutenant (1stLt) in the Marine Corps for July 2024. The promotions have various effective dates throughout July 2024, and commanding officers are authorized to effect these promotions immediately upon publication of this message.
Issued: June 28, 2024
1. Authority. Refs (a) through (g) regulate all Marine Corps officer promotions. This message is the authority for commanding officers to effect promotions. Per the refs, CMC (MMPB-10) will not effect an officer's promotion until that officer's name appears on a promotion MARADMIN or CMC message. MMPB-10 will mail appropriate commissions to parent commands under separate cover. Expect 4-6 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 are located in chapter 6 of ref (b) or the Officer Promotions 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 officer(s) 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 Aidan F. Battershall 01Jul24 1QB Jeremy A. Buess 01Jul24 023 Brannan B. Meriwether 01Jul24 K03 Oliver P. Musser 01Jul24 K03 Andrew R. Sayre 01Jul24 K03 Andrew N. Bedell 02Jul24 K03 Malachi S. Brown 02Jul24 1JB Christopher M. Cadrecha 02Jul24 K03 Benjamin A. Connor 02Jul24 V25 Nathan X. Kelly 02Jul24 K03 Brian G. Megonigal 02Jul24 193 Ethan Z. Stein 02Jul24 K03 Thomas J. Vasile 02Jul24 168 Evan P. McCollum 08Jul24 142 Cecilia A. Hoeing 09Jul24 1NB Zachary J. Pronenko 09Jul24 092 Luis D. Blanco 11Jul24 K66 Christopher R. Nelsen 11Jul24 K03 Hugens Casimir 15Jul24 1CS Keith M. Griffiths 15Jul24 130 Joshua C. Johnson 15Jul24 K03 Riley A. Marshall 15Jul24 K03 Alina C. Montenegro 15Jul24 V11 William D. Peterson 15Jul24 146 Timothy J. Schmidt 15Jul24 017 Karl L. Voelkel 15Jul24 K03 Shannen W. Courtney 16Jul24 1PM Nicholas J. Kelly 16Jul24 K03 Riel A. Boyce 20Jul24 K03 Lazaro Bautista, Jr. 23Jul24 K03 Bryce V. Kopidlansky 23Jul24 116 London C. Pham 23Jul24 1GS Michael Leiss 24Jul24 V25 Cesar Martinez, Jr. 27Jul24 K03 Timothy E. Balmain 30Jul24 K03 Zachary J. Decker 30Jul24 K03 Alec J. LaFontaine 30Jul24 K71 Robert S. McCormick II 30Jul24 142 3. 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 reserve officer(s), as indicated, to the permanent grade of first lieutenant. Rank, pay, and allowances are effective from the date indicated. Name DOR MCC Nicholas G. Cordova 02Jul24 146 John D. Collier 30Jul24 SM7 Phillip H. Condreay 30Jul24 800 4. Delay of Promotion 4.a. Commanding Officer Determination. Per refs (b) and (g), if the respective commanding officer determines that an officer is not mentally, physically, morally, or professionally qualified for promotion, the promotion shall not be effected. This includes the physical examination requirement for reserve officers per section 10206 of ref (a). Ref (a) requires written notification to the officer of the grounds for delay before the effective date of the appointment, unless it is impracticable to do so, in which case the notice shall be given as soon as practicable. Commanding Officers must also notify CMC (MMPB-10) prior to the effective date of the appointment so that the promotion is not effected in Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS) and to allow for the initiation of administrative action. Refs (a), (b), (c), and (e) contain guidelines for the timely submission of supporting documentation. 4.b. Adverse Screening Process. Before the release of this promotion authority, all officers are screened for adverse or potentially adverse information if applicable. CMC (MMPB-10) removed the names of those officers with records identified during the adverse screening process as containing adverse or potentially adverse information from the promotion authority MARADMIN. Those officers will receive correspondence under separate cover from CMC (JPL). 5. Retirement and Transfer. Officers considering voluntary retirement should review ref (d) for service obligation prior to acceptance of promotion. An officer's selection for promotion carries over into the reserve, between AR and SMCR-IRR, and with augmentation into the regular component. 6. 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 paragraphs 2 and 3 (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 (MMPB-10) 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. 7. For Marine officer promotion matters call Comm (703)784-9706 or DSN 278-9706. Email inquiries may be submitted via the Officer Promotions homepage at www.Marines.mil. Email address is officerpromotions@usmc.mil. 8. Release authorized by BGen Ryan S. Rideout, Director, Manpower Management Division.