1stLt Promotions for September 2025
This MARADMIN authorizes the promotion of 29 officers to the permanent grade of First Lieutenant (1stLt) in September 2025. The promotions have various effective dates throughout September 2025, ranging from September 1st to September 30th. Commanding officers are authorized to effect these promotions immediately upon publication of this message.
Issued: August 26, 2025
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 Padrepio S. Asola 01Sep25 V11 Lukas A. Blake 01Sep25 J61 Moriah I. Duprat 01Sep25 K03 Ryan A. Elison 01Sep25 J61 Jeremy S. Maran 01Sep25 K9R Chandler T. Price 01Sep25 K03 Maxwell R. Thomson 01Sep25 K03 Melissa K. Farrell 02Sep25 1NR Sheena D. Clark 08Sep25 V15 Eli J. Bivens 09Sep25 K03 Charles S. Glaubit 09Sep25 1UV Kienan A. Morrissey 09Sep25 J61 Evan M. Ostrowski 11Sep25 023 Jacob R. Smith 16Sep25 K03 Miguel D. Campero 22Sep25 1F5 Cade S. Fink 22Sep25 K03 Dylan R. Mico 22Sep25 K03 Benjamin M. Pluta 22Sep25 K03 Anthony M. Schwend 22Sep25 K03 Dominic C. Bowes 23Sep25 K03 Thomas E. Kempf 23Sep25 1GR Milam M. Kinner 23Sep25 K03 William R. Voorhees 23Sep25 K03 Ian R. Beresford 25Sep25 K03 Andrew O. Becker 26Sep25 K03 Ian J. Corral 26Sep25 J61 Grant J. Walker 26Sep25 1PA Daniel P. Mayeaux 30Sep25 K03 John W. Valentine 30Sep25 1CS 3. Delay of Promotion 3.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. 3.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). 4. 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 Active Reserve and Selected Marine Corps Reserve-Individual Ready Reserve, and with augmentation into the regular component. 5. 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 (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. 6. For Marine officer promotion matters call Comm (703)784-9705 or DSN 278-9705. Email inquiries may be submitted via the Officer Promotions homepage at www.Marines.mil. Email address is officerpromotions@usmc.mil. 7. Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.