FY26 Meritorious Promotion Allocations for Prior Service Recruiters (PSR), Extended Active Duty (EAD) Recruiters, and Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) Staff Noncommissioned Officers (SNCO)

1.  Purpose.  To announce the FY26 meritorious
promotion allocations for PSR, EAD Recruiters, and SMCR SNCOs.
2.  Background.  These allocations provide commanders the
opportunity to nominate a select number of Marines for meritorious
promotion to the grades of Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) and Staff
Sergeant (SSgt).
3.  Commands listed below will convene selection boards to nominate
Marines for meritorious promotion by the Commandant of the Marine
Corps (CMC).  Marines already selected for the next grade by a
regular promotion board are still eligible for meritorious promotion
to that grade if their seniority number has not been reached.  Upon
review and approval, Enlisted Promotions Unit (MMPB-11) reports
unit diary entries so commanders can prepare certificates of
appointment.  Selected Marines must have at least 24 months
obligated service remaining on contract from the date of promotion.
4.  Per reference (c) the FY26 meritorious promotion allocations are
as follows:
Command        SSgt/GySgt            Nominations due   Date of rank
Marine Corps Recruiting Command
PSR               1/1                   20260601         20260702
EAD               1/1                   20251201         20260102
Marine Forces Reserve
SMCR SNCO         3/1                   20260301         20260402
5.  Submit nominations to
smb_manpower_enlisted_promotions@usmc.mil to include the following:
Rank    Name    EDIPI    MCC/Unit    PME Complete    OBS
6.  For questions regarding the distribution and calculation of
reserve allocations, please contact Reserve Affairs Personnel
Policy, Plans, and Programming at (703) 784-9879.
7.  Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director,
Manpower Management Division.