Announcement of the Fiscal Year 2025 Commandant of the Marine Corps Combined Awards and Ceremony Event

1.  This message announces the Fiscal Year 2025
(FY25) Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Combined Awards Program
(CAP).
2.  In accordance with the reference, the CMC will recognize
recipients in the following four awards categories: Recruiter of the
Year, Drill Instructor (DI) of the Year, Marine Security Guard (MSG)
of the Year, and Marine Combat Instructor (MCI) of the Year.  The
in-person FY25 CMC CAP ceremony will be held in the National Capital
Region.  Date, time, location, and details regarding travel will be
published via separate correspondence (SEPCOR).
3.  Commanding General (CG) Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC)
will convene a selection board for recruiter of the year and
runner-up among regular recruiters and prior service recruiters;
CG, Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM) will convene a selection board
for MSG of the year and runner-up and will coordinate with Commanding
Officer, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group (MCESG) to receive
nomination packages; CG Training Command (TRNG CMD) will convene a
selection  board for MCI of the year and runner-up.  
3.a.  These selection endorsements, along with photo, biography, and
professional resume, will be submitted to Training and Education
Command (TECOM) no later than (NLT) 31 October 2025 via SEPCOR
through an Enterprise Task Management Software Solution (ETMS2) task
utilizing the USMC TECOM SPECIAL BOARDS group. 
4.  CG TECOM will convene the selection board for the DI of the year
nominees on 04 November 2025.  DI of the year nomination packages
are due to CG TECOM NLT 24 October 2025 via SEPCOR ETMS2 task. CG
TECOM will coordinate with CG Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San
Diego and CG MCRD Parris Island to receive DI of the year nomination
packages.  Each depot will select and submit one DI of the year
nominee.
5.  CG TECOM will serve as the Office of Primary Responsibility to
facilitate the FY25 CMC CAP MARADMIN and ceremony.  The board winners
and the first runners-up results will be announced via MARADMIN.
Additional instructions on award ceremony coordination to include
dates, funding, billeting, uniform, and civilian attire will be
included in the MARADMIN announcing winners and runners-up. 
6.  All commands will prepare and submit a Navy and Marine Corps
Commendation medal for their winners and the runners-up via Improved
Awards Processing System (iAPS) to TECOM (M30010) for processing NLT
4 November 2025.  
7.  CG TECOM will endorse and forward award recommendations for all
CMC CAP winners and first runners-up in each category to CMC
(MMPB-31) in iAPS.  Per the reference, CMC is the awarding authority
for all CMC CAP awards and CMC (MMPB-31) will prepare the award
certificates, as required.  Per the reference, CMC CAP winners are
eligible for meritorious promotion.  The names of the CMC CAP winners
will be forwarded to CMC (MMPB-11) for enlisted promotion screening
prior to the results MARADMIN.  Once approved by MMPB-11, meritorious
promotion warrants for all CMC CAP winners may be prepared at the
lowest level of command with the required promotion authority.
8.  TECOM will coordinate the combined awards ceremony with CMC
Protocol office and will promulgate a letter of instruction to major
subordinate commands to provide additional direction, information,
and coordinating instructions of the award ceremony for the award
winners and runners-up.
9.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson,
Deputy Commandant for Training and Education.