FY17 Marine Helicopter Squadron One Pilot Selection Panel Results
This MARADMIN announces the results of the FY17 Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) pilot selection panel. Twenty-one officers (Captains and Majors) across various rotary wing and tiltrotor MOS have been selected as primary selectees, with six additional officers named as alternates. Selected pilots will receive orders to report to HMX-1 during FY17 and must initiate Top Secret Yankee White security clearance processing.
Issued: September 20, 2016
1. The following officers have been selected by the FY17 HMX-1 Pilot Selection Panel with concurrence from MMOA-2 and approved by the Deputy Commandant for Aviation:<br> a. Primary FY17 selectees:<br> RANK LAST NAME FIRST NAME MI MOS<br> Capt Arnold Kent W 7566<br> MaJ Ballenger John R 7566<br> Capt Bunce Jamie W 7532<br> Maj Cummings George D 7532<br> Capt Dodd Taylor T 7563<br> Maj Gibson John F 7563<br> Capt Goodman Alexander M 7563<br> Capt Green Daniel S 7532<br> Maj Hedman Alex D 7532<br> Capt Jacobs Makoto C 7563<br> Maj Kennedy Paige S 7562<br> Capt Kuhlmann Chad D 7566<br> Capt Lopez Sergio F 7532<br> Maj Mirra Mark D 7563<br> Maj Oren William C 7565<br> Capt Pardee Jeffrey P 7566<br> Maj Parrott Michael P 7532<br> Maj Quigley Matthew W 7566<br> Capt Terry Link T 7532<br> Capt Williams Jeremy P 7566<br> Capt Ziemba Eugene V 7532<br> 2. To coordinate orders to HMX-1, primary selectees are instructed to contact their PMOS monitor and the HMX-1 Manpower Officer. Selectees can expect orders to report to HMX-1 during FY17.<br> 3. To initiate the formal background investigation required for a Top Secret Yankee White security clearance, primary selectees are instructed to contact Cpl Brandi Matern, HMX-1 Security Administration clerk at brandi.matern(at)whmo.mil.<br> 4. The following officers have been selected as alternates and may be offered assignment to HMX-1 in the event that any primary rotary wing or tiltrotor selectee becomes ineligible:<br> RANK LAST NAME FIRST NAME MI MOS<br> Capt Cain Christopher W 7563<br> Capt Gruber Thomas F 7532<br> Maj Herrera Paul C 7532<br> Capt Mcgonigle Ryan D 7566<br> Capt Piersall Clayton W 7566<br> Capt Serpa Andrew A 7532<br> 5. Qualified and interested pilots not selected by this panel can anticipate the FY18 Marine Helicopter Squadron One Pilot Selection Panel to be announced in March 2017 via MARADMIN.<br> 6. Marines from non-aviator officer and enlisted Military Occupational Specialties are screened and selected continuously for assignment to HMX-1.<br> 7. Interested marines should contact their PMOS monitors and the points of contact listed in this MARADMIN for additional information.<br> 8. HMX-1 assignment points of contact include the HMX-1 Manpower Officer, Maj Kenneth OConnor at kenneth.oconnor(at)whmo.mil, the HMX-1 Recruiting and Selection coordinators, Maj Samuel Kunst at samuel.kunst(at)whmo.mil and Maj George Rawson at george.rawson(at)whmo.mil, and the HMX-1 Manpower Chief, GySgt Victor Velez at victor.velez(at)whmo.mil.<br> 9. Release authorized by LtGen J. M. Davis, Deputy Commandant for Aviation.