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MARADMIN 495/16

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.