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) winners, runners-up, and execution of the awards
ceremony event.
2.  In accordance with reference (a), the CMC recognized 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.
3.  On behalf of the CMC, the Deputy Commandant, Training and
Education, takes pleasure in congratulating the following Marines
on their selection: 
3a.  Winners:
Staff Sergeant Abel Layton Jr. - Marine Corps Recruiter of the
Year (Recruiting Station Albuquerque)
Staff Sergeant Jensen A. Runion - Drill Instructor of the Year
(Recruit Depot Parris Island)
Sergeant Hannah S. Eom - Marine Corps Security Guard of the
Year (Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, Region 2)
Staff Sergeant Wyatt C. Eisenhower - Combat Instructor of the Year
(School of Infantry - West)
3b.  Runners-up:
Staff Sergeant Frank Guerra - Marine Corps Recruiter of the Year
(Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale)
Staff Sergeant Logan D. Bohmann - Drill Instructor of the Year
(Recruit Depot San Diego)
Gunnery Sergeant Daniel T. Feeney - Marine Corps Security Guard of
the Year (Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, Region 6)
Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Welch - Combat Instructor of the Year
(School of Infantry – East)
4.  TECOM will coordinate the combined awards ceremony with CMC's
protocol office and promulgate a letter of instruction to major
subordinate commands prior to 9 January 2026 to provide additional
direction, information, and coordinating instructions to include
dates, location, funding, billeting, uniform, civilian attire, and
other coordinating instructions for the award winners and
runners-up.
5. The in-person FY25 CMC CAP event will be held in the national
capital region from 17 - 18 February 2026.
6.  Travel and funding is authorized for the winners and runners-up
of each category.  Travel for one "guest" is authorized, 
per criteria set forth in paragraph 0309 of reference (c).  
Parent commands are responsible for funding travel of winners,
runners-up, and one authorized guest. 
7.  TECOM will approve and forward awards for all winners and first
runners-up in each category to CMC (MMPB-3) through iAPS and will
coordinate with MMPB-11 for authorization of meritorious promotion
for winners with an effective date of 2 October 2025.  All winners
must have 24-months of obligated service (OBS) remaining on contract 
beginning on the date of their promotion. Unit Career Planners or
other unit representatives completing the NAVMC 321a must cite this
MARADMIN as the authority.
8.  Commands are authorized to meritoriously promote the
winners when the promotion becomes effective in the Marine
Corps Total Force System. The first general officer in the chain of
command has the first right of refusal to serve as the promoting
officer. 
9.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson,
Deputy Commandant, Training & Education