December Staff Noncommissioned Officer (SNCO) Promotions for Active Reserve (AR), Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR), and Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) and January 2026 / February 2026 Planned SNCO Promotions for AR, SMCR, and IRR

1.  Upon receipt of this MARADMIN, but not prior to
1 December 2025, Commanders will effect the promotion of selected
Marines per paragraph 5100 of reference (a).  Cite this MARADMIN as
authority for promotion.
2.  Marines who do not possess an Expiration of Active Service or
Reserve Expiration of Current Contract of 30 November 2027 or later
are not authorized to be promoted.  Marines who do not comply with
Obligated Service (OBS) requirements before their seniority number
being reached will receive a date of rank and effective date for the
1st of the following month after compliance with OBS.
2.a.  Projections are an estimate only.  Based off monthly promotion
MARADMINS, there may be instances requiring an additional extension
to be completed.
2.b.  For additional details regarding OBS, Sequenced Professional
Military Education, and Commander requirements visit the Enlisted
Promotions website at https://www.manpower.marines.mil, click on
"Divisions" / "Manpower-Management" / "Performance-Branch"
/ "Promotion-Section" / "Enlisted-Promotions" / "SNCOs" / "Monthly
Promotion Requirements".
3.  The numbers listed below indicate the senior number promoted the
previous month and the total number of Marines being promoted for
the current month per reference (b).  Numbers may not always add up
due to noncompetitive selections (Warrant Officer, Marine Corps
Enlisted Commissioning Education Program selects; assigned a
seniority number with an alpha letter), discharges, and promotion
restrictions.
4.  STATUS OF FY 2025 ACTIVE RESERVE (AR) SNCO PROMOTION LISTS:
          NUMBER       SENIOR NO.  DEC 25  LAST SENIOR  PROJECTED
GRADE     SELECTED     PROM NOV 25  PROM   NO. PROM     FOR JAN 26
MGySgt         7          6          2         8         (Note 1)
MSgt           27         18         2         20            1
GySgt          48         24         8         32            8
SSgt           67         34         11        46            11
5.  STATUS OF FY 2025 SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) SNCO
PROMOTION LISTS:
          NUMBER       SENIOR NO.  DEC 25  LAST SENIOR  PROJECTED
GRADE     SELECTED     PROM NOV 25  PROM   NO. PROM     FOR JAN 26
SgtMaj/MGySgt  48         8          4         12             4
1stSgt/MSgt    126        20         11        32            10
GySgt          187        32         16        48            16
SSgt           273        46         23        69            23
6.  STATUS OF FY 2025 INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) SNCO PROMOTION
LISTS:
          NUMBER       SENIOR NO.  DEC 25  LAST SENIOR  PROJECTED
GRADE     SELECTED     PROM NOV 25  PROM   NO. PROM     FOR JAN 26
MSgt           36         2          1         3         (Note 3)
GySgt          7          2          1         3             1
SSgt           6          7          3         10            3
7.  FY 2025 SNCO PROJECTED FEBRUARY 2026 PROMOTIONS:
                  AR      SMCR    IRR
SgtMaj/MGySgt  (NOTE 1)    4    (NOTE 2)
1stSgt/MSgt       6        10   (NOTE 3)
GySgt             7        15      1
SSgt              8        23      3
Note 1:  List cleared.
Note 2:  There are no selections for this component.
Note 3:  No promotions due to TIG requirements.
8.  For Reserve SNCO allocation questions, contact Reserve Affairs
Policy, Plans, & Programming Branch (RAP), Enlisted Plans (RAP-2).
9.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve only.
10.  Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director,
Manpower Management Division.