MARADMIN 389/26
FY27 MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT AND MASTER SERGEANT STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD
R 242100Z AUG 26 MARADMIN 389/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FY27 MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT AND MASTER SERGEANT STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD// POC/WILLIAM C. GRIFFIN/MAJ/MMPB-11/TEL: 703-784-3440/DSN 278-3440/ EMAIL: [email protected]// POC/EMILY R. WELCH/MSGT/MMPB-11/TEL: 703-784-2765/DSN 278-2765/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The FY27 Master Gunnery Sergeant and Master Sergeant Promotion Selection Board (PSB) will convene on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at Building 2008, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA, for a period of about five weeks to consider all Master Sergeants and Gunnery Sergeants for selection to the next higher grade. 2. For additional details regarding Marine Responsibilities, Commander Responsibilities, Board Eligibility, Removal from Consideration, Professional Military Education requirements, and Alternate Selection visit the Enlisted Promotions website at https://www.manpower.marines.mil click on “Manpower Management” / “Performance Branch" / “Promotion Section” / “Enlisted" / “Enlisted Promotions" / “SNCOs” and “Preparation”. 3. All correspondence submitted to the President of the board must be received no later than 2359, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 16 October 2026. 4. Details for updating the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS) and Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) are listed on the Enlisted Promotions website. 5. Professional Military Education (PME) Requirements. 5.a. Master Sergeant to Master Gunnery Sergeant: No PME requirement for selection or promotion. 5.b. Gunnery Sergeant to Master Sergeant: Complete the Marine Corps eLearning Ecosystem (MCeLE) course EPME7000BA and then have completed any one of the following courses: SNCO Leadership School, SNCO Leadership School Seminar, Resident Advanced School, Advanced School Seminar, Resident Career Course, or Career Course Seminar, or if previously affiliated with the Marine Corps Reserves the Reserve Advanced Course or the Reserve Career Course. 6. Special Duty Assignment PME waivers will be granted in accordance with the details on the Enlisted Promotions website. This exemption does not apply to the EPME requirements. 7. All Master Sergeants selected on the FY27 E8 Redesignation Board (Pilot) will not be considered on the FY27 Master Gunnery Sergeant Selection Board. 8. All Gunnery Sergeants selected on the FY27 First Sergeant Selection Board will not be considered on the FY27 Master Sergeant Selection Board. 9. All Gunnery Sergeants who meet the DOR and AFADBD cutoff for their MOS will be considered for selection to Master Sergeant. 10. The table below lists the MOS's that "feed into" the Intended MOS (IMOS) at the next higher grade indicated. Marines serving in a basic MOS are considered in their IMOS. Marines with a Primary MOS (PMOS) listed in column (A) as a feeder MOS compete for promotion to the IMOS listed in column (B), provided they meet the eligibility requirements listed in paragraph 11 below. 10.a. Master Sergeant to Master Gunnery Sergeant: COLUMN (A) COLUMN (B) COLUMN (A) COLUMN (B) MSGT FEEDER MGYSGT IMOS MSGT FEEDER MGYSGT IMOS 0111 0111 0161 0161 0211 0211 0231 0291 0241 0291 0261 0291 0321 0321 0372 0372 0393 0393 0399 0399 0411 0411 0451 0451 0491 0491 0511 0511 0521 1795 0648 0648 0681 0681 0699 0699 0848 0848 0869 0869 0871 0871 1169 1169 1349 1349 1371 1371 1391 1391 1795 1795 1799 1799 1833 1834 1834 1834 2149 2149 2181 2181 2311 2311 2336 2336 2659 2659 2691 2691 2874 2874 2891 2891 3044 3044 3047 3047 3152 3152 3381 3381 3432 3432 3451 3451 3529 3529 3537 3537 4133 4133 4421 4421 4591 4591 4821 4821 5512 5512 5519 5519 5522 5522 5523 5523 5524 5524 5769 5769 5811 5811 5821 5821 5831 5831 5959 5959 5993 5993 6019 6019 6042 6042 6046 6046 6276 6276 6391 6391 6591 6591 6672 6672 6694 6694 6842 6842 7011 7011 7041 7041 7051 7051 7212 7212 7240 7240 7291 7291 7314 7314 7316 7316 8157 8157 8412 8412 10.b. Gunnery Sergeant to Master Sergeant: COLUMN (A) COLUMN (B) COLUMN (A) COLUMN (B) GYSGT FEEDER MSGT IMOS GYSGT FEEDER MSGT IMOS 0111 0111 0161 0161 0211 0211 0231 0231 0241 0241 0261 0261 0321 0321 0363 0393 0369 0399 0372 0372 0411 0411 0451 0451 0491 0491 0511 0511 0521 1795 0629 0699 0639 0699 0648 0648 0679 0699 0681 0681 0811 0869 0848 0848 0869 0869 0871 0871 1169 1169 1349 1349 1361 1371 1371 1371 1391 1391 1711 1799 1721 1799 1751 1795 1833 1834 1834 1834 2111 2181 2131 2181 2141 2149 2146 2149 2147 2149 2161 2181 2171 2181 2311 2311 2336 2336 2629 2691 2651 2659 2862 2891 2874 2874 2887 2891 3044 3044 3047 3047 3152 3152 3381 3381 3432 3432 3451 3451 3529 3529 3537 3537 4133 4133 4421 4421 4591 4591 4821 4821 5512 5512 5521 5519 5522 5522 5523 5523 5524 5524 5769 5769 5811 5811 5821 5821 5831 5831 5939 5993 5948 5993 5951 5959 5952 5959 5953 5959 5954 5959 5955 5959 5974 5993 5979 5993 6042 6042 6046 6046 6048 6019 6062 6019 6073 6019 6074 6019 6092 6019 6113 6019 6114 6019 6116 6019 6123 6019 6124 6019 6132 6019 6152 6019 6153 6019 6154 6019 6156 6019 6173 6019 6174 6019 6176 6019 6212 6019 6213 6019 6214 6019 6216 6019 6217 6019 6218 6019 6222 6019 6223 6019 6227 6019 6252 6019 6253 6019 6256 6019 6257 6019 6258 6019 6276 6276 6282 6019 6283 6019 6286 6019 6287 6019 6288 6019 6314 6391 6316 6391 6317 6391 6323 6391 6324 6391 6326 6391 6332 6391 6336 6391 6337 6391 6338 6391 6423 6391 6432 6391 6469 6391 6483 6391 6492 6391 6499 6391 6591 6591 6672 6672 6694 6694 6842 6842 7011 7011 7041 7041 7051 7051 7212 7212 7240 7240 7291 7291 7314 7314 7316 7316 8157 8157 8412 8412 11. The tentative allocations, junior DORs for the Above Zone (AZ), Promotion Zone (IZ), Below Zone (BZ), and Armed Forces Active Duty Base Date (AFADBD) cutoffs are identified below. Marines who have a DOR that is earlier than the DOR identified for a zone are eligible for consideration in that zone for that zone. When an AFADBD is specified, it pertains only to those Marines with the listed DOR. The AFADBD is not applicable for determining eligibility of those Marines whose DOR is earlier than the DOR listed. For proper order read left to right: 11.a. Master Gunnery Sergeant: IMOS ALLOC AZ AFADBD IZ AFADBD BZ AFADBD 0111 17 20230201 20050718 20240601 20070305 20240901 NA 0161 1 20170501 NA 20240601 NA 20240901 20060821 0211 1 20240201 20060619 20240601 NA 20250401 20120830 0291 6 20230501 NA 20240601 20061128 20250301 20070220 0321 1 20220101 NA 20230101 20040927 20230101 20050627 0372 3 20220701 20010709 20230501 20060328 20230801 20040601 0399 13 20230801 NA 20240801 NA 20250401 NA 0411 3 20220701 NA 20240601 NA 20240901 NA 0451 2 20230201 NA 20240701 NA 20240901 NA 0491 14 20210401 20050622 20230801 20071009 20230801 20090804 0648 1 20230601 NA 20240701 NA NA NA 0681 1 20230801 20020904 20240801 20060213 20240901 20051025 0699 18 20230601 NA 20240701 20051129 20240901 20080324 0848 1 20230901 20070108 20230901 NA 20240701 20080721 0869 1 20221001 NA 20240601 NA 20250401 NA 1169 3 20230701 20051114 20240601 NA 20240901 NA 1349 3 20220701 NA 20240801 20050322 20240801 NA 1371 4 20230701 NA 20240801 NA 20240901 NA 1795 2 20230901 NA 20240901 20080609 NA NA 1799 4 20230301 20071105 20240601 NA 20240901 NA 1834 2 20230801 20070731 20240901 20070917 20240901 NA 2149 4 20210101 20000711 20220101 20020720 20240601 20051011 2181 2 20230801 NA 20240901 20071210 20250201 NA 2311 2 20230201 NA 20250101 NA 20250301 NA 2336 1 20230501 20050808 20230501 20051011 20230801 NA 2659 1 20210901 NA 20230801 NA 20240201 NA 2691 2 20220901 20060926 20220901 NA 20230301 NA 2891 5 20240401 20091024 20240901 20060508 20250101 NA 3044 1 20211001 NA 20230901 NA 20240801 NA 3047 11 20230701 20070709 20240901 20050913 20250201 NA 3152 2 20230201 NA 20230901 NA 20240901 20060905 3381 5 20240401 20041012 20240801 20051107 20250101 NA 3432 1 20211001 NA 20230701 20070227 20230801 NA 3451 4 20230801 NA 20240901 NA 20250301 NA 3529 5 20230101 20030904 20240401 20041012 20250401 NA 4133 1 20230901 20070612 20240901 20081027 20240901 NA 4421 1 20230701 NA 20240801 20070625 20240801 NA 4591 4 20230701 20051024 20240801 NA 20240901 NA 4821 3 20210901 NA 20240801 NA NA NA 5769 2 20240401 20050926 20240901 NA NA NA 5811 5 20230601 NA 20250301 20050110 NA NA 5831 2 20220301 NA 20250101 20051228 NA NA 5959 1 20220301 20030917 20221201 20030811 20230801 20071010 5993 7 20230801 NA 20240901 NA NA NA 6019 19 20240301 NA 20250401 20061113 20250401 NA 6046 2 20230101 20040218 20250401 NA NA NA 6276 2 20220501 20040517 20240901 20080617 20240901 NA 6391 8 20230101 NA 20240701 20050726 20250201 NA 6591 6 20220601 NA 20240601 20051114 20250401 NA 6672 4 20230701 20060807 20240801 NA 20240901 20090223 6694 2 20230801 20060913 20240801 20090824 NA NA 6842 2 20210601 NA 20240601 NA 20240901 NA 7011 1 20221001 20050601 20230901 20080908 NA NA 7051 4 20210701 NA 20240701 20080401 20240701 NA 7240 3 20221001 20070806 20240801 NA 20240901 NA 7291 4 20210701 NA 20230701 NA 20240801 20090324 7316 1 20230101 NA 20230801 NA NA NA 8157 1 20220801 NA 20230901 20041206 20240701 NA 8412 12 20220901 20061227 20230601 NA 20240601 20071029 THE FOLLOWING IMOS(S) ARE CLOSED: 0393, 0511, 0871, 1391, 2874, 3537, 5512, 5519, 5522, 5523, 5524, 5821, 6042, 7041, 7212, AND 7314. 11.b. Master Sergeant: IMOS ALLOC AZ AFADBD IZ AFADBD BZ AFADBD 0111 43 20221001 20090908 20230901 20110906 20231201 20120820 0161 2 20221101 NA 20240201 NA 20240401 NA 0211 9 20210301 20090120 20210401 NA 20211001 20110404 0231 13 20220801 NA 20230101 NA 20231101 NA 0241 1 20210301 20090330 20210401 NA 20210901 NA 0261 4 20201201 NA 20221101 20100524 20240101 NA 0321 9 20210201 NA 20221001 NA 20230801 20100726 0372 23 20221001 20100621 20230901 NA 20240501 NA 0393 1 20211001 20091102 20220201 20080811 20220201 NA 0399 51 20221201 20090706 20231101 20100719 20240102 NA 0411 10 20221001 20091102 20230701 20091026 20240101 NA 0451 4 20220801 20080512 20231001 20120410 20240501 NA 0491 56 20230101 20120618 20240201 20140915 20240501 NA 0511 1 20221101 NA 20230701 NA 20240501 20110919 0648 2 20221201 20110502 20231101 NA NA NA 0681 6 20210801 20060918 20221001 NA 20230901 20120806 0699 59 20221201 20110502 20230901 20120131 20231201 20131209 0848 5 20220701 NA 20221101 20110214 20230801 NA 0869 5 20220901 20081103 20230701 20100621 20231001 20111212 0871 4 20220901 20110502 20230101 20100907 20231001 20111114 1169 7 20221001 NA 20230701 20110404 20230801 NA 1349 17 20230402 NA 20240401 20090526 20240501 NA 1371 10 20230201 NA 20231101 20110321 20240101 NA 1391 5 20221001 NA 20230901 20110620 20240501 20111128 1795 7 20230101 NA 20240201 20110711 20240501 NA 1799 9 20211001 20100907 20220901 NA 20231001 NA 1834 13 20230101 NA 20240501 20110719 NA NA 2149 6 20230201 NA 20240401 20090921 20240401 NA 2181 11 20221001 NA 20231101 NA 20240501 20100920 2311 3 20200101 20070129 20210301 20081229 20211101 20080902 2336 17 20221201 NA 20231101 20110627 20240501 NA 2659 5 20220801 NA 20240201 20140519 NA NA 2691 9 20230201 NA 20231201 20131104 20240101 20130318 2874 1 20210101 NA 20220701 NA 20231001 20120207 2891 20 20221001 NA 20230901 20120109 20240501 NA 3044 8 20230101 NA 20240201 20150106 NA NA 3047 38 20220901 20080902 20230801 20090323 20240501 20130520 3152 6 20230102 NA 20231201 NA 20240501 NA 3381 10 20221101 20100823 20230801 NA 20231201 NA 3432 4 20220901 NA 20230901 20110307 20231101 20120820 3451 5 20230201 20110906 20240201 20140811 NA NA 3529 20 20221001 20090126 20230801 20110110 20240501 20110718 3537 20 20220901 20090615 20230801 20090420 20240402 20121022 4133 3 20230101 20100907 20230901 NA 20240201 NA 4421 3 20230201 NA 20230901 NA 20231201 NA 4591 6 20230101 20110906 20240101 20120507 20240201 NA 4821 5 20221001 20090112 20230701 NA 20231002 NA 5519 1 20220901 20070918 20240401 20090608 20240401 NA 5524 1 20190901 NA 20240401 NA 20240501 NA 5769 5 20230101 20110620 20240201 20130805 20240501 NA 5811 14 20230102 NA 20230801 20100607 20240501 20120910 5821 4 20220901 NA 20230801 NA 20240401 NA 5831 6 20220801 NA 20240401 20081020 20240401 NA 5959 1 20230201 20111205 20240101 20120117 20240201 20111212 5993 7 20230201 NA 20240201 NA NA NA 6019 50 20220701 20061219 20230701 20070109 20230901 20101213 6042 2 20221201 20100802 20231101 NA 20240201 20130225 6046 9 20220701 20071016 20230701 20091026 20230901 20110711 6276 5 20220801 20080721 20240501 20110801 20240501 NA 6391 29 20220701 20050815 20230701 20081208 20240102 20130722 6591 12 20221101 20101025 20230801 20110124 20240201 20120709 6672 4 20230101 20110613 20230701 20090223 20230901 NA 6694 4 20221101 NA 20240101 20120618 20240201 20140317 6842 6 20221001 NA 20231001 NA NA NA 7011 3 20221101 NA 20231201 NA 20240401 NA 7041 5 20221101 NA 20231001 20110912 20240401 20100111 7051 7 20220801 NA 20230701 NA 20240401 NA 7212 11 20230101 NA 20240201 20150112 NA NA 7240 9 20230101 20120625 20240201 20121022 20240201 NA 7291 4 20220201 20101018 20231001 20100823 20240101 NA 7314 5 20230201 20090127 20240201 NA NA NA 8412 34 20230201 NA 20231201 NA 20240501 NA THE FOLLOWING IMOS ARE CLOSED: 5512, 5522, 5523, 7316, AND 8157. 11.c. The above zone contains Marines who previously received consideration in the promotion zone and failed selection. 11.d. Details related to lateral moves (LATMOVE) are listed on the Enlisted Promotions website. Marines who received an adjusted date of rank or make a LATMOVE after this MARADMIN is released must notify MMPB-11 in writing by 2359, EDT on 26 October 2026. 11.e. All Marines who meet the requirements set forth in this MARADMIN and on the Enlisted Promotions Unit website will compete for promotion in the MOS assigned on the day prior to the convening date of the board. 11.f. Questions regarding MOS allocations, zones, and AFADBD cutoffs should be addressed to MPP-20 DSN: 278-9361 or Comm (703) 784-9361. 12. Points of Contact: 12.a. President of the Board: President, FY27 Master Gunnery Sergeant and Master Sergeant Promotion Selection Board Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (MMPB-11) 2008 Elliot Road Quantico VA 22134-5103 Comm: (703) 432-9482, DSN: 278-9482 E-mail: [email protected] 12.b. Manpower Management Performance Branch (MMPB) Commandant of the Marine Corps (MMPB) Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps 2008 Elliot Road Quantico, VA 22134-5030 12.b.1. Records Management Unit (MMPB-22). For questions regarding the O-RMA submission process. Comm: (703) 432-2043, DSN: 278-2043 E-mail: [email protected] 12.b.2. Performance Evaluation Unit (MMPB-23). For questions regarding fitness report submissions and date gaps. Note: Submitted FitReps pending processing at MMPB-23 will be expedited for the board. Do not call or email to expedite the processing of submitted reports as it will only delay processing. Comm: (703) 784-2768, DSN: 278-2768 For Policy and Compliance/Corrections: E-mail: [email protected]. For FitRep Processing: Comm: (703) 784-3901, DSN: 278-3901 E-mail: [email protected]. 12.b.3. Enlisted Career Analyst and Evaluation Unit (MMPB-24). For selection board counseling and record review. Comm: (703) 784-3929, DSN: 278-3929 E-mail: [email protected] 12.c. Separation and Retirement Branch (MMSR), Active Duty Retirement Section (MMSR-2) Commandant of the Marine Corps (MMSR-2) 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134-5103 Comm: (703) 784-9322/9323, DSN: 278-9322/9323 E-Mail: [email protected] 13. This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 14. Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//