MARADMIN 399/24
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026 TOP LEVEL SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT
R 291850Z AUG 24 MARADMIN 399/24 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026 TOP LEVEL SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/MM/YMD: 20190530// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/YMD: 20210510// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/YMD: 20080125// REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC/YMD: 20081211// REF/E/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20200825// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1524.1, MARINE CORPS GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1553.4B, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. REF D IS MARADMIN 703/08, OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SUMMARY. REF E IS MARADMIN 491/20, REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CONSIDERATION BY BOARDS AND SELECTION PROCESSES PERTAINING TO ASSIGNMENT, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND COMMAND.// POC/J. L. GOSS/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This message announces Top Level School (TLS) programs and fellowship assignments available during Academic Year (AY) 2025-2026, the eligible officer population for screening and the timeline for execution of the TLS selection board. 1.a. Major timeline milestones are: Date Milestone Release of this message TLS questionnaire open 1 October 2024 Completed questionnaire due 1 October 2024 Remove by request (RBR) due 16 October 2024 TLS Board convenes 15 November 2024 TLS results released 2.a. Top Level School. TLS is the premier Professional Military Education (PME) opportunity provided to lieutenant colonels and colonels (by exception). The purpose of the TLS Selection Board is to select the best and most fully qualified Marine officers for resident education programs and special duty assignments. 3. Eligibility. All eligibility questions should be directed to your primary MOS monitor. 3.a. Eligibility criteria 3.a.1. Lieutenant colonels and majors who were selected on the CY23/FY25 Promotion Selection Board (PSB) who will have 24 months’ time-on-station (TOS) by 31 July 2025 or are otherwise scheduled to complete their prescribed tour control factor (TCF) in Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). 3.a.2. Lieutenant colonels currently in command of an organization identified in the Command Screening Program who are scheduled to complete their command tour in FY25. 3.a.3. Due to the shift in timing of the CY24/FY26 Colonel PSB, Marines selected for promotion to colonel who have not previously had the opportunity to screen for TLS, may request to screen on the AY25-26 TLS board by contacting their monitor as long as all other eligibility requirements are met. 3.a.4. The eligibility roster is posted under the Top Level School Board tab on the following website: https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/wordpress/?active_marine= active-marines-home/manpower-management-division/mmoa/mmoa-3- homepage 3.b. Ineligibility criteria 3.b.1. Lieutenant colonels in the above zone. 3.b.2. Majors selected to lieutenant colonel on the CY24/FY26 Lieutenant Colonel PSB. 3.b.3. Officers with a mandatory retirement date prior to 31 December 2028. 3.b.4. Limited duty officers. 3.b.5. Officers attending or selected to attend Intermediate Level School (ILS) or Advanced ILS schools which require a follow on utilization tour who will not complete one year of their utilization tour by 31 July 2025. 3.b.6. Officers serving in the Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Program (PHDP) or serving in the subsequent utilization tour. 3.b.7. Officers with an approved voluntary separation or retirement date. 4. Education program allocations 4.a. Department of Defense (DoD) schools. The AY25-26 TLS Board will select officers to attend the DoD schools listed below. Schools, quotas, and convening dates are subject to change. Officers who complete one of the following DoD schools will obtain joint PME (JPME) phase II credit. (Read in five columns)