MARADMIN 421/26
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE FISCAL YEAR 2027 EXECUTIVE LEVEL EDUCATION ASSIGNMENTS
R 161843Z SEP 26 MARADMIN 421/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE FISCAL YEAR 2027 EXECUTIVE LEVEL EDUCATION ASSIGNMENTS// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20080125// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY.// POC/T. J. SCHULZE/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. This message announces Executive Level Education (ELE) assignments available during fiscal year 2027 (FY27), eligibility criteria for interested officers, and outlines the process for requesting assignment to ELE. 1.a. ELE assignment process. Director, Manpower Management approves these high-visibility assignments based on the qualities of interested officers who meet the eligibility criteria outlined below. 1.b. Major timeline milestones are: Date Milestone Release of this message Start of application period 9 October 2026 Applications due 2. Background. ELE programs are 10-12 month education or fellowship programs available to post-Top Level School (TLS) lieutenant colonels and colonels. 3. Eligibility 3.a. Eligibility criteria 3.a.1. Colonels and colonel-selects who will have 24 months time-on-station (TOS) by 31 July 2027 or are otherwise scheduled to complete their prescribed tour control factor (TCF) in FY27. This includes officers selected for colonel on the FY28 Promotion Screening Board. 3.b. Ineligibility criteria 3.b.1. Lieutenant colonels in the above zone for promotion. 3.b.2. Limited duty officers. 3.b.3. Officers with an approved voluntary separation or retirement date. 3.b.4 Officers who have previously declined education program selection. 3.b.5 Officers in receipt of orders to report in FY27. 3.c. Contact primary military occupational specialty (PMOS) monitors with questions regarding eligibility. 4. Available ELE assignments 4.a. The below assignments to foreign professional military education (FPME) and CMC fellowships are available during FY27. Please see the websites in paragraphs 4.b and 4.c, respectively, for further information. (Read in five columns) Assignment Quota Report Rotate Note NATO Defense College 1 Aug 27 Jun 28 1 (Rome, Italy) India National Defense College 1 Dec 27 Dec 28 1 (New Delhi, India) RAND Corporation (Fellowship) 1 Aug 27 Jun 28 2 (Arlington, VA) Hoover Institution 1 Aug 27 Jun 28 2 (Stanford) Centre des Hautes Études Militaires (CHEM) (France) 1 Aug 27 Jun 28 3 Note 1: See FPME website in paragraph 4.b for more information or contact the MCU POC listed in paragraph 7. Note 2: See CMC fellowship website in paragraph 4.c for more information or contact the MCU POC listed in paragraph 7. Note 3: Student must have taken the French Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) in FY26 with a score of 2 in listening, 2 in reading, and 1+ in speaking to be selected for this course. 4.b. Foreign PME website: https://www.usmcu.edu/Acad emic-Programs/CMC-Fellows-Strategists-Foreign-PME-Olmsted-Scholars/F oreign-Professional-Military-Education/ 4.c. CMC fellowship website: https://www.usmcu.edu/Ac ademic-Programs/CMC-Fellows-Strategists-Foreign-PME-Olmsted-Scholars /Commandant-of-the-Marine-Corps-Fellowships/ 5. Application process 5.a. Officers who meet the eligibility criteria outlined above and who are interested in ELE assignment shall complete the ELE application no later than 9 October 2026. In this application, officers shall also list, in order of preference, the ELE program(s) they request assignment to. Interested officers are not required to list all available ELE assignments and may request assignment to a single program. 5.b. Once responses are submitted via the application questionnaire, applicants and MMOA-3 will receive an automatic notification of completion. Officers can reset their own application questionnaire to make edits, updates, or upload additional documents during the application period. Officers are required to notify their PMOS monitor via email of their intent to apply for ELE assignment. The questionnaire is located at: https://www2.manpower.usmc.mil/application_cac/edu/index.jsp 5.c. Following the application window, PMOS monitors will confirm whether or not an officer is eligible and that the officer is now under consideration for ELE assignment. 5.d. Correspondence. The application questionnaire is the only method MMOA-3 will receive and process correspondence. Documents submitted via any means other than the application questionnaire, such as e-mail, will not be processed for inclusion into an application. Officers may submit any material not found in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via the application. This includes letters of recommendation. Officers may submit a letter to Director, Manpower Management, similar to a letter to the board, but are reminded that such letters should either: (1) Explain a discrepancy in a Fitness Report or record; (2) Explain unique circumstances that led to a career path perceived as significantly different; or (3) Explain a discrepancy not covered by case (1) and (2). Any letters should be brief and limited to a clear explanation of the issue involved. 5.d.1. Do not submit more than SEVEN documents. 5.d.2. Each document must not exceed 800 KB and must be in .pdf format. 5.d.3. File naming convention is important for correspondence collection and consolidation. Name the file appropriately according to type of correspondence i.e. "EDIPI_LOR_lastname” for a letter of recommendation. 5.d.4. If submitting multiple of the same type of document, such two separate letters of recommendations, label them as such “EDIPI_LOR_lastname (1), EDIPI_LOR_lastname (2)”. 6. Assignment results. Applicants will be notified of the results by their PMOS monitor. 6.a. Declinations. Officers assigned to an ELE program who decline must forward their request via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA). Unless otherwise approved by Director, Manpower Management, officers who decline assignment to an ELE program will not be considered for any other ELE program during the slating year and are ineligible for future ELE assignment. Declinations must be received by MMOA NLT 10 calendar days from the release of the results MARADMIN. 6.b. Deferrals 6.b.1. Officers assigned to ELE who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary life or personal circumstances may request a deferral. Officers requesting deferral must forward their request to HQMC (MMOA) via AA form. Deferrals must be endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command. 6.b.2. If approved, the Director, Manpower Management will defer officers to a future ELE assignment. 7. Points of contact. Col E. J. Smith Branch Head, MMOA Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: [email protected] Col E. F. Bradley Ground Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: [email protected] Col J. C. Davis Aviation Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9300 Email: [email protected] LtCol B. D. Kelly Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9267 Email: [email protected] LtCol B. A. Salter Combat Arms Lieutenant Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: [email protected] LtCol D. C. Walker Combat Service Support Lieutenant Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: [email protected] LtCol C. T. Thompson Information Lieutenant Colonel Monitor Comm: (703) 784-9274 Email: [email protected] LtCol J. D. Pineiro Director CMC Fellowships/Foreign PME, MCU Comm: (703) 432-4837 Email: [email protected] 8. This message is only applicable to the active component. 9. Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//