The Marine Corps is accepting nominations for the Calendar Year 2025 Department of War Counterintelligence and HUMINT Enterprise (DCHE) awards. These are DoD-level awards recognizing standout CI and HUMINT professionals and teams across the defense intelligence community. Nominations cover actions conducted between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025. The hard deadline to get packages to HQMC is 16 March 2026.
Heads up: No late submissions will be accepted, and full packages must route through your local G-2X before reaching HQMC.
Who it affects
Marines and units in the CI and HUMINT community across the Total Force, SMCR and active component alike. Nominators must be an O-6 or above commander. Contractors are not eligible. Individuals cannot be nominated for both an individual and a team award in the same category.
What you need to do
If you have someone worth nominating:
- Confirm your O-6 or above commander will endorse the package.
- Get full award category criteria from your local G-2X section or the POCs below (criteria live at a higher classification level).
- Build your nomination package. Required documents:
- Nomination narrative: Two pages max. Cover award category, nominee info, organization, POC, nominating authority, and a summary and significance of the achievement.
- Award citation: Ten lines max. Must be UNCLASSIFIED. Any CUI or classified citation gets returned.
- Biography or team list: One page max for individuals. Team nominations list all members (first name, middle initial, last name, grade/rank). Teams are capped at 25 personnel.
- Vetting letter: From the parent command, signed by a GS/GG-15 or O-6 or above, confirming the nominee is clean of derogatory information, unresolved security issues, UCMJ violations, and negative conduct.
- Submit via the appropriate network to HQMC M-2X by 16 March 2026. Only one nomination per category per command.
Package format: Times New Roman, 12-point font. Overall classification must not exceed SECRET//NOFORN. Mark all documents per CAPCO guidelines. Templates and detailed instructions were pushed via ETMS2 on SIPR to all MARFOR and MEF G-2X sections.
Primary POC: MSgt T. M. Duran, M-2X IID DC I
Phone: 703-784-5871
NIPR: togiaso.duran@usmc.mil
SIPR: togiaso.duran@usmc.smil.mil
Alternate POC: C. M. Lindsey (DIA LNO)
Phone: 202-231-7610
NIPR: chaka.lindsey@dodiis.mil
SIPR: chaka.lindsey2@dia.smil.mil
Key dates
- 16 March 2026: Hard deadline for all nominations to HQMC. No exceptions.
- 17-27 March 2026: M-2X reviews and deconflicts Marine Corps nominations.
- 30 March 2026: HQMC submits selected nominations to DIA.
- May 2026: DIA convenes selection panels.
- June 2026: Award recipients announced.
- August 2026: DCHE awards ceremony (details via SEPCOR).
The official version
This is MARADMIN 005/26. The call for nominations originated from DIA.
This is written by a reservist, for reservists. It is not an official publication of HQMC or MARFORRES. Always verify guidance with your command or unit S-1 before acting on any article or summary.