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FY26 Foreign Area Staff NCO (FAS) Program Study Track Selection Panel Results

MARADMIN 089/26·March 9, 2026·Official source

The three Marines selected for the FY26 FAS Program study track, with their grade, PMOS, and assigned region. Selectees are directed to contact the listed POC for further guidance.

This is a routine update — a name list, a set of results, or a recurring notice. There is nothing here to translate into plain English, so the official text is reproduced in full below. Read it on marines.mil

Official text

R 052009Z MAR 25

MARADMIN 089/26

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC PPO PL WASHINGTON DC//

SUBJ/FY26 FOREIGN AREA STAFF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER (FAS) PROGRAM

STUDY TRACK SELECTION PANEL RESULTS//

REF/A/GENADMIN/CMC/R 211456Z OCT 25 

NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 493/25 FY26 FOREIGN AREA STAFF

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER (FAS) PROGRAM STUDY TRACK SOLICITATION

MESSAGE.//

POC/1/MOFFETT, LEE/MGYSGT/CMC PPO PL WASHINGTON DC/DSN 224-4366/

703-692-4366/LEE.MOFFETT@USMC.MIL.//

POC/2/MCCORMICK,BRETT/LTCOL/CMC PPO PL WASHINGTON DC/DSN 224-4365/

703-692-4365/BRETT.MCCORMICK@USMC.MIL//

POC/3/FISHER, CLAYTON/CIV/CMC PPO PL WASHINGTON DC/DSN 224-0322/

703-614-0322/CLAYTON.FISHER@USMC.MIL.//

POC/4/WILKINS, BRANDON/GYSGT/HQMC MMEA25 QUANTICO VA/DSN 378-9473/

703-432-9473/BRANDON.WILKINSON@USMC.MIL.//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/

1.  Purpose.  To announce results of the International Affairs

Program (IAP) FY26 FAS Program study track selection panel.

2.  Ref A solicited applications for the FY26 FAS Program study

track selection panel.  The following Marines have been selected to

participate in the FAS Program study track.

Name                    Grade           PMOS            Region

Claude, Phillip C.      GySgt           0639            INDOPACOM

Nash, Frederick T.      GySgt           6176            AFRICOM

Decker, Sean C.         GySgt           6256            AFRICOM

3.  Selectees are directed to contact POC 1 identified above to

receive further guidance.  Following this guidance, appropriate

orders shall be issued to either the Naval Postgraduate School to

complete the respective National Security Affairs Regional Security

Studies Certificate Program or to follow-on training location in

the National Capital Region.

4.  Release authorized by BGen Daniel Taylor, Director, Strategy and

Plans Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters U.S.

Marine Corps.//

Resources & references

The documents this bulletin points to, with a plain-English note on why each matters. Links marked CAC required need a government login.

  • FY26 FAS Program Study Track Solicitation Message (MARADMIN 493/25)MARADMIN

    This is the original solicitation message that opened applications for the FY26 Foreign Area Staff NCO Program study track. Reservists interested in future cycles would want to review it to understand eligibility requirements and the application process.

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