FY26 Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Selection Board – Change 1
Correction to MARADMIN 061/26, updating the board convene date (on or about 29 April 2026), the junior in-zone officer, the promotion rank (major general), and the opt-in deadline (3 April 2026).
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 272008Z MAR 26 MARADMIN 142/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/CHANGE 1 TO CONVENING OF THE FY26 LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SELECTION BOARD// REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC MMPB/YMD:241518ZFEB26// AMP/REF A IS MARADMIN 061/26, CONVENING OF THE FY26 LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SELECTION BOARD// POC/M.J. COOK/MAJ/MMPB-10/-/TEL: (703)784-9704// EMAIL: MICHAEL.J.COOK@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This MARADMIN announces changes to the selection board convene date, the junior in-zone officer eligible for selection, the promotion selection rank, and opt-in deadline. 2. The lineal control number of the junior in-zone for the FY26 Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Selection Board in reference (a), paragraph 4.a., is changed to read as follows: In Zone: Junior Officer In-Zone - Col Gibson, Robert A. DOR 01 Apr 24 LCN 20068000 3. This selection board is now scheduled to convene on or about 29 April 2026, at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. 4. This Legal Counsel to CJCS selection will be a promotion to major general. 5. The OPT-IN deadline has been extended to 3 April 2026. Due to the Joint nature of this board, eligible officers should contact MMPB-10 to notify of any changes made to their record after the OPT-IN deadline of 3 April 2026 to ensure those changes are appropr- iately reflected in the joint selection boardroom. Officers are encouraged to submit their correspondence concurrently with their OPT-IN request or NLT 2359 Friday, 17 April 2026 to ensure timely submission in accordance with section 156 of reference (a). Correspondence arriving after this date will not be seen by the board. 6. Release authorized by BGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//
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.
This is the original convening message that MARADMIN 142/26 amends. Eligible officers need to read it for the full board procedures, opt-in instructions, and correspondence guidance, since this change message only updates specific paragraphs within it.