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FY2026 Remedial SNCO Degree Completion Program (SNCODCP) Selection Board Results

MARADMIN 156/26·April 7, 2026·Official source

The single selectee chosen by the FY2026 Remedial Staff Noncommissioned Officer Degree Completion Program board, which convened 5 March 2026. This MARADMIN does not apply to the Marine Corps Reserve.

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 031833Z APR 26

MARADMIN 156/26

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//

SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2026 REMEDIAL STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER DEGREE

COMPLETION PROGRAM (SNCODCP) SELECTION BOARD RESULTS//

REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/0242000ZSEP25//

REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/13MAY2013//

REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/11MAY2021//

NARR/REF (A) IS MARADMIN 452/25, FISCAL YEAR 2026 SNCODCP SELECTION

BOARD.  REF (B) IS MCO 1560.21E, STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER

DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM.  REF (C) IS MCO 1326.6 W/CH-1, SELECTING,

SCREENING, AND PREPARING ENLISTED MARINES FOR SCREENING BILLETS

AND INDEPENDEDNT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS (SCREENMAN).//

POC/K. L. MCCOY/MAJ/MMEA-25/TEL: 703-432-9472/

EMAIL: KRISTINA.MCCOY@USMC.MIL//

POC/B. S. WILKINS/GYSGT/MMEA-25/TEL: 703-432-9473/

EMAIL: BRANDON.WILKINS@USMC.MIL//

POC/L. JAIME/GYSGT/MMEA-3/TEL: 703-784-9085/

EMAIL: LETTY.JAIME@USMC.MIL//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The Fiscal Year 2026 Remedial Staff 

Noncommissioned Officer Degree Program selection board convened on

05 March 2026, to select qualified Marines to fill billets requiring

a baccalaureate degree and further maintain an inventory of Staff

Noncommissioned Officers trained in specialized areas.

2.  The following applicant was selected for the FY26 SNCODCP:

RANK  NAME                   DISCIPLINE    SLATED MCC 

SSGT  ARELLANO, MELISSA      PSYCHOLOGY       044

3.  Orders for the above listed Marine will be transmitted via

separate correspondence.  Report dates will be in accordance with

reference (a).

4.  This MARADMIN does not apply to the Marine Corps Reserve.

5.  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.

  • FY2026 SNCODCP Selection Board announcement (MARADMIN 452/25)MARADMIN

    This is the originating board announcement that set the rules and report date guidance for the FY26 SNCODCP. Orders for selected Marines are executed in accordance with it.

  • Staff Noncommissioned Officer Degree Completion Program order (MCO 1560.21E)Reference

    This is the governing Marine Corps Order for the SNCODCP. It establishes the program requirements and policies that this selection board operated under.

  • Screening billets and independent duty assignments order (MCO 1326.6 w/CH-1, SCREENMAN)Reference

    This order covers the selection, screening, and preparation of enlisted Marines for screening billets and independent duty assignments, which is relevant to the specialized billet placements made through SNCODCP.

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