Phase III Special Duty Assignment Opportunities Brief Schedule — July–September 2026
A schedule of active-component enlisted Special Duty Assignment (SDA) informational briefs at major installations from July 31 through September 3, 2026. Venue details and coordinating instructions will be distributed through unit Career Counselors via Total Force Retention System.
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 041935Z JUN 26 MARADMIN 258/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/PHASE III SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS OPPORTUNITIES BRIEF ROADSHOW// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/MM: 20100908// AMPN/REF (A) IS MCO 1040.31, ENLISTED RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.// POC/M. CUESPINOSA/MAJ/MMEA-3/TEL: 703-784-9657/ EMAIL: MIGUEL.CUESPINOSA@USMC.MIL// POC/P. N. DELACRUZ/MAJ/MMEA-25/TEL: 703-784-9472/ EMAIL: PATRICK.DELACRUZ@USMC.MIL/ POC/L. SANCHEZ JR./MGYSGT/MMEA-3/TEL: 703-784-9658/ EMAIL: LUIS.SANCHEZ3@USMC.MIL// POC/E. J. SERWAS/SSGT/SDA RETENTION CHIEF/TEL: 703-784-9144/ EMAIL: ERICH.SERWAS@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments (MMEA) Special Duty Assignments (SDA) Monitors will visit major installations across the Fleet Marine Force and Supporting Establishment. Phase III SDA Opportunities Briefs educate Marines on assignment opportunities for SDAs and screenable duties. 2. Dates of Phase III SDA Opportunities Briefs (read in three columns): Location: Date(s): Brief Time MCAS Iwakuni 31 Jul 26 0830 Okinawa 3-6 Aug 26 0830 MCB Hawaii 10 Aug 26 0830 MCAS Yuma 12 Aug 26 0830 29 Palms 13 Aug 26 0830 MCAS Miramar 14 Aug 26 0830 Camp Pendleton (North) 17 Aug 26 0830 and 1300 Camp Pendleton (South) 18 Aug 26 0830 and 1300 MCB Quantico 25 Aug 26 0900 MCAS Beaufort 31 Aug 26 0830 Camp Lejeune 1 Sep 26 0830 and 1300 MCAS New River 2 Sep 26 0830 MCAS Cherry Point 3 Sep 26 0830 3. Detailed schedules, brief venues, and coordinating instructions will be published through Total Force Retention System and communicated to commands through unit Career Counselors. 4. Monitor Duties (read in two columns): Monitor: Duty: GySgt Walker Recruiting GySgt Henderson Drill Instructor Assistant Marine Officer Instructor Force Fitness Instructor Martial Arts and Fitness of Excellence Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival United States Naval Academy Officer Candidates School GySgt Hamrick Marine Security Guard Foreign Area Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Defense Attaché Program GySgt Wilkins Combat Instructor Marine Corps Shooting Team Security Forces Enlisted Education Programs Congressional Fellowship Program Marine Corps Attack Drone Team SSgt Santuario Equal Opportunities Advisor Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy 4a. Monitor Contact Information (read in three columns): Monitor: E-mail: Phone: GySgt Walker blake.walker@usmc.mil (703) 432-9474 GySgt Henderson yaffa.henderson@usmc.mil (703) 432-9475 GySgt Hamrick david.a.hamrick.mil@usmc.mil (703) 432-9476 GySgt Wilkins brandon.wilkins@usmc.mil (703) 432-9473 5. Refer all questions to the unit Career Counselors and POCs listed above. 6. Release authorized by MajGen 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.
- Enlisted Retention and Career Development Program (MCO 1040.31)Reference
This is the governing order for enlisted retention and career development that underlies the SDA brief program. Marines interested in the policy framework behind Special Duty Assignments and screenable duties would refer to it.