2026 Marine Corps Engineer and EOD Annual Awards Recipients
The official list of selected individuals and units for the 2026 Engineer and Explosive Ordnance Disposal annual awards, across all categories. Applies to active and reserve recipients alike; several winning units are Reserve or Reserve-affiliated.
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 271900Z JUL 26 MARADMIN 340/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC L WASHINGTON DC// SUBJ/2026 MARINE CORPS ENGINEER AND EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) AWARDS RECIPIENTS// REF/A/MSGID: MARADMIN 089/26/CMC WASHINGTON DC// REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MCO 1650.61 CH 1// REF/C/MSGID: DOC/MCO 1610.7B// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN REQUESTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS PROGRAM. REF B IS MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS AWARDS PROGRAM (MCILAP). REF C IS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM (PES)// POC/FORREST S. ELGE/MGYSGT USMC/UNIT: LPE/TEL: 571-256-7159/EMAIL: FORREST.ELGE@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Commandant of the Marine Corps takes pleasure in congratulating the following individuals/units who were selected as recipients of the 2026 Engineer and EOD annual awards in the categories indicated. Read in three columns: Award Recipient Unit SAME Senior Eng Officer Maj Robert J. Boyles 1st CEB SAME Senior Eng SNCO MSgt Luke D. Swanson 7th ESB Combat Engineer Officer 1stLt Set L. Fricke 2D CEB Combat Engineer SNCO SSgt Zachary D. Judy MWSS-372 Combat Engineer NCO Sgt Dakota D. McIntyre 7th ESB Combat Engineer Marine LCpl Bryan M. Scheifla 7th ESB Engr Equipment Officer CWO3 Hanmo L. Broeker 9th ESB Engr Equipment SNCO GySgt Baltazar Villareal 9th ESB Engr Equipment NCO Cpl Noah M. McCloskey 2D CEB Engr Equipment Marine Cpl Robert R. Butelli 1st CEB Utilities Officer CWO3 Brandon J. Cain II MIG Utilities SNCO SSgt Daniel A. Holley MWSS-372 Utilities NCO Sgt Jacob D. Aleman 7th ESB Utilities Marine Cpl Dane A. Lebresh MARSOC Exped Fuel Officer CWO2 Shahid H. Jordan 7th ESB Exped Fuel SNCO GySgt Bannalob Vilavanh MWSS-171 Exped Fuel NCO Sgt Andres OcampoHernandez MWSS-171 Exped Fuel Marine LCpl John E. Apodaca 9th ESB EOD Officer CWO2 Alfredo E Andrade 8th ESB EOD Technician MSgt Curtis R. Bartz MCLE Combat Engineer Bn 1st Combat Engineer Bn 1st MARDIV Engineer Support Bn 8th Engineer Support Bn 2d MLG MWSS Engineer Company Engineer Company, MWSS-172 1st MAW Naval Const Force Naval Mobile Const Bn 11 NCG 2 2. All 2026 award recipients are invited to attend the awards banquet to be recognized. The awards banquet will be held on 18 Sept 2026 at the Double Tree by Hilton in Sacramento, CA. The two Society of American Military Engineer (SAME) Award recipients will recognized at the 2027 Joint Engineer Training Conference (JETC) to be held in Milwaukee, WI. Separate correspondence will be sent at a later date TBD. 3. All personnel attending must pre-register prior to 20 Aug 2026. For pre-registration questions, contact Marine Corps Engineer Association Treasurer, LtCol George Carlson USMC (Ret) at 931-307-9094 or email treasurer@marcorengasn.org. Registration details, itinerary and the mandatory pre-registration form for all attendees (including award recipients and their guests) are available at the MCEA website. To access the page, go to www.marcorengasn.org, select the REUNIONS tab, then select 2026 Reunion from the drop-down menu and scroll down and double-click on the 2026 Registration Form. The Society of American Military Engineers will cover the awards banquet expense for all award recipients plus one guest each. The Marine Corps Engineer Association will similarly cover the Welcome Reception expense for all award recipients plus one guest each. All attendees (including awards recipients) must register and submit their registration form. Additional guests beyond the one free will pay full rate for the Welcome Aboard Reception and the Awards Banquet. Other family and guests must submit their registration form and pay event fees with their registration. Instructions for event payment are on the bottom of the registration form. 4. Uniform requirements for the MCEA reunion are as follows: 4.A. Welcome aboard reception: Business casual. 4.B. MCEA business meeting: Business casual. 4.C. Awards dinner/presentation: Service Alpha/coat and tie for civilians. 5. Per Ref B, commanders are responsible for orders and funding for their recipients and any other representatives authorized to travel to the award ceremonies. 6. Request commands notify MCEA POC via e-mail or phone no later than 15 Aug 2026 to confirm the attendance/non-attendance of the award recipients/unit representative at the reunion. For those award recipients unable to attend, provide mailing address and unit POC contact info so plaque and other information can be mailed. Request commands locally recognize the award recipients for their extraordinary accomplishments through appropriate ceremonies. Photos may be provided to the MCEA POC. 7. Per Ref C, Service-wide eligible awards such as the Engineer and EOD Awards warrant immediate reporting to CMC in the form of a Directed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps (DC) fitness report. 8. Feedback from the awards board provided the following: all nominees are very deserving of our respect and deserve special recognition. There were 124 individual and 8 unit submissions this year. Congratulations to all the nominees. 9. Release authorized by LtGen Andrew M. Niebel, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (L).//
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 earlier message that solicited nominations for the awards program announced here. Useful context if you want to understand the nomination process or criteria used.
- Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Awards Program (MCO 1650.61 CH 1)Reference
This order governs the awards program under which these Engineer and EOD awards fall. Commanders are specifically directed to it regarding their responsibility to fund and cut orders for award recipients traveling to the ceremony.
- Performance Evaluation System order (MCO 1610.7B)Reference
This order covers the Marine Corps performance evaluation system. This MARADMIN cites it to require that service-wide eligible awards like these Engineer and EOD awards trigger a Directed by the Commandant fitness report for recipients.
This is the registration and reunion page for the Marine Corps Engineer Association, an organization that connects current and former Marine engineers across combat engineer, EOD, utilities, and related fields. If you served in or with a USMC engineer unit, this page lets you join the association, register for annual reunions, and access member resources including newsletters and historical records.