FY2026 Career Designation Panel 2 Results — Active Component Marine Officers
The results of the second FY2026 Career Designation Panel, which convened 27 July 2026 and determines which active-component officers are offered the opportunity to remain on active duty beyond their initial service obligation. This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserves.
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 131945Z AUG 26 MARADMIN 367/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2026 CAREER DESIGNATION PANEL NUMBER 2 RESULTS// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210203// REF/B/MSGID: MSG/CMC/20260528// REF/C/MSGID: DOC/MIO/20130703// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1001.65A, OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS. REF B IS MARADMIN 241/26, ANNOUNCEMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 CAREER DESIGNATION PANEL 2 FOR ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINE OFFICERS. REF C IS MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM PERSONNEL REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS USER MANUAL (MCTFSPRIUM).// POC/M. ALDRED/MAJ/UNIT: RRO/MMOA-3//TEL: (703)784-9284/ EMAIL: SMB_MANPOWER_OFFICER_PROGRAMS@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Career Designation Panel 2 (CDP 2) convened on 27 July 2026 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. Based on the panel's recommendations, the Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DC M&RA) will offer Career Designation (CD) to selected officers, allowing them to remain on active duty beyond their initial service obligation. 2. CD Process 2.a. CD is a milestone in a Marine officer’s career. Commanders are required to counsel those officers who have been offered CD on the implications of either accepting or declining CD before that officer responds. In addition to speaking with their commander, officers considering declining CD should also reach out to their Primary Military Occupational Specialty (PMOS) Monitor before declining CD. 2.b. Notifications 2.b.1. Upon release of this MARADMIN, the Retention and Release Officer (RRO) will notify all officers being offered CD via Marine Online (MOL). 2.b.2. RRO will also notify officers not offered CD via MOL. Those officers not offered CD are eligible to screen on subsequent panels if their current Expiration of Active Service (EAS) date supports subsequent screenings. 2.b.3. A list of all officers offered CD is located on the following site: https://www.manpower.marines.mil/Divisions/Manpower-Management/ Officer-Assignments/Plans-and-Programs-MMOA-3/#tab/ retention-and-release 2.c. Accepting or Declining 2.c.1. Officers offered CD must accept or decline the offer by responding to the MOL message no later than 14 days from MOL notification. Officers who do not respond to this offer by the deadline will be considered as having declined CD and will execute their existing EAS. 2.c.2. Officers who accept CD will incur a 24-month active duty service obligation beginning 1 September 2026 and ending 1 September 2028. This obligation runs concurrently with, not in place of, any existing or future obligation incurred by permeant change of station orders (PCS). Marines who request resignation before the completion of obligation will traditionally be disapproved. Officers who accept the offer of CD will have their EAS changed to indefinite (00000000) upon acceptance. 2.c.3. Officers who decline CD will execute their current EAS. Traditionally, extensions will be disapproved. 2.d. Reporting and Administration 2.d.1. The RRO will report the offer of CD via Unit Diary Marine Integrated Personnel System. Commands will be notified via the Diary Feedback Report to the respective Installation Personnel Administration Centers (IPACs) per MCTFSPRIUM, paragraph 41001. This information will reflect on the Officer Data (OFFD) screen in the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS). 2.d.2. The following codes can be used to determine an officer’s CD status in MCTFS: 1 - Active Screening on a CDP 2 - Offered CD 5 - Not Offered CD 6 - Accepted CD 7 - Declined CD / Did Not Respond 2.d.3. Admin Chiefs, Personnel Chiefs, Personnel Officers, Manpower Officers, IPACs, and G1’s can utilize the OFFD screen via MCTFS to verify officers who were offered, not offered, accepted, or declined CD. This information is resident in the MCTFS record and can be found as ACDU CAREER DESIG CODE and ACDU CAREER DESIG CONSIDER DT. 3. Remedial Career Designation 3.a. Under the Commanding General Remedial CD Program, Commanding Generals are authorized per MCO 1001.65A to nominate for remedial CD consideration those eligible Marines who were not offered CD on FY26 CDP2 to the RRO/MMOA-3. 3.b. Officers who were not offered CD may request remedial nomination via the NAVMC 10274 Administrative Action (AA) Form. AA Forms must be addressed to the MARFOR Commanding General and endorsed by the officer’s chain of command. 3.c. Officers who are nominated for CD under the remedial program must meet the qualifications specified in MCO 1001.65A . The nominees for remedial CD are due to MMOA-3 within 60 days of publication of this MARADMIN for review and administrative action. 3.d. Consolidated nominations must be submitted via naval letter format from the officer’s respective G1 to MMOA-3 at smb_manpower_officer_programs@usmc.mil and must include the officers EDIPI, full name, MARFOR, and PMOS. Files must be named EDIPI_LASTNAME_REMEDIAL_CDP2_26 4. This MARADMIN is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserves. 5. 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.
- Officer Retention and Prior Service Accessions order (MCO 1001.65A)Reference
This is the governing order for Career Designation and the Commanding General Remedial CD Program. It sets the qualifications officers must meet to be nominated for remedial CD consideration.
This was the original announcement of the FY26 CDP 2 for active component Marine officers. It provides the background and criteria that preceded the results announced in this MARADMIN.
- Marine Corps Total Force System Personnel Reporting Instructions User Manual (MCTFSPRIUM)Reference
This manual governs how Career Designation offers are reported via Unit Diary and reflected in MCTFS. Commands and IPACs use it to process and verify an officer's CD status.
This document lists the officers selected during Fiscal Year 2026 Career Development Program Cycle 2 for resident education and professional military education opportunities managed through the Commandant's Education Boards. Reserve officers approaching or eligible for these boards may want to review it to see who was selected and understand the competitive landscape for programs such as intermediate-level and career-level PME.