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FY26 Fourth Quarter Marine Corps Reserve Instructor Pilot (MCRIP) Selection Board Results
The name list of nine Reserve officers selected by the FY26 Q4 MCRIP board to serve as reserve flight instructors under MATSG-42 and 4th MAW. Applies to Reserve aviators only.
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 311328Z AUG 26 MARADMIN 404/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN ASM// SUBJ/FY26 4TH QUARTER MARINE CORPS RESERVE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (MCRIP) SELECTION BOARD RESULTS// REF/A/MSGID: DOC/MARADMIN 289/26// REF/B/MSGID: DOC/MCO 1001R.1L W/CH-1/20180315// REF/C/MSGID: DOC/MARADMIN 203/22// REF/D/MSGID: DOC/WGO 5320.2V// NARR/REF A IS THE FY26 4TH QTR MARINE CORPS RESERVE INSTRUCTOR PILOT SELECTION BOARD MARADMIN. REF B IS THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT MANUAL (MCRAMM). REF C IS THE RESERVE AVIATOR ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF D IS THE 4TH MAW RESERVE OFFICER MANAGEMENT POLICY.// POC/FULMER, Z./MAJ/UNIT: MATSG-42 OPERATIONS OFFICER/ EMAIL: ZACHARY.FULMER(AT)USMC.MIL/COM: 850.452.2268// GENTEXT/RMKS/1. IAW reference (A), the FY26 4th Quarter MCRIP selection board was convened by MATSG-42 and CNATRA on 19 Feb 2026. The following applicants were selected to be reserve flight instructors. RANK NAME PMOS TRAWING Maj Rine, Dylan 7509 TW1 Maj Watt, Christopher 7523 TW1 Maj LaRoche, Max 7523 TW2 Maj Norton, William 7509 TW2 Capt Blommel, Joseph 7523 TW2 Maj Pipkorn, Zachary 7563 TW4 Maj Merrall, Alexander 7532 TW5 Maj Raymond, Joshua 7565 TW5 Maj Wright, Jason 7509 TW5 2. Officers selected for accession to the MCRIP program must contact the MATSG-42 POC via email correspondence to accept or decline selection within 30 days of the release of this message. Officers are reminded they will need to affiliate with MATSG-42 by 1 April 2027. 3. Selectees who cannot join the appropriate unit and begin flying within 90 days will forfeit their selection and be required to apply at a later date. 4. IAW references (C) and (D), this message constitutes 4th MAW join and Duty Involving Flight Operational (DIFOP) approval authority for the selected officers. 4th MAW DIFOP approved effective with actual unit join date, unless already a member of a 4th MAW squadron. 5. Depending on the selectee’s current component code, the join process to 4th MAW will differ. Selectees will coordinate with MATSG-42 to determine their exact Billet Identification Code (BIC). 6. Active duty officers are advised to contact their career Planner to facilitate Direct Affiliation Program (DAP) authorization utilizing this message as authorization to join 4th MAW. 7. SMCR officers will use this message as their source document for their Inter-unit Transfer (IUT) request. After Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) G1 approves the IUT, the losing commands will generate IUT orders to their respective squadron. 8. Marines in the Individual Ready Reserve are advised to contact their local Prior Service Recruiter for assistance with the join process utilizing this message as authorization to join 4th MAW. 9. A reserve commission is required to participate in the MCRIP Program. Marines must have their unit S-1 reach out to Reserve Affairs at RAM-1@usmc.mil to verify their reserve commission. 10. The next 4th MAW MCRIP selection board is planned on or about February 2027. All applicants not selected by this board will be required to reapply as all packages from this selection board will be destroyed. 11. Release authorized by Lieutenant General William H. Swan, Deputy Commandant for Aviation.//
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