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FY27 MCRC Company Grade Officer Selection Panel Results

MARADMIN 406/26·September 2, 2026·Official source

The name list of 63 company grade officers selected for assignment as Recruiting Station Operations Officers, Executive Officers, and Officer Selection Officers during FY27. This message is not applicable 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

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R 011640Z SEP 26

MARADMIN 406/26

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//

SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2027 MCRC COMPANY GRADE SELECTION PANEL RESULTS//

REF/A/MSGID: MSG/CMC/20260722// 

REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210203// 

REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20190215// 

NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 240/26, FISCAL YEAR 2027 (FY27) MCRC COMPANY

GRADE SELECTION PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 W/CH 

1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1900.16 

CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL//

POC/C.P. MYRICK/MAJ/MMOA/COMMERCIAL: 703-784-9276/

EMAIL: CARLIN.MYRICK@USMC.MIL//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) requires

high caliber company grade officers for assignment as Recruiting

Station (RS) Operations Officers (OpsOs), Executive Officers (XOs),

and Officer Selection Officers (OSOs) across the nation who are

dedicated to recruiting high-quality men and women to earn the title

"Marine".  A panel consisting of staff from Manpower Management

Officer Assignments (MMOA) and MCRC convened to identify and select 

63 primaries from over 1010 eligible officers for assignment 

during FY27.

2.  The following officers were selected by the panel for assignment

as RS OpsOs, XOs, and OSOs (read in three columns):

      COMMAND                   NAME                            PMOS

2.a.  1st Marine Corps District

       RS Albany, NY            ArmendarizGuillen, Juan J.      3002

       RS Baltimore, MD        *Rudasill, Gabriel X.            0602    

       RS Boston, MA            McMahon, John P.                0302

       RS New Jersey, NJ        Rivas, Jorge R.                 0602

       RS Harrisburg, PA       *Howard, Trenton A.              0402    

       OST Albany, NY           Feig, Ryan A.                   0602

       OST Jersey City, NJ      Kankienza, Herlin K.            0602

       OST New Brunswick, NJ    LeonGarcia, Sebastian           0802

       OST State College, PA    Allen, Scott M.                 0602

       OST Manhattan, NY       *Cera, Nicholas J.               6602        

2.b.  4th Marine Corps District

       RS Indianapolis, IN      Bourff, Gus N.                  0102

       RS Louisville, KY        James, Dakota L.                3404

       RS Louisville, KY       *Major, John A.                  0602

       RS Richmond, VA          Dewyea, Curtis L.               0602

       RS Raleigh, NC           PajaroDonado, Carlos M.         3002

       OST Lansing, MI         *Babin, Brian J.                 3404

       OST Salem, VA            Winn, Zachariah R.              0402

       OST Charlottesville, VA  GrahamSabo, Abee A.             0402

       OST Charlotte, NC       *Craig, Tanner W.                1302

       OST Roanoke, VA         *Rader II, Mitchell H.           7209                   

2.c.  6th Marine Corps District

       RS Montgomery, AL       *Bonner II, John M.              0402               

       RS Jacksonville, FL      Logan Jr., John D.              6002

       RS Ft. Lauderdale, FL    Archer, Akeem K.                0102

       RS Norcross, GA          Blue, Cody A.                   6602

       RS Norcross, GA          Folkes, Ricky M.                0402

       RS Columbia, SC         *East, John M.                   0202           

       RS Baton Rouge, LA       Carter, Davon M.                0302

       OST Norcross, GA        *Hall Jr., Mack A.               1302           

       OST Baton Rouge, LA      Christmas, Dylan O.             0302

       OST Tuscaloosa, AL       Delgado, Jesus                  7220

       OST Tuscaloosa, AL      *Conner, Caleb L.                0602            

       OST Columbia, SC        *Connally, James A.              0402            

2.d.  8th Marine Corps District

       RS Albuquerque, NM      *Williams, Jacob T.              1702           

       RS Austin, TX           *Garza, Troy J.                  4502           

       RS Fort Worth, TX        Watts Jr., Ronald               0402

       RS San Antonio, TX       McGuire, Thomas J.              1302

       RS Phoenix, AZ           Ogas, David J.                  0102

       OST Lubbock, TX          Freter, Dakota W.               1803

       OST Dallas, TX           Carcamo, Elias G.               0402

       OST Tucson, AZ          *Buchanan, Bryce W.              0802           

2.e.  9th Marine Corps District

       RS Denver, CO            Perry, Cassie L.                0102

       RS Salt Lake City, UT   *Greenston, Douglas I.           0802        

       RS Kansas City, MO       Linder, Carson D.               3002

       RS St. Louis, MO         AltieryRodriguez, Derek R.      1302       

       RS Oklahoma City, OK    *Martin II, Charles E.           1702           

       RS Twin Cities, MN       Bautista, Beatriz A.            0402

       RS Milwaukee, WI         Grimm, Noah R.                  1302

       OST Milwaukee, WI        McGuire, Tiernan C.             3002

       OST Minneapolis, MN      Smith, James A.                 0402

       OST Oklahoma City, OK    Drake, Jordan R.                1302

       OST Chicago, IL          Gonzalez, Melody A.             0402

2.f.  12th Marine Corps District

       RS Los Angeles, CA       Jones, Jonathan D.              6602

       RS Sacramento, CA       *Coleman, Alexander R.           0802        

       RS San Diego, CA         Okeefe, Steven E.               0202

       RS Mountain View, CA     Dadario, Alexandra M.           7204

       RS Orange, CA            McRea, Abigail S.               0102

       OST Orange, CA           Brackett, Mary E.               0302

       OST San Diego, CA        Garcia, Daniel A.               0802

       OST San Diego, CA        Sexton, Eric M.                 0202       

       OST Sacramento, CA      *Winder, Elizabeth P.            0602

       OST Mountain View, CA    Sheldon, Cameron L.             0302

       OST Riverside, CA       *Ouellette, Taylor J.            0402       

       OST Pasadena, CA         Garrison, Joel M.               0402

3.  Alternates.  The list of officers selected as alternates will 

be published via the MMOA website. No action is required by officers

on this list.  PMOS monitors will contact officers if a need arises

for an alternate to fleet up to fill a vacancy.

4.  The release of this MARADMIN is considered official notification

of orders for officers listed in paragraph 2.  Officers selected by

this panel will be issued orders to report NLT 31 May 2027 unless

otherwise instructed.  Headquarters Marine Corps will not accept 

deferrals.  Consideration will be given to those in deployed status

and unable to execute orders.  Officers who fall into this category

may request deferral in writing (AA Form) via the first O-6 officer

in their chain of command to HQMC (MMOA-1) NLT 10 days after the 

release of this message.

4.a.  Winter 2026 movers will execute orders between 1 December 

2026 – 31 March 2027.

4.b.  Officers who are unable to report during the prescribed date

will coordinate an updated timeline through the respective District

XO, losing command, and monitor.

4.c.  Officers selected as primaries who have not yet accepted

Career Designation (CD) will be offered CD in conjunction with this

assignment.  Retention & Release Officer (RRO), MMOA-3 will notify

all officers being offered CD via Marine Online (MOL).  Officers

offered CD must accept or decline the offer by responding to the MOL

message no later than 10 days after the release of this message.  

Officers who do not respond to this offer by the deadline will be 

considered as having declined CD and will execute their existing 

EAS.

4.d.  Declinations.  Only officers whose end of obligated service

ends prior to the report date to their specific command may decline

orders.  Officers eligible to decline this assignment have 10 days

from the release of this message to decline their selection.  

Officers who decline the offer of CD in conjunction with this panel

selection will execute their current EAS IAW MCO 1001.65A.  

Officers who elect to decline their selection are deemed as 

resigning in lieu of orders and will exit the service NLT the last

day of the month they were required to report to their future unit.

4.e.  Officers listed above who screen on the February 2027

Captain All Fully Qualified Selection Board must be selected for

promotion to retain their selection status.

Note 1:  * indicates winter of 2026.  

5.  Points of Contact

5.a.  Marine Corps Recruiting Command

      1st Marine Corps District

        LtCol Meredith, Holly C.

        Comm:   720-392-9136

        Email:  holly.meredith@marines.usmc.mil

      4th Marine Corps District

        LtCol Allen, Carlton D.

        Comm:   614-980-1022

        Email:  carlton.allen@marines.usmc.mil

      6th Marine Corps District

        LtCol Goll, Joseph R.

        Comm:   843-228-2587

        Email:  joseph.goll@marines.usmc.mil

      8th Marine Corps District

        LtCol Oldenkamp, Jason A.

        Comm:   667-893-3501

        Email:  jason.oldenkamp@marines.usmc.mil

      9th Marine Corps District

        LtCol Carwile, Matthew E.

        Comm:   667-893-4451

        Email:  matthew.carwile@marines.usmc.mil

      12th Marine Corps District

        LtCol Margiotta, Vince S.

        Comm:   667-893-5138

        Email:  vince.margiotta@marines.usmc.mil

5.b.  MMOA Company Grade Center Desk

        Maj Carlin P. Myrick

        Comm: 703-784-9276

        Email: carlin.myrick@usmc.mil

6.  This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve.

7.  Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, 

Manpower Management Division.//
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