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FY27 Commandant's Professional Intermediate-Level Education Board (CPIB) Selection Results
The name-by-name results of the FY27 CPIB, listing active-component officers selected for Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Air Command and Staff College, Space Force Command and Staff College, Army Command and General Staff College, College of Naval Command and Staff, Foreign PME, and CMC fellowships. This message also serves as official notice of orders for all listed selectees.
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R 201323Z OCT 26 MARADMIN 511/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FY27 COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL EDUCATION BOARD (CPIB) SELECTION RESULTS// REF/A/MSG/CMC/20260612// REF/B/MCO/CMC/20190530// REF/C/MCO/CMC/20080125// REF/D/MCO/CMC/20250311// REF/E/MCO/CMC/20250307// REF/F/MCO/CMC/20250528// REF/G/MSG/CMC/20260407// NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 274/26, FY27 COMMANDANT'S PROFESSIONAL INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL EDUCATION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT. REF B IS MCO 1524.1 MARINE CORPS GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM. REF C IS MCO 1553.4B PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME). REF D IS MCO 1540.33 THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM (IAP). REF E IS MCO 1300.8 CH-2 MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF F IS MCO 1900.16 CH-3 MARINE CORPS SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL (MARCORSEPMAN). REF G IS MARADMIN 158/26 OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION BLENDED SEMINAR PROGRAM FY26-27 SEAT QUOTA ASSIGNMENTS.// POC/D. T. DUMANOVSKY/MAJ/MMOA-3/USMC/TEL: 703-784-9284/ EMAIL: SMB_MMOA_GRAD_EDU@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Purpose. To announce the results of the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Commandant's Professional Intermediate-Level Education Board (CPIB). On 4 August 2026, the FY27 Commandant's Education Board (CEB) convened to select the best and fully qualified officers for Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) and civilian fellowships, Command and Staff College (CSC), other service professional military education (PME), and Foreign PME (FPME). 1.a. Background. The board, composed of five colonels and sixteen lieutenant colonels, considered the records of the eligible population and selected the officers listed below. The small number of CPIB assignments available relative to the number of eligible officers makes selection a highly competitive process. 1.b. Major milestone timeline (read in two columns): DATE MILESTONE 1 January 2027 Marine Corps CSC registration opens 10 July 2027 Marine Corps CSC registration deadline 23 July 2027 Marine Corps CSC report date May-September 2027 FPME DLI begin dates July-August 2027 CMC Fellowship orientations (para 3.d.) 2. Coordinating Instructions 2.a. This MARADMIN serves as notice of orders for the officers listed in paragraph 3. 2.b. Declinations. Only officers whose end of obligated service (EOS) ends prior to the report date to their specific program may decline orders. Officers eligible to decline this assignment have 10 days from release of this MARADMIN to decline. Officers who elect to decline their selection are deemed as resigning in lieu of orders. Officers who resign in lieu of orders will exit the service NLT the last day of the month they were required to report to their future unit. 2.c. Deferrals. Headquarters Marine Corps will not usually accept deferrals. Officers may request a deferral in writing (AA Form) via the first O-6 in their chain of command to HQMC (MMOA-3) no later than 10 days from the release of this MARADMIN. 2.d. Marines selected for Marine Corps CSC (para 3.b.4.) are required to visit https://www.usmcu.edu/Colleges-and-Schools/ Command-and-Staff-College/. On the website, all selectees will follow the instructions for registration, enrollment, and pre-check-in. Registration will begin 1 January 2027. Please register and complete the online enrollment process before 1 July 2027. Marines selected for Air Command and Staff College, Space Force Command and Staff College, and Army Command and General Staff College, and College of Naval Command and Staff will be notified of their start dates and registration requirements via separate correspondence. 3. Selectees 3.a. All slated officers are listed below with corresponding assignments. Unless specified otherwise, officers will receive orders from their Primary Military Occupational Specialty (PMOS) monitor. Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) Scholars and FY26 deferrals are included in the list of primaries. 3.b. Intermediate Level School (ILS) 3.b.1. Air Command and Staff College (read in three columns): NAME PMOS MCC DEROSA, MATTHEW S. 7523 1F4 FRENCH, JAMES B. 0302 928 KEARNEY, DANIEL M. 7566 1T9 MARTINEZ, JOVANIE R. 0302 1C1 MERTZ, ANTHONY S. 0402 160 PROFFEN, DAVID E. 0202 115 SENSANBAUGHER, SCOTT T. 3002 1MS TELLO, TRISTAN S. 0202 KB5 WHEELER, JONATHAN M. 7566 VHA WOLDMOE, ZACHARY E. 3002 142 3.b.2. Space Force Command and Staff College, location to be determined, (read in three columns): NAME PMOS MCC ARENAS, JAVIER J. 0602 145 TATARKABROWN, MATTHEW A. 7318 J38 3.b.3. Army Command and General Staff College (read in three columns): NAME PMOS MCC BROWN, SEAN M. 3404 1FZ CASTRO, DIEGO 0402 528 DALTON, LUKE L. 7557 1GE GAVIN, ROBERT T. 7563 1T5 GREEN, JOSHUA W. 7532 G71 HARRISON, MITCHELL L. 7202 132 HARTING, MICHAEL A. 1803 B22 HIGGINS, CONNOR J. 0202 1FS INMAN, JOHN A. 0302 B38 JENKINS, HUNTER T. 0202 1E5 KARNES, BRANDON R. 3002 H83 KESLER, JUSTIN B. 0302 KAP KRUEGER, DYLAN P. 0302 V44 LAMBARD, PIERRE T. 7532 G71 LEWINS, JOHN F. 0602 130 MAERLING, JOHN J. 0802 1NG MULLEN, CODI A. 0402 1CC PERILSTEIN, MARY K. 4402 U52 PUNELLI, NICCOLO E. 0402 1R1 ROSE, PAIGE E. 7566 A83 STUETELBERG, MITCHELL B. 0302 KAP TORRESGUERRA, ALEXIS 0102 023 TURUNC, STEFAN B. 0602 130 WALSH, NICHOLAS M. 7318 1J2 3.b.4. College of Naval Command and Staff (read in three columns): NAME PMOS MCC ADAMS, JENNIFER R. 0602 124 BIRD, TRAVIS M. 0302 980 DECQUIR, EMANI J. 0402 1EP DEVERA, ANTHONY J. 7532 1A5 GOODWIN, MATTHEW A. 7565 LKY HEDRICK, ZACHERY M. 7565 1A5 HEISLER, JAMES G. 0302 968 JOHNSON, KADRICK M. 0402 1Y8 KENAHAN, TREVOR H. 1302 122 POORMAN, ERIC A. 6002 J34 PUTNEY, MICHAEL J. 0202 T35 REID, NICOLAS K. 0602 1Y1 WHITE, JOSEPH A. 0402 15X WYPER, WILLIAM W. 1302 90E 3.b.5. Marine Corps Command and Staff College (CSC). Marines will report to Marine Corps CSC NLT 23 July 2027 (read in three columns): NAME PMOS MCC ANDERSEN, NOAH P. 0302 1NL ASHBY, AUSTIN M. 1302 1CK BENDER, JONATHAN K. 0302 KAP BERG, NATHAN A. 0302 068 BERIT, MATTHEW A. 7202 UBY BISHOP, COLIN J. 0402 1RT BORDIUK, JOSEPH F. 7532 1TC BOVA, ELIZABETH T. 7566 VHD BOYD, QUINTON A. 0802 130 BROPHY, JOSHUA M. 0102 J34 BUHR, MARCI J. 0402 1Y9 BUHR II, PATRICK J. 1302 1YB BUSS, KEVIN L. 4502 111 BYRD, ZACHARY C. 0302 V31 CAHILL, PHILIP D. 7566 VHD CAMPBELL, CONOR P. 0302 007 CAO, KEVIN V. 7202 135 CHAVEZ, MICHELLE 0202 1F1 CHEN, SONG L. 0602 476 COCHRAN, PETER M. 0302 V25 COLLINS, CODY J. 7202 1QA CRONEN, GREGORY J. 4502 QBN CRUZ JR., ROBERTO G. 5803 014 DAVIDSON, TEDI J. 0602 J44 DAVIS II, RAYMOND D. 0402 QAM DEIGNAN, BLAKE A. 0402 1RU DELANEY, JENNIFER 0402 15B DENISON, DYLAN W. 1302 1CQ DUNOVANT, LEONARD M. 0302 NE3 EARNEST, PATRICK L. 0602 1NR ELLIS, STEVEN J. 7566 VHE ESPINOZA, GABRIEL T. 0402 JF3 FIELD, ROBERT W. 0202 115 FINDLEY, JOHN T. 7563 1A5 GABEL, KRISTEN R. 0402 1YK GALADYK, MATTHEW S. 0302 923 GETTY, JACOBY D. 4502 QAE GHIOCA, ANDREI 7532 130 GLYNN, ERIK V. 0302 925 GOETSCH, MATTHEW D. 0102 070 GOMEZ, ANDREW B. 7557 1RS GOSSETT, FRANCIS M. 7566 1T9 GRACELY, CARL B. 7565 UKT HADFIELD, CHRISTINE E. 7557 VRA HERNANDEZ, CARLOS A. 5803 036 HOGAN, COLLIN P. 0402 1GF JOHNSON, BRANDON M. 7202 1PK JOHNSON, EMILY L. 3002 1F6 JOINER III, WILLIAM C. 7518 V63 JONES, GREGORY S. 0402 15D KEARNEY, CONOR J. 0370 1MX KELLOGG, SETH K. 0302 A00 KIMBLE, BRANDAN P. 0202 143 KING, TYLER C. 4502 145 KITASATO, TAYLOR J. 0302 T35 KRAWEC, NICHOLAS B. 7532 VMD LAMAR, CHARLES W. 0402 1Y5 LEHRBASS, STEPHEN M. 0802 1GD LESZCZYNSKI, MATTHEW J. 7532 G78 LINDINGER, CHARLES M. 7532 G71 LUNSFORD, BRANDON L. 0402 086 MACLEISH, JADE D. 0402 1MZ MCCORMICK, ANDREW W. 7565 1MT MCDONALD, LLOYD A. 0602 1Y1 MCDOUGALL, SHANE P. 0302 V12 MCLEAN, MASON M. 1707 1F5 MCNIECE, ANDREW R. 7532 1V4 MERCADO, MATTHEW A. 0402 NBP MOYNAHAN, THOMAS J. 0202 JAL NG, JOSHUA G. 7565 NBM NOORI, AHMAD W. 0602 UE7 OCHS, ROSS M. 1803 068 OLSON, ADAM H. 1302 DKA OLSON, MATTHEW J. 7318 1JF OTTAVIO, SAMUEL J. 0302 V15 PARKER JR., JASON 0202 1JC PENNYWELL, JARED D. 0802 078 RAMIREZ JR., MIGUEL A. 0402 095 RIDEOUT, MITCHELL S. 0402 V26 RIFFLEGONZALEZ, LAUREN E.0602 15A RIXEY, CHRISTOPHER J. 0302 V35 ROBINSON, EDWARD O. 0402 070 RUCK, JOHN D. 7563 1A5 RUNNELLS III, ROBERT E. 1706 TDK SANTIAGO, STEPHEN A. 0102 121 SARTAIN, JAMES C. 4502 098 SCOTT, JONATHAN M. 0302 V26 SIERRA, LOGAN P. 1702 T12 SIGMON, STEPHEN T. 0202 805 SILVIA, MICHAEL J. 7525 VFB SMITH, AARON M. 1302 193 SNELL, ANDREW B. 7563 1VH SNODY, TRENTON D. 0402 90A STEPHENSON, MICHAEL J. 0370 1MU STILLER, ZACHARY A. 1302 193 STUCKART, DANIEL M. 0302 V24 VANDERSCHANS, MALLORY S. 4502 H82 VUCOVICH, BRANDON T. 0202 174 WALLACE, KEITH L. 0402 142 WALLS, ALEXANDER T. 3404 TVZ WATJE, KARL J. 0402 J38 WILSON, CYRUS C. 7518 VFD WOLFE, MITCHELL L. 7565 1JM WOODS, CODY R. 0202 1C1 WOOLVERTON, BRITTANY N. 7220 G91 YUEN, ISAAC K. 0202 TRH 3.c. Foreign Professional Military Education (FPME). Selectees should contact the MCU point of contact listed below in 6.b. to verify language training requirements. Language training will begin on or about May 2027 at the Defense Language Institute-West in Monterey, CA or Defense Language Institute-East in Washington, D.C. (read in four columns): NAME PMOS MCC Location BUTTERFIELD, JOSEPH A. 4502 145 CANADA CRISP, AVERY M. 7532 036 AUSTRALIA DEGENER, KEVIN C. 7563 VLA FRANCE HEFFLEY, JARROD D. 0102 080 BRAZIL KIM, SHANE J. 0402 1C1 KOREA KLENA, LUKE B. 1707 130 SPAIN MARTINEZ, SANTIAGO J. 0402 TMH JAPAN MORRIS, DAVID A. 4502 1C1 CHILE SANCHEZ, ADAM C. 0302 966 UNITED KINGDOM 3.d. CMC Fellowships. The below fellowship programs are listed by a corresponding program letter. Selected officers are to contact the MCU point of contact in paragraph 6.b. concerning orientation in late July or early August 2027 (read in two columns): Name Program Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) A Dominion Energy B International Security Center (Notre Dame) C Federal Express D Logistics Fellowship (Penn State) E Morgan Stanley F National Geospatial Intelligence Activity (NGA) G Asia Pacific Center (Hawaii) H US Attorney's Office I Federal Public Defender J Judicial Clerkship at the Navy Yard K Apple Incorporated (San Jose, CA) L 3.d.1 The following officers will receive orders from their primary MOS monitor, upon acceptance (read in four columns): NAME PMOS MCC Program ECHOLS, ROBERT B. 4402 USA J BERTRAM, THOMAS W. 0602 1QB L DESMET, MATTHEW P 0402 1CF D HART, EMILY L. 1702 TRM F MCCOY, KRISTINA L. 0402 080 A MEYER, ROBERT C. 3002 121 E OVIATT, COLTON J. 0302 1F6 C ROWLAND JR., GARLAND W. 4402 U44 I RUSSELL, JAMES C. 1702 TRY B SHREVE, BENJAMIN C. 4402 U57 K LOMBRANA, AARON D. 4402 1EM G VONER, GREGORY J. 0370 1MR H 4. Alternates 4.a. The list of officers selected as alternates for the FY27 CEB will be published via the MMOA-3 Commandant's Education Board page following the release of this message at the following CAC protected website: https://www.manpower.marines.mil/Divisions/Manpower- Management/Officer-Assignments/Plans-and-Programs-MMOA-3/#tab/ graduate-education-boards. 4.b. The list will be posted alphabetically by full name and MOS. No action is required by officers on this list. If vacancies open from the primary slate, an available alternate will be notified by their primary MOS monitor or Graduate Education Manager to fleet-up. 5. Communication to Headquarters Marine Corps 5.a. All correspondence must originate from and be endorsed by the selected officer and the O-6 in their chain of command. Submit correspondence to: smb_mmoa_grad_edu@usmc.mil. 6. Points of Contact: 6.a. Intermediate-Level Schools (ILS), Contact your PMOS monitor. 6.b. Foreign PME and CMC Fellowships Lieutenant Colonel Jim Pineiro Comm: (703) 432-4837 Email: james.pineiro@usmcu.edu 6.c. Maj Delaney Dumanovsky, Graduate Education Manager, MMOA-3 Comm: (703) 784-9284 Email: smb_mmoa_grad_edu@usmc.mil 7. Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//
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