R 110800Z MAY 23
MARADMIN 241/23
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMMAND SCREENING BOARDS ANNOUNCEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20170323//
REF/B/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20210510//
REF/C/MSGID: DOC/CMC/YMD: 20190215//
REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC/YMD: 20200826//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.64B, COMMAND SCREENING PROGRAM. REF B IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF C IS MCO 1900.16 CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF D IS MARADMIN 491/20, REMOVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CONSIDERATION BY BOARDS AND SELECTION PROCESSES.//
POC/M. D. SCOTTO/MAJ/MMOA-3/(703) 784-9284/EMAIL: [email protected]//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  This message announces the established timeline for execution of the fiscal year 2024 Command Screening Boards (CSB), the eligible officer population for screening, and provides information on board communication and where to find a list of available colonel and lieutenant colonel commands for assignment during fiscal year 2024.
1.a.  Major timeline milestones are (read in three columns):
Date                        Milestone                           Note
Release of this message     CSB questionnaire open               1 
11 June 2023                Completed questionnaire due          2
11 June 2023                Remove by request (RBR) due          3
11 July 2023                Lieutenant colonel CSB convenes      4
13 July 2023                Colonel CSB convenes                 4
07 August 2023              CSB results released                 5
21 August 2023              Declinations and deferrals due       6
Note 1:  Refer to paragraph 4 of this message for additional details regarding eligibility criteria.  The eligibility rosters are posted on the following website:  https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/commandscreeningprogram
Note 2:  Eligible officers must complete the questionnaire by 2359 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 11 June 2023.  Refer to paragraph 5 of this message for additional details regarding the submission of the questionnaire.
Note 3:  If an officer is eligible for the CSB but desires not to be considered, refer to paragraph 5.g. of this message for the RBR requirements.
Note 4:  Refer to paragraph 6 of this message for additional details regarding the available commands.
Note 5:  Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA) releases the results of the CSBs on or about 7 August 2023.
Note 6:  Officers selected for command but who desire to defer or decline selection must submit a command endorsed Administrative Action (AA) form requesting declination or deferral to M&RA.  Refer to paragraph 7 for additional information.
1.b.  The purpose of the Command Screening Program is to ensure Marines receive the best possible leadership and to provide eligible officers with a fair and equitable opportunity to command.
1.c.  The CSBs will select officers for designated command billets projected to be available between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025.
2.  Process.  The boards will select those who are best and most fully qualified for command from a list of eligible colonels, colonels (select), lieutenant colonels, and lieutenant colonels (select).  The board will select as primaries a number of officers equal to the number of commands available.  Additionally, the boards will select a sufficient number of officers as alternates to meet command requirements when primaries decline or otherwise cannot take command.  The boards will develop proposed command slates for the primary selectees and will forward those slates, along with the alternate list, to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) for approval.  Once the list is approved, board results listing the primary selectees will be announced via Marine Administrative message (MARADMIN).
3.  Board composition.  The CSBs will consist of officers whose military occupational specialties represent all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and supporting establishment.
4.  Eligibility.
4.a.  Eligible criteria.  All unrestricted colonels or colonels (select) and lieutenant colonels or lieutenant colonels (select), except as outlined in paragraph 4.b.
4.b.  Ineligible criteria.
4.b.1.  Officers with an established separation or retirement date.
4.b.2.  Officers with a mandatory retirement date prior to 1 June 2026.
4.b.3.  Lieutenant colonels in or above the promotion zone for the calendar year 2023/fiscal year 2025 Colonel Promotion Board.
4.b.4.  Officers who have previously held command in one of the designated colonel or lieutenant colonel command screened billets for a period of at least 12 months, are currently in command, or are slated and awaiting command as a result of a previous command screening board.  This does not preclude colonels (select) currently in a lieutenant colonel command from eligibility for a colonel command.
4.b.5.  Officers who were selected for command and slated on previous CSBs but subsequently declined command.
4.b.6.  Officers who were selected as alternates for command on previous CSBs, and were fleeted-up for command due to vacancy, but declined following the command offer.
4.b.7.  Officers currently assigned to payback tours following graduation from the School of Advanced Warfighting, School of Advanced Military Studies, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, or the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School who will not complete 12 months of assignment by 31 August 2023.
4.b.8.  Officers who are enrolled in or have completed the Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Strategist Program, who will not complete 24 months of payback assignment by 31 August 2023.  
4.b.9.  Officers who are enrolled in or have completed the Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Technical Program.  These officers are ineligible to screen for command.
4.b.10.  Officers in the Special Education Program.  These officers will be eligible to screen for command after their graduation from school.
4.b.11.  Officers serving in a joint duty assignment who have not completed 12 months of a joint assignment by 31 August 2023.
4.b.12.  Officers with the acquisition Primary Military Occupational Specialty (8059/8061).
4.b.13.  Limited duty officers.
4.b.14.  Officers who have been relieved for cause from a designated lieutenant colonel or colonel command screened billet regardless of length of time in command.
5.  Board communication.
5.a.  CMC directs all eligible officers to communicate with the board.  The online questionnaire is the only mechanism for board communication.  Officers may call attention to any matter they deem important to selection or slating including command preferences, location prefernces, and family or personal situations that the board should consider in its decision making.  A common access card certificate is not required to access the questionnaire.
5.a.1.  Colonel command screening questionnaire:  https:(slash)(slash)go.max.gov/dod/colcsb
5.a.2.  Lieutenant colonel command screening questionnaire:  https:(slash)(slash)go.max.gov/dod/ltcolcsb
5.b.  Officers may submit any material not found in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) via the questionnaire.  Instructions on how to upload material are provided on the final page of the questionnaire.  Officers who experience difficulty should contact Manpower Management Officer Assignments Branch, Plans, Programs, and Boards Section (MMOA-3) by email at [email protected] or by phone at (703) 784-9284 for assistance.
5.c.  The deadline for submitting the online questionnaire is 2359 EST on 11 June 2023 in order to facilitate pre-board actions.  Any correspondence received after the convening of the board will be submitted at the discretion of the board president.  All correspondence to the board must originate from or be endorsed by the screening officer.
5.d.  OMPF update material.  Officers should submit OMPF update material to the email address:  [email protected] as soon as possible.  Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times.
5.e.  Photographs are not utilized in the CSBs per reference (d).
5.f.  Fitness reports.  Completed fitness reports must be submitted to Performance Evaluation Section (MMRP-30) for inclusion into the OMPF.  Incomplete fitness reports will not normally be accepted or forwarded to the board.
5.g.  Remove by request (RBR).
5.g.1.  Officers who are eligible but do not desire to screen must complete the online command screening questionnaire and attach an AA form requesting RBR.  The AA form must be endorsed by the first Marine in the fitness report routing chain.  The Senior Marine Representative or administrative reviewer may be used if there is no Marine in the chain.  Officers without properly endorsed AA forms for RBR will screen for command.
5.g.2.  MMOA-3 must receive requests for RBR via the online questionnaire no later than 2359 EST on 11 June 2023.
6.  Command availability.
6.a.  Command availability will be posted on the command screening questionnaire and on the MMOA-3 Command Screening Program board updates and information website:  https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/commandscreeningprogram
6.b.  The list of commands screening will be updated periodically prior to the board, and is subject to change up until the conclusion of the board.
7.  Board results.  M&RA plans to release the results of the CSBs on or about 7 August 2023.
7.a.  Alternates.  Officers selected as alternates to command will be prioritized by the board for assignment when command vacancies occur.  MMOA-3 will post an alphabetical list of alternates (not listed in order of priority) on the MMOA-3 website following the release of the board results.
7.b.  Declinations.
7.b.1.  Officers slated to command who decline must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, forwarded to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA-3).  Officers who decline command will receive a letter in their OMPF documenting the declination.  Unless otherwise approved by Deputy Commandant for M&RA due to extraordinary circumstances, officers who decline command will not be considered for any other command during the slating year and are ineligible for command screening on future boards in grade.
7.b.2.  Alternates identified to fill vacated commands are also required to formally decline if they choose not to accept the offer.  Letters of declination will be placed in the officer's OMPF.
7.b.3.  Selectees must submit requests for declination to MMOA-3 no later than 2359 EST on 21 August 2023.
7.c.  Deferrals.
7.c.1.  Officers selected for command who are unable to execute orders due to extraordinary life or personnel circumstances may request deferral.
7.c.2.  Officers requesting deferral must do so via AA form, endorsed by the first general officer in their chain of command, forwarded to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) (MMOA-3).  Selectees must submit requests for deferral to MMOA-3 no later than 2359 EST on 21 August 2023.
7.c.3.  If approved, MMOA will defer officers to the follow year's CSB in accordance with reference (a).
8.  Points of contact:
Colonel N. I. Brown
  Branch Head, MMOA
  DSN:  278-9300, Comm:  (703) 784-9300
  Email:  [email protected]
Colonel M. T. James
  Ground Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9300, Comm:  (703)784-9300
  Email:  [email protected]
Colonel R. E. Herrmann
  Aviation Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9300 Comm:  (703) 784-9300
  Email:  [email protected]
Lieutenant Colonel R. F. May
  Combat Arms Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9274, Comm:  (703) 784-9274
  Email:  [email protected]
Colonel J. D. Thornburg
  Combat Service Support Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9274, Comm:  (703) 784-9274
  Email:  [email protected]
Colonel K. M. Gall
  Information Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9273 Comm:  (703) 784-9273
  Email:  [email protected]
Lieutnant Colonel L. W. Hemming
  Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Monitor
  DSN:  278-9267 Comm:  (703) 784-9267
  Email:  [email protected]
Major A. T. Moyer
  Field Grade Center Desk
  DSN:  278-9273 Comm:  (703) 784-9273
  Email:  [email protected]
9.  Release authorized by MajGen Michael J. Borgschulte, Director, Manpower Management Division.//