FY27 Meritorious Promotion Allocations for Prior Service Recruiters (PSR), Extended Active Duty (EAD) Recruiters, and Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) Staff Noncommissioned Officers (SNCO)

1.  Purpose.  To announce the FY27 meritorious
promotion allocations for PSR, EAD Recruiters, and SMCR SNCOs.
2.  Commands listed below will convene selection boards to nominate 
Marines for meritorious promotion by the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps (CMC).  Marines already selected for the next grade by a 
regular promotion board are still eligible for meritorious promotion
to that grade if their seniority number has not been reached.  Upon
review and approval by CMC, Manpower Management Division (MM), unit
diary entries will be entered by Enlisted Promotions Unit (MMPB-11).
Commanders will then prepare certificates of appointment.  In 
accordance with references (a) and (b), selected Marines must have
at least 24 months obligated service remaining on contract from the
date of promotion.
3.  Per reference (b), meritorious promotion allocations for Gunnery 
Sergeant (GySgt) and Staff Sergeant (SSgt) are:
Command        SSgt/GySgt            Nominations due    Date of rank
Marine Corps Recruiting Command
EAD               1/1                   20261201         20270102
PSR               1/1                   20270601         20270702
Marine Forces Reserve 
SMCR SNCO         3/2                   20270301         20270402
4.  Recommendations require endorsement by the commander and 
submission via naval correspondence to MMPB-11 with the following:
Rank    Name    EDIPI    MCC/Unit    PME Complete    OBS
5.  These allocations are applicable to all Marines serving in
the reserve component.
6.  Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, 
Manpower Management Division.