RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ACTIVE RESERVE PROGRAM OFFICER ACCESSION AND CAREER DESIGNATION BOARDS
MARADMIN 038/26 · February 10, 2026 · Source
Did You Make the FY26 Active Reserve Board? Here Are the Results.
The Marine Corps just published the outcomes of the FY2026 Active Reserve Officer Accession and Career Designation Boards.
If you applied, competed, or know someone who did, this is the one to read.
Reference: MARADMIN 038/26, signed 09 February 2026. Governed by MCO on Management of the Active Reserve Support to the USMCR.
The old problem
The AR Program board results have always lived inside dense message traffic.
If you weren't already tracking the process closely, it was easy to miss your name, miss a deadline, or not know what was expected of you next.
This MARADMIN fixes the "where do I look" problem. It names names, lists deadlines, and points to the acceptance survey.
The new rule (in one line)
Six officers were selected for AR accession and sixteen were selected for career designation. They each have 30 days to respond.
Core content
Accession selections
These Reserve officers are approved to come into the AR Program:
| Rank | MOS | Name | |------|-----|------| | MAJ | 0602 | Conroy, Kristian B | | MAJ | 0402 | Galvan, Vincent M | | MAJ | 0302 | Nate, Christian J | | CAPT | 3002 | DeLafe, Mathew | | CAPT | 0602 | Sanders, Nicole M | | CAPT | 0602 | Santiago, Christian M |
If your name is on this list, here is what happens next:
- You have 30 days from 09 February 2026 to accept or decline using the FY26 AR Officer Accession Acceptance Survey.
- If your assigned billet requires MOS retraining, you must complete that retraining within the first 12 months of your accession tour.
- School seats for retraining must be coordinated through RAM-2 within 90 days of reporting to your permanent duty station.
- You must complete Total Force Integration Staff Training (TFIST) to be eligible for career designation later.
(Miss any of those windows and your eligibility for career designation is at risk. Don't miss them.)
Alternates will be contacted separately. If you were an alternate and haven't heard anything, watch your email.
Career designation selections
These officers are approved for AR career designation:
| Rank | MOS | Name | |------|-----|------| | MAJ | 0402 | Benge, Thomas R | | MAJ | 7532 | Cantrell, Christopher W | | MAJ | 7565 | Derr, James W | | MAJ | 6002 | Donatelli, Dario J | | MAJ | 6002 | Fuzy, John A | | MAJ | 7565 | Houser, Daniel J | | MAJ | 3002 | Kunert, Justin K | | MAJ | 0302 | Morgan, John K | | MAJ | 0402 | Murphy, Patrick J | | MAJ | 1302 | Pederson, Zachary W | | MAJ | 7566 | Pittman, Michael A | | MAJ | 0402 | Reguindin, Dean P | | MAJ | 7563 | Shaw, Kyle D | | MAJ | 7563 | Tafone, David J | | MAJ | 3404 | Tryon, Thomas C | | CAPT | 3404 | Years, David P |
If your name is on this list:
- You have 30 days from 09 February 2026 to accept or decline using the FY26 Career Designation Acceptance Survey.
- Find that survey here: https://www2.manpower.usmc.mil/application_cac
Yes, you need a CAC to access it.
Why this is a big deal
The AR Program is the bridge between the Reserve and active-duty world.
These are Reserve officers who competed to serve full-time in billets that support the Reserve enterprise. Getting selected means a career track change, not just a temporary assignment.
Career designation, specifically, is the step that locks in that future. It is not automatic. It requires action, training completion, and deliberate coordination.
The 30-day response window is not a formality. It is a hard gate.
The bottom line
Six officers were selected for AR accession. Sixteen were selected for career designation.
All of them have until approximately 11 March 2026 to respond via the acceptance survey.
Miss the window and you may forfeit the selection.
What to do with this
✦ If your name is on the accession list: Log in to the survey portal now. Do not wait. Then contact RAM-2 to start coordinating TFIST and, if applicable, MOS retraining school seats.
✦ If your name is on the career designation list: Same thing. Thirty days goes faster than you think.
✦ If you were an alternate: Watch your email for separate correspondence from RAM-2.
✦ If you are a unit S-1 or OIC: Cross-check these names against your roster. If one of your officers is on this list, make sure they know today.
✦ If you want to compete in a future board: The planning MARADMIN for this cycle was MARADMIN 470/25. Watch for the FY27 equivalent. Start building your package early.
POC for questions: LtCol Stephen D. Grodek, RAM-2. Reach him at stephen.grodek@usmc.mil or (703) 784-0531.
A smaller note for active-duty Marines
Active Reserve billets are filled by Reserve officers, but those billets sit inside active-duty commands. If you are a command coordinator or work with AR officers in a staff capacity, be aware that your AR colleagues may be navigating accession or designation paperwork right now. Give them the space to handle it.
This is written by a reservist, for reservists. It is not an official publication of HQMC or MARFORRES. Always verify guidance with your command or unit S-1 before acting on any article or summary.
Want a shorter version of this for a weekly brief, or a longer breakdown of what the AR Program actually is and how to compete? Let me know.