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MARADMIN 284/00
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SUBJ/MCBUL 1542. FISCAL YEAR 2000 TEST PILOT SCHOOL (TPS)
/SELECTION BOARD RESULTS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/26NOV79//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1542.3B UNITED STATES NAVY/UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
TEST PILOT SCHOOLS.//
POC/M. J. DESENS/MAJOR/MMOA-2/-/TEL:DSN 278-9267//
RMKS/1. PER THE REF, A SELECTION BOARD WAS CONVENED ON 09 MAY 2000
TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. NAVY AND U.S. AIR FORCE TEST
PILOT SCHOOLS.
2. OFFICERS SELECTED AS PRIMARIES FOR THE U.S. NAVY TEST PILOT
SCHOOL CLS 120 (CVN JAN 01):
RANK NAME SSN/MOS FUTURE MCC
CAPT E. E. METZGER 3961/7563 USMC K32
MAJ D. S. THORN 3743/7562 USMC K32
3. THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE PREVIOUSLY SELECTED FOR CLS 120 BY
TPS SELECTION BOARDS TO ATTEND U.S. NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL AS PART
OF THE U.S. NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL / U.S. NAVAL TEST PILOT
SCHOOL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM. THE SELECTED OFFICERS WERE: RANK NAME SSN/MOS FUTURE MCC
MAJ J. D. HAWKINS 4751/7509 K32
CAPT D. B. ROBINSON 2100/7525 K32
4. ALL OFFICERS SEL TO ATTEND U.S. NAVAL OR U.S. AIR FORCE TEST
PILOT SCHOOL WILL BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ACQUISITION WORK FORCE IN THE
TEST AND EVALUTION CAREER FIELD. CONTACT LTCOL MORTENSEN, MAD PAX
RIVER, FOR PRE-TPS STUDY/COURSE INFORMATION. COMM (301) 342-1427,
DSN 342-1427, EMAIL: MORTENSENJA@NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL.
5. OFFICERS SELECTED AS ALTERNATES:
RANK NAME SSN/MOS
CAPT S. G. CONROY 7173 7562 USMC
CAPT E. G. LEBLANC 3649/7562 USMC
CAPT A. E. BARTON 0490/7525 USMC
CAPT J. R. COPPERSMITH 3486/7509 USMC
6. THE NEXT TEST PILOT SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD IS PLANNED FOR THE
1ST QTR FY-01. THE REQUIREMENT FOR PILOTS AND NFO'S TO BE SELECTED
IS BASED UPON ANTICIPATED TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AIRCRAFT
PROGRAM UP TO TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE AND IS CONSTRAINED BY THE CORPS
FINITE MANPOWER INVENTORY. BECAUSE TESTING REQUIREMENTS CHANGE, THE
NUMBER AND TYPE OF MOS TO BE SELECTED CAN - AND DOES - CHANGE UP TO
THE DATE OF THE BOARD. FOR THIS REASON, EVEN THOUGH ANTICIPATED
REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE ANNOUNCING MARADMIN, ALL
INTERESTED PILOTS AND NFO'S ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT (OR UPDATE)
THEIR APPLICATIONS.
7. MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND
ON THE MARINE CORPS WEBSITE AT WWW.USMC.MIL, OR BY CONTACTING THE
MARINE AVIATION DETACHMENT PAX RIVER; AT COMM (301) 342-1427 OR
342-1427.
8. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
9. THIS BULLETIN IS CANCELLED 31 MAY 01.//
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