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SUBJ/OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION 
SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2022-2024 SHOW SEASONS//

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NARR/REF A IS CNATRAINST 1301.4N, APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR OFFICERS OF THE BLUE ANGELS//

RMKS/1.  The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angels 
will select:  One Executive Officer (both Navy and Marine Corps officers are 
encouraged to apply) for the 2022-2023 show seasons, three F/A-18 
demonstration pilots (both Navy and Marine Corps pilots are encouraged to 
apply) for the 2022-2023 show seasons, one Marine Corps C-130 demonstration 
pilot for the
2022-2024 show seasons, one Supply Officer for the 2022-2023 show seasons and 
one Public Affairs Officer (both Navy and Marine Corps officers are 
encouraged to apply) for the 2022-2023 show seasons.

2.  Interested officers should submit applications per reference
(a) by 30 April 2021.  All applicants shall contact their detailer/monitor 
prior to applying to ensure adequate timing to complete a 2 or 3 year tour 
without impacting career milestones.
Manpower Management Officer Assignments (MMOA) will release a separate 
MARADMIN that outlines Marine applicant eligibility requirements.  Final 
selections will be made in July 2021.

3.  Qualifications.  Applicants should be career-oriented, active-duty Navy 
and Marine Corps officers with the following specific qualifications:
    a.  Executive Officer applicants must be Naval Aviators or Naval Flight 
Officers with the rank of commander or lieutenant colonel.  They should have 
approximately 1,750 flight hours.
    b.  F/A-18 demonstration pilot applicants must be carrier qualified 
tactical jet pilots with approximately 1,250 hours of jet flight time by 30 
September of the year applying and have completed an operational fleet tour.
    c.  Marine C-130 demonstration pilot applicants must have an aircraft 
commander rating in the C-130J and should have approximately 1,200 total 
flight hours.
    d.  Supply Officer applicants must be Naval Aviation Supply Officers 
(310X/651X/751X) (LTJG/LT/LCDR/CWO3/CWO4) and be on or have completed an 
operational fleet tour.
    e.  Public Affairs Officer applicants must be designated as Naval Public 
Affairs Officers or Marine Corps Communications Strategy and Operations 
Officers (165X, USMC MOS 4502) (LTJG/LT/LCDR, 1stLt/Capt/Maj).

4.  Selectees will be approved by BUPERS/MMOA prior to public notification.  
Unites States Navy/United States Marine Corps pilots will be required to 
remain on active duty for 2 years following completion of their assignment 
with the Blue Angels.

5.  Reference (a) delineates application procedures.  All applications 
submitted via mail through 1 March 2021 should be sent to:
    Commanding Officer
    Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
    Attn:  LCDR James Haley
    Naval Air Facility El Centro
    1605 Third Street
    Hangar 5
    El Centro, CA 92243
Applications being submitted from 2 March 2021 through 30 April
2021 should be sent to:
    Commanding Officer
    Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
    Attn:  LCDR James Haley
    390 San Carlos Road, Suite A
    Pensacola, FL 32508-5508
Applications may also be delivered in person beginning 15 March 2021.

6.  For additional information, visit the Blue Angels website at 
www.blueangels.navy.mil or contact the Blue Angels Applicants Officer, LCDR 
James Haley, in Pensacola, FL at (850)452-2585/DSN 922, or in El Centro, CA 
(January thru Mid-March) at (760)339- 2509/DSN 645 or via email at 
james.e.haley(at)navy.mil.

7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or 31 August 2021, 
whichever occurs first.

8.  Released by Vice Admiral John. B. Nowell Jr, N1.//

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