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SUBJ/ OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION 
SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2023-2025 SHOW SEASONS// 
 
REF/A/DOC/CNATRA/18DEC20// 
AMPN/REF A IS CNATRAINST 1301.4N, APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR OFFICERS OF THE NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON.// 
 
RMKS/1.  The United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) 
will select two F/A-18 demonstration pilots (both Navy and Marine Corps 
pilots are encouraged to apply) for the 2023-2025 show seasons; one naval 
flight officer or naval aviator as the events coordinator (both Navy and 
Marine Corps aviators are encouraged to apply) for the 2023-2024 show 
seasons; one Marine Corps C-130 demonstration pilot for the 2023-2025 show 
seasons; one maintenance officer for the 2023-2024 show seasons; one flight 
surgeon for the 2023-2024 show seasons; and one public affairs officer for 
the 2023-2024 show seasons. 
 
2.  Interested officers should submit applications in line with reference (a) 
by 30 April 2022.  All applicants shall contact their detailer or monitor 
prior to applying to ensure adequate timing to complete a two or three year 
tour without impacting career milestones.  Manpower Management Officer 
Assignments (MMOA) will release a separate MARADMIN that outlines Marine 
Corps applicant eligibility requirements.  Final selections will be made in 
July 2022. 
 
3.  Qualifications.  Applicants should be career-oriented Navy and Marine 
Corps Officers with the following specific qualifications. 
    a.  F/A-18 demonstration pilot applicants must be carrier qualified with 
approximately 1,250 tactical jet flight hours by 30 September of the year 
applying; have completed an operational fleet tour; and have completed 
advanced flight training with an average or greater composite score. 
    b.  Events coordinator applicants must be naval flight officers or naval 
aviators who have completed an operational fleet tour. 
    c.  Marine Corps 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.  Maintenance officer applicants must be designated aviation 
maintenance officers (152X/633X/734X) (CWO3/CWO4/LTJG/LT/LCDR) and be on or 
have completed an operational fleet tour. 
    e.  Flight surgeon applicants must be qualified naval flight surgeons and 
be on or have completed a tour as a naval flight surgeon. 
    f.  Public affairs officer applicants must be designated as naval public 
affairs Officers (LTJG/LT/LCDR). 
 
4.  Selectees will be approved by Chief of Naval Air Training with Bureau of 
Naval Personnel/MMOA review and concurrence on suitability prior to public 
notification.  Navy and Marine Corps pilots will be required to remain on 
active duty for two years following completion of their assignment with the 
Blue Angels. 
 
5.  Reference (a) delineates application procedures 
    a.  Applications submitted via mail through 1 March 2022 should be sent 
to: 
     Commanding Officer 
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron 
     ATTN:  LCDR Julius Bratton 
     Naval Air Facility El Centro 
     1605 Third Street 
     Hangar 5 
     El Centro, CA 92243 
 
    b.  Applications submitted via mail from 2 March 2022 through 30 April 
2022 should be sent to: 
     Commanding Officer 
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron 
     ATTN:  LCDR Julius Bratton 
     390 San Carlos Road, Suite A 
     Pensacola, FL 32508-5508 
 
    c.  Applications may also be delivered in person beginning 15 March 2022. 
 
6.  For additional information, visit the Blue Angels website at 
https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/ or contact the Blue Angels Applicants 
Officer, LCDR Julius Bratton, in Pensacola, FL at (850)452-4650/DSN 922 or in 
El Centro, CA (February thru Mid-March) at (760)339-2509/DSN 658 or via e-
mail at julius.g.bratton(at)navy.mil. 
 
7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or 31 August 2022, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
8.  Released by Vice Admiral John. B. Nowell, Jr., N1// 
 
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