EXECUTIVE OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2024-2025 SHOW SEASONS

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SUBJ/EXECUTIVE OFFICER APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED BY NAVY FLIGHT 
DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON (BLUE ANGELS) FOR 2024-2025 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 (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 2024-2025 show seasons. 
 
2.  Interested officers should submit applications in line with reference (a) 
by 31 January 2023.  All applicants will contact their detailer or monitor 
prior to applying to ensure adequate timing to complete a 2-year tour.   
Manpower Management Officer Assignments (MMOA) will release a separate Marine 
administrative change that outlines Marine applicant eligibility 
requirements. 
 
3.  Qualifications.  Executive officer applicants must be naval aviators or 
naval flight officers with the rank of commander or lieutenant colonel and 
should have approximately 1,750 flight hours. 
Applicant selection criteria include demonstrated professional performance 
and reputation, ability to serve as an ambassador of the Navy and Marine 
Corps to public and international audiences, cohesiveness with other team 
members who travel 300 days per year, with an additional heavy emphasis on 
leadership, judgement, moral character, experience, and confidence. 
 
4.  Reference (a) delineates application procedures. 
    a.  Applications submitted via mail through 31 December 2022 should be 
sent to: 
     Commanding Officer 
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron 
     ATTN:  LCDR Chris Kapuschansky 
     390 San Carlos Road, Suite A 
     Pensacola, FL 32508-5508 
    b.  Applications submitted via mail from 1 January 2023 through 
31 January 2023 should be sent to: 
     Commanding Officer 
     Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron 
     ATTN:  LCDR Chris Kapuschansky 
     Naval Air Facility El Centro 
     1605 Third Street 
     Hangar 5 
     El Centro, CA 92243 
    c.  Applications may also be delivered in person through the application 
deadline. 
 
5.  For additional information, visit the Blue Angels website at 
https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/ or contact the Blue Angels Applicants 
Officer, LCDR Chris Kapuschansky, in Pensacola, FL at (850)452-2585/DSN 922 
or El Centro, CA (January through Mid-March) at (760)339-2509/DSN 658 or via 
e-mail at christopher.j.kapuschansky.mil(at)us.navy.mil. 
 
6.  Final selections will be made no later than 31 May 2023. 
 
7.  This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled. 
 
8.  Released by Vice Admiral Richard J. Cheeseman, Jr., N1.// 
 
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