FY12 Captains Selection List is in the SECDEF's Office

According to the NPC tracker HERE, the Selection List for FY12 Captain is in the SECDEF's office and release is imminent.  The list has been at OSD since 14 April.  These folks listed below and a few others (above zone) are waiting with bated breath for the official results of the selection board.  Soon everyone will be rushing to congratulate the selectees.  Take a moment of your time to consider those who are not selected and all their hard work which got them to this point.  With a compressed zone and selection opportunity reduced, this is a particularly tough year to make Captain.  We have 8-11 Captains retiring this year.  We'll need those newly selected Captains to hit the ground running.  The officers below are the Commanders who were in the primary zone for consideration.

• SCHEIDT, JEFFREY S. - in command now
• BEAN, CLIFFORD W. III 
• CARNEY, CAMERON PHILLIP 
• RANDOLPH, MARK D.
• BATES, RUTH ANNE 
• STEWART, ANDREW DONALD 
• SCHUMANN, MICHAEL A.
• BERG, HEIDI KRISTEN - previous CO Bahrain
• DIEHL, WILLIAM J.
• MATEO, NIELS F. - in command now
• HINTON, KEVIN SCOTT

A reader has expressed confusion about this post.  THIS IS NOT THE SELECTION LIST (as all the officers listed above clearly understand).  The promotion zone for FY12 IWOs was compressed to those listed above in the primary zone.  Selection opportunity is estimated to be 60% or less.  Other modifications to the original post have been made in red.