MJCOC Nominations

Nominees are private-sector, American civilians who have limited to no experience with their military. Nominees should demonstrate:

• Influence with cross-generational, cross-geographical and diverse audiences.

• U.S. citizens in good health.
• Individuals with very little experience or knowledge of the U.S. military.
• Individuals with strong influence who interact and engage with diverse audiences and communities across the country, and whose participation in JCOC may enhance public understanding of the U.S. armed forces and the Department of Defense.
• CEOs, senior executives or the equivalent within various areas of expertise, particularly technology, are highly competitive.
• Must be able to participate in the entire conference.

• Past JCOC and MJCOC participants.
• Individuals who are in campaign status for federal, state or local political office.
• Individuals working for the U.S. federal government to include active duty, Reserve and National Guard military members.
• Anyone who served in the U.S. armed forces since 2000.
• Employees of U.S. federal government contractors whose primary area of responsibility is related to the Department of Defense.
• Anyone with business ties or serves in an advisory role to senior U.S. military officials, military installations or the White House.
• Anyone who has been on more than one military civic leader tour, cruise or participated in special opportunities, such as flying with U.S. military aerial demonstration teams, etc.
• Individuals who have a strong and established relationship with the military, such as honorary military or honorary base commanders.

Nominators must discuss the process with nominees prior to nomination to establish basic eligibility requirements and ensure that, if selected, nominees are available to participate in the entire conference. Nominees must also be informed that their nomination does not mean selection or entitlement to the program.

MJCOCs are typically 2-3 days.