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R 281949Z SEP 11
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MARADMIN 564/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES (MOS) MANUAL CHANGES IMPLEMENTING MARADMIN//
REF/A/DOC/CMC WASH DC/29JUN11//
REF/B/DOC/CMC WASH DC/11SEP09//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1200.17C, MOS MANUAL.  REF B IS MCO 1200.15C, MOS SYSTEM MODIFICATION PROCESS.//
POC/M. A. EDWARDS/GS-12/TECOM GTD (TDB)/TEL: DSN 278-3570/TEL: COMM (703) 784-3570//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  SITUATION.  EACH YEAR THE MARINE CORPS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (HRDP) IS SYNCHRONIZED THROUGH PUBLICATION OF REFERENCE A, THE MOS MANUAL.  REFERENCE B GOVERNS THE PROCESS.  THE MANUAL DEFINES OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES FOUND ON TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND OTHERWISE PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT WILL ENABLE THE MARINE CORPS TO CARRY OUT ITS ASSIGNED MISSION TO ORGANIZE, TRAIN, ASSIGN, AND MANAGE THE FORCE.
    A.  THE LATEST MANUAL CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT AND NUMEROUS CHANGES AND MUST BE SCRUTINIZED CAREFULLY.  A COMPLETE LIST OF CHANGES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CONVERSION TABLES, CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF THE MANUAL VIEWED ON THE WEBSITES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW.
        (1) NEW MOS ARE CREATED IN OFFICER OCCFLDS 03, 06, 27, AND 75, AND ENLISTED OCCFLDS 03, 27, 28, 59, 64, AND MISCELLANEOUS MOS 8000.
        (2) MOS ARE DELETED FROM OFFICER OCCFLDS 02, AND 75, AND ENLISTED OCCFLDS 28 AND 64.
        (3) MOS 2844 AND 2846 ARE MERGED INTO NEW MOS 2841 AND MOS 2844 AND 2846 ARE DELETED.  MOS 6463, 6466, 6467, AND 6484 ARE MERGED INTO MOS 6469.  MOS 6463, 6466, 6467, AND 6484 ARE DELETED. THE GRADE STRUCTURE FOR MOS 6469 CHANGED FROM GUNNERY SERGEANT AND STAFF SERGEANT TO GUNNERY SERGEANT THROUGH PRIVATE.  MOS 6493 IS CONVERTED TO NEW MOS 5951 AND MOS 6493 IS DELETED.
        (4) THERE ARE MANY PREREQUISITES/REQUIREMENT CHANGES AND SUMMARY CHANGES.
        (5) THERE ARE TITLE CHANGES FOR OFFICER MOS 0205, AND 5970 AND ENLISTED MOS 0689, 2821, 5974, 6469, AND 6694.
        (6) GRADE STRUCTURE DATA WAS ADDED INTO THE MOS MANUAL FOR MOS 8220 THROUGH 8229 AND 8240 THROUGH 8249.
        (7) THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS ARE MADE: THE STATUS OF MOS 0502 IS FMOS; THE CORRECT TITLE OF OFFICER MOS 0640 IS SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT OFFICER, AND THE CORRECT TITLE FOR ENLISTED MOS 6048 IS FLIGHT EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN.
2.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT, COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION'S (DC CDI'S) FRONT-END ANALYSIS PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL TRAINING STANDARDS CONTINUES TO BE USED TO EFFECT THE RESTRUCTURE OF OCCFLDS BASED UPON VALIDATED CURRENT MARINE CORPS NEEDS.  TO ENSURE CONTENT ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS, THE MANUAL ENTRIES WERE REVIEWED BY MOS SPONSORS, DC CDI (TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE DIVISION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND) AND DEPUTY COMMANDANT, MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (DC MRA).
3.  MISSION.  THE TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFSMS) AND THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS) WILL BE UPDATED USING THE MOS CODES FROM THIS MANUAL TO ACCURATELY PROVIDE OPERATING FORCES THE INVENTORY OF MARINES TRAINED IN REQUIRED SKILLS TO CONDUCT UNIT MISSIONS.
4.  EXECUTION.  EFFECTIVE 1 OCTOBER 2011, THE TFSMS AND MCTFS WILL REFLECT THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN REFERENCE (A).  COMMANDING OFFICERS AND ALL PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT RELY ON THE MARINE CORPS OCCUPATIONAL SYSTEM SHALL FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THIS MANUAL AND TAKE ACTIONS AS DIRECTED IN THE MANUAL. 
    A.  COMMANDING OFFICERS OF REPORTING UNITS WILL NOT MAKE ANY MOS CONVERSIONS, DELETIONS, OR REPORT ANY NEW MOS FOR MARINES BASED ON THE REVISED MANUAL UNTIL 1 OCTOBER 2011.
    B.  SCHOOL DIRECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO AWARD EXISTING MOS UNTIL 1 OCTOBER 2011.  AT WHICH TIME NEW MOS WILL BE REPORTED.
    C.  DC MRA:
        (1) IDENTIFY ANY MANPOWER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY THE SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS CONTAINED IN REFERENCE B.
        (2) COORDINATE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY MOS REVISIONS.
        (3) CONVERT MOS IN MCTFS AS SUMMARIZED IN CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF REFERENCE (A).
        (4) IDENTIFY MARINES AFFECTED BY DELETION OF THEIR PRIMARY MOS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
5.  ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS.  THE MANUAL WAS PUBLISHED ON 29 JUNE 2011 AND WILL BE POSTED ON THE MARINE CORPS DIRECTIVES WEBSITE.  THE NEW MOS CHART HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED.  A COPY OF MCO 1200.17C, MOS MANUAL CAN BE LOCATED AND VIEWED AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/HQ/BRANCHES/GTD/DEFAULT.ASPX.
6.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  THE MOS MANUAL WAS EFFECTIVE ON 15 APRIL 2011 FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON 1 OCTOBER 2011 (FY12).  THIS MANUAL IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND.//