R181852Z JUN 2010
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 342/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/MOS MANUAL CHANGES AND CONVERSIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/15APR2010//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/11SEP2009//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1200.17B, MOS MANUAL. REF B IS MCO 1200.15C, MOSSYSTEM MODIFICATION PROCESS.//
POC/M. A. EDWARDS/GS-12/UNIT:TECOM/-/TEL: COMM (703)784-3570/TEL: AVN 278-3570//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  SITUATION.  EACH YEAR THE MARINE CORPS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (HRDP) IS SYNCHRONIZED THROUGH PUBLICATION OF REF A, THE MOS MANUAL.  REF 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.  THE ANNUAL MOS MANUAL REVISION WAS SIGNED ON 15 APRIL 2010.
1.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 IN PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW.
1.A.1.  NEW MOS ARE CREATED IN OCCFLDS, 01 AND 80.
1.A.2.  MOS ARE DELETED FROM OCCFLDS 01, 06, 28, 34, 63, AND 73.
1.A.3.  MOS 0121, 0151 AND 0193 ARE MERGED INTO NEW MOS 0111; MOS 0930 WAS CONVERTED TO MOS 0306 AND MOS 0930 REMAINS IN THE MANUAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES; MOS 0628 MERGED INTO MOS 0627; MOS 6214 MERGED WITH MOS 6314 AND MOS 6214 REMAINS IN THE MANUAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES; MOS 6318 MERGED INTO MOS 6338; AND MOS 2831 (GYSGT TO SSGT) MERGED WITH MOS 2834.
1.A.4.  THERE ARE MANY PREREQUISITES/REQUIREMENT CHANGES AND SUMMARY CHANGES.
1.A.5.  THERE ARE TITLE CHANGES IN OCCFLD 02, 06, 08, 26, 28, 48, 59, 61, 63, 64, AND 73.  THE TITLE FOR OCCFLD 59 CHANGED TO AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE.
1.A.6.  SECURITY ELIGIBILITY STATEMENTS ARE UPDATED IN ALL OCCFLDS.
2.  THE 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 (TFSD, TECOM) AND DC MRA.
3.  MISSION.  THE TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM WILL BE UPDATED USING THE MOS CODES FROM THIS MANUAL TO ACCURATELY PROVIDE THE OPERATING FORCES THE INVENTORY OF MARINES TRAINED IN THE REQUIRED SKILLS TO CONDUCT UNIT MISSIONS.
4.  EXECUTION.  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.
4.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 NOTIFIED BY SEPARATE MESSAGE.
4.B.  SCHOOL DIRECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO AWARD EXISTING MOS UNTIL 1 OCTOBER 2010.  AT WHICH TIME NEW MOS WILL BE REPORTED AS INSTRUCTED IN THE SEPARATE IMPLEMENTATION MESSAGE.
4.C.  DC MRA 
4.C.1.  IDENTIFY ANY MANPOWER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY THE SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS CONTAINED IN REF A.
4.C.2.  COORDINATE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY MOS REVISIONS.
4.C.3.  UPON COORDINATED NOTICE PER PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW, CONVERT MOS IN MCTFS AS SUMMARIZED IN CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF REF (A).
4.C.4.  IDENTIFY MARINES AFFECTED BY DELETION OF THEIR PRIMARY MOS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
4.D.  CG TECOM WILL RELEASE A COORDINATED MARADMIN PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2010 TO IMPLEMENT USE OF THE REVISED MANUAL THROUGHOUT THE HRDP.
5.  ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS.  THE MANUAL WAS PUBLISHED IN APRIL AND WILL BE POSTED ON THE MARINE CORPS DIRECTIVES WEBSITE.  THE NEW MOS CHART DISTRIBUTION BEGAN IN MAY.  A PRELIMINARY MOS MANUAL IS CURRENTLY POSTED ONLINE AT WWW.MARINES.MIL.  A FINAL DRAFT OF MCO 1200.17B, MOS MANUAL CAN BE LOCATED AND VIEWED AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/SITES/GTB/SECTIONS/TDS/.
6.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  THE MOS MANUAL IS EFFECTIVE 15 APRIL 2010. PER REF B, EXCEPT FOR PLANNING, IT WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE HRDP UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  THIS MANUAL IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE. 
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//