R 201421Z MAY 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 286/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/FY10 MARINE CORPS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 2799 (MILITARY TRANSLATOR - INTERPRETER)//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO P1200.17A/-//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1230.5B/-//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/MCO 7220.52E/-//
NARR/REF (A) IS THE MARINE CORPS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALITIES (MOS) MANUAL. REF (B) IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER ON CLASSIFICATION TESTING.  REF (C) IS THE MARINE CORPS ORDER ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PAY.//
POC/C.L. ARMSTRONG/CAPT/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC I/-/TEL:DSN 224-3938/ EMAIL:CARRIE.ARMSTRONG@USMC.MIL//
POC/W.S. AHMED/MSGT/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC I/-/TEL:DSN 224-1161 /EMAIL:WAEL.AHMED@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MARADMIN PROMULGATES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 2799 FREE MOS (FMOS) (MILITARY INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR).  THIS FMOS PROVIDES THE MARINE CORPS THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY MARINES WITH CRITICAL LANGUAGE SKILLS IN ORDER TO BETTER MEET SHORT-NOTICE INTERPRETER REQUIREMENTS. 
2.  PER REF (A), A FMOS IS A NON-PRIMARY MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (PMOS) THAT CAN BE FILLED BY ANY MARINE REGARDLESS OF PMOS.  A FMOS REQUIRES SKILL SETS UNRELATED TO PRIMARY SKILLS.  THE 2799 FMOS MAY BE AWARDED TO ENLISTED MARINES (ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENT) IN THE RANKS OF PRIVATE THROUGH MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT EXCEPT MARINES IN THE INTELLIGENCE (02XX) OR SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE (26XX) OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS. THE 2799 FMOS WILL BE AWARDED AND VOIDED BY HQMC INTEL DEPARTMENT (IOP) ONLY.
3.  EFFECTIVE WITH THIS MARADMIN, FMOS 2799 WILL BE AWARDED TO ENLISTED MARINES POSSESSING VALIDATED LANGAUGE SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES:
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA (AMHARIC, HARARI, HAUSA, IBO, SOMALI, SWAHILI, TRAGINYA, AND YORUBA) ARABIC (MODERN STANDARD, AND ALL DIALECTS) LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL ASIA (ASSYRIAN, AZERBAIJANI, BALOCHI, DARI, GUJARATI, HINDI, KAZAKH, KURDISH, PASHTO, PERSIAN-FARSI, PUNJABI, TAJIKI, TAMIL, TELEGU, TURKISH, TURKMEN, URDU, UZBEK) LANGUAGES OF PACIFIC ASIA (BIKOL, BURMESE, CEBUANO, CHAVACANO, CHINESE, CANTONESE, GAN, HAKKA, ILOCONO, INDONESIAN, JAPANESE, JAVANESE, KANARESE, KOREAN, MALAY, MALAYALAM, MANDARIN, TAIWANESE, TAUSUG, TAGALOG, YAKAN, WU)
4.  IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE 2799 FMOS, MARINES MUST DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN ANY LANGUAGE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 3 IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS (B) AND (C).  THE MINIMUM PROFICIENCY REQUIRED IS AN INTERAGENCY LANGUAGE ROUNDTABLE (ILR) LEVEL "2" IN TWO MODALITIES (LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING) ON THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (DLPT). IN CASES WHERE THE LANGUAGES CANNOT BE TESTED VIA THE DLPT, AN ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW (OPI) CAN BE ADMINISTERED. CMC (I/IOP) WILL COORDINATE FOR OPI TESTING AND WILL COORDINATE TEST RESULTS WITH LOCAL COMMANDS AND CMC M AND RA (MPP-50).
5.  ONLY THOSE MARINES PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGES LISTED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF THIS MARADMIN WILL RETAIN THE 2799 FMOS.  HQMC WILL INITIATE ACTION TO REMOVE THE 2799 FMOS FROM THOSE MARINES NO LONGER QUALIFIED.  NO ACTION IS REQUIRED BY INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
6.  MARINES ELIGIBLE FOR FMOS 2799 SHOULD CONTACT CMC/I/IOP CAPT C. L. ARMSTRONG (CARRIE.ARMSTRONG@USMC.MIL) OR MSGT W. S. AHMED (WAEL.AHMED@USMC.MIL), HQMC (I/IOP), 703-614-1161 (DSN 224).
7.  THIS MARADMIN SUPERCEDES MARADMIN 220/04.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY (SES) MR. P.C. CHUDOBA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//