R 161918Z JUL 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0423/09
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/MOS MANUAL CHANGES AND CONVERSIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:CMC WASH DC/-/YMD:20090604//
REF/B/MSGID:CMC WASH DC/-/YMD:20020131//
NARR/REF A IS MCO 1200.17A, MOS MANUAL (REFERRED THROUGHOUT AS 'THE MANUAL.'  REF B IS MCO 1200.15B, MOS SYSTEM MODIFICATION PROCESS//
POC/M. A. EDWARDS/GS-12/UNIT:TECOM GTB (TDS)/-/SECTEL:278-3570/TEL:(703) 784-3570//
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 AS REFLECTED IN THE TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFSMS) VIA THE FEBRUARY 09 AUTHORIZED STRENGTH REPORT (ASR) AND THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS) TO 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 4 JUNE 2009.
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 4 BELOW. 
A.1. NEW MOS ARE CREATED IN OCCFLDS, 05, 34, 61, 62, 63, 66, 75 AND 86.
A.2. MOS ARE DELETED FROM OCCFLDS 06, 35, 59, AND 64.
A.3. GRADE STRUCTURES ARE CHANGED IN OCCFLDS 35, 55, 64 AND IN MOS 8002.
A.4. THERE ARE MANY PREREQUISITES/REQUIREMENT CHANGES AND SUMMARY CHANGES.
A.5. OCCFLD 58 IS RENAMED MILITARY POLICE, INVESTIGATIONS, AND CORRECTIONS.
A.6. MOS 6412, 6413, AND 6422 ARE MERGED INTO MOS 6414.  MOS 6461, 6462, AND 6482 (PVT TO SGT) ARE MERGED INTO MOS 6467; AND MOS 6482 (SSGT TO GYSGT) IS MERGED INTO MOS 6469.
A.7. SIX MOS NUMBERS CHANGED (OFFICER AND ENLISTED) IN OCCFLD 27.  MOS 2711 CHANGED TO 2772, 2715 CHANGED TO 2773, 2717 CHANGED TO 2796, 2719 CHANGED TO 2795, 2722 CHANGED TO 2774 AND 2727 CHANGED TO 2775.
A.8. THE FOLLOWING MOS CHANGED FROM PMOS TO NON-PMOS.
A.8.1. ENLISTED:  MOS 5523 CHANGED FROM PMOS TO NMOS.
A.9. THE FOLLOWING MOS CHANGED FROM FMOS TO EMOS.
A.9.1. OFFICER AND ENLISTED:  MOS 8002 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO EMOS.
A.10. THERE ARE MOS TITLE CHANGES IN:
A.10.1. OFFICERS: MOS 0510, 0803, 7315, 8222, 8226, 8242, 8246.
A.10.2. ENLISTED: MOS 0211, 0651, 0689, 2847, 3521, 3522, 3524, 3526, 5812, 6414, 7382.
B. THE DC CDI'S FRONT-END ANALYSIS PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL TRAINING STANDARDS (ITS) IN TRAINING AND READINESS (TR) MANUALS CONTINUES TO BE USED AS AN EVALUATION TOOL TO EFFECT THE RESTRUCTURE OF OCCFLDS BASED UPON VALIDATED MARINE CORPS NEEDS.  TO ENSURE CONTENT ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS, THE MANUAL ENTRIES WERE REVIEWED BY OCCFLD ADVOCATES, DC CDI (TFSD, TECOM) AND DC MRA.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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.
B. SCHOOL DIRECTORS WILL CONTINUE TO AWARD EXISTING MOS UNTIL A DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED AT WHICH TIME NEW MOS WILL BE REPORTED AS APPROPRIATE.
C. DC MRA
C.1. IDENTIFY ANY MANPOWER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY THE SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS CONTAINED IN REF A.
C.2. COORDINATE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY MOS REVISIONS.
C.3. UPON COORDINATED NOTICE PER PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW, CONVERT MOS IN MCTFS AS SUMMARIZED IN CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF REF (A).
C.4. IDENTIFY MARINES AFFECTED BY DELETION OF THEIR PRIMARY MOS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
D. CG TECOM WILL RELEASE A COORDINATED MARADMIN SEPARATELY TO IMPLEMENT USE OF THE REVISED MANUAL THROUGHOUT THE HRDP.
4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS.  THE MANUAL WILL BE POSTED ON THE MARINE CORPS DIRECTIVES WEBSITE. THE NEW MOS CHART WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN JULY.  THE MANUAL IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ONLINE AT HTTPS:SLASH SLASHWWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/SITES/GTB/SECTIONS/TDS/.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  THE MOS MANUAL IS EFFECTIVE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AS OF 15 APRIL 2009. PER REF B, IT WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE HRDP UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  THIS MANUAL IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN MELVIN G. SPIESE, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND//