R 251504Z JUL 08
MARADMIN 411/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA TECOM//
SUBJ/MOS MANUAL CHANGES AND CONVERSIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASH DC/YMD:20080523/1200.17//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASH DC/YMD:20020131/1200.15B//
POC/M. A. EDWARDS/GS-12/UNIT:TECOM GTB/NAME:QUANTICO/TEL:DSN 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 WAS PREVIOUSLY, TEMPORARILY, PUBLISHED AS MCBUL 1200. REF A, THE FY-09 MANUAL, IS RESUMING PUBLICATION AS A MARINE CORPS ORDER. 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 23 MAY 2008.
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 HAVE BEEN CREATED IN OCCFLDS, 02, 30, AND 44. 
A.2. MOS HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM OCCFLDS 28, 35, 44, 55, AND 64.
A.3. GRADE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN OCCFLDS 28, 35, 44, 55 AND 64. 
A.4. THERE WERE MANY PREREQUISITES/REQUIREMENT CHANGES, MOS TITLE CHANGES, AND SUMMARY CHANGES. 
A.5. OCCFLD 48 WAS RENAMED RECRUITING AND RETENTION, AND MOS 4821 WAS ADDED; OCCFLD O1 WAS RENAMED PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION AND MOS 0143 RETENTION WAS MOVED TO OCCFLD 48; AND OCCFLD 31 WAS RENAMED DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT. 
A.6. THE FOLLOWING ARE ENLISTED OCCFLDS THAT WERE RENAMED:  OCCFLD
61 RENAMED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (ROTARY-WING), OCCFLD 62, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (FIXED-WING), OCCFLD 63, ORGANIZATIONAL AVIONICS MAINTENANCE, AND OCCFLD 64, INTERMEDIATE AVIONICS MAINTENANCE.
A.7. THE FOLLOWING MOS'S WERE CHANGED FROM PMOS TO NON-PMOS. 
A.7.1. OFFICER:  FMOS 0407.
A.7.2. ENLISTED: NMOS 5519, NMOS 5521, NMOS 6626.
A.8. THE FOLLOWING MOS'S WERE CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.1. OFFICER
A.8.1.A. MOS 0277 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.1.B. MOS 4305 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.2. ENLISTED:  MOS 0652 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.3. OFFICER/ENLISTED
A.8.3.A. MOS 8023 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.3.B. MOS 8024 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
A.8.3.C. MOS 8026 CHANGED FROM FMOS TO NMOS.
B.  THE DC CD&IS FRONT-END ANALYSIS PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL TRAINING STANDARDS (ITS) 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 MOS SPONSORS, DC CDI (TFSD, TECOM) AND DC M&RA.
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
(1) IDENTIFY ANY MANPOWER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY THE SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS CONTAINED IN REF A.
(2) COORDINATE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY MOS REVISIONS. 
(3) UPON COORDINATED NOTICE PER PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW, CONVERT MOS IN MCTFS AS SUMMARIZED IN CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF REF (A).
(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 DISTRIBUTED IN MAY AND POSTED ON THE MARINE CORPS DIRECTIVES WEBSITE.  THE NEW MOS CHART WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN AUGUST.  THE MANUAL IS CURRENTLY POSTED ONLINE AT HTTPS:WWW.INTRANET.TECOM.USMC.MIL/SITES/GTB/SECTIONS/TDS .
5.  COMMAND AND SIGNAL.  THE MOS MANUAL IS EFFECTIVE 15 APRIL 2008.
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 NICHOLSON, COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE  CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND//