NAVMC 3500.132 governs the Marine Corps Occupational System, including MOS requirements, procedures, maintenance, and changes.
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It covers MOS purposes, prerequisites, requirements, training, organizational processes, out-of-cycle changes, dissemination, and submission timelines. It requires MOS change recommendations to contain sufficient detail for staffing and establishes CG, TECOM as the coordination point for MOS change issues.
Applies to: This NAVMC is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
Military occupational specialties (MOSs) are created for use in the Human Resource Development Process to represent organizational skill requirements identified on Tables of Organization (T/O) in the Total Force Management System, and to define the individual skill qualifications required for personnel assigned to billets in Marine Corps Task Force System as outlined in reference (c) and by the provisions of this manual. (paragraph 3)
The Marine Corps Occupational System was established and is maintained by the Commanding General, Training and Education Command (CG, TECOM). (paragraph 1)
All recommended changes and modifications to any particular MOS or occupational field, or to policy set forth in this manual, must be submitted to CG, TECOM (C 466), 2007 Elliot Road, Quantico, VA 22134-5001 via the procedures outlined herein. (paragraph 1)
Recommendations to change the MOS Manual must contain sufficient detail to enable complete staffing to cognizant headquarters staff agencies. (paragraph 2)
All changes will be subject to review by a Personnel, Organization, and Training (POT) Working Group, based on the wider doctrine, organization, training and education, materiel, leadership and communication synch, personnel, facilities, and cost (DOTMLPF/C) working groups managed by DC, CD&I. (paragraph 3)