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Marine Corps Careers
Leadership is emphasized at all levels throughout the Marine Corps. Regardless of Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) or assigned command/staff billet, Marine officers are expected to provide leadership to the Marines with whom they work and associate. The emphasis begins at the outset of an officer's career. A significant part of a Second Lieutenant's grade and class ranking at The Basic School is based on the leadership abilities he has demonstrated. Finally, leadership evaluation is a major part of each officer fitness report and is a critical criterion examined by promotion boards. In short, a Marine officer "must LEAD or get out of the way"! The Marines, indeed, are looking for officers who LEAD!!
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THE BASIC SCHOOL (TBS)
The mission of TBS, located at Quantico, Virginia, is to provide training and basic professional education to newly commissioned and appointed officers. Particular emphasis is placed on:
(1) Instilling Marine esprit; (2) Developing officer leadership; and (3) Preparing students to assume the duties and responsibilities of a company grade officer in the field and in garrison.
The 23 week course is designed to provide newly commissioned officers with a foundation of professional knowledge and to develop the attitude and values necessary to ensure effectiveness in discharging the diverse and complex duties as company grade officers in the field and in garrison. The course provides for instruction in the subjects identified as the most important for preparing newly commissioned officers for the duties of a company grade officer. The course is organized into the following three general areas of instruction: (1) Tactics, (2) Combined Arms, and (3) Command and Leadership. In determining class standing, 40 percent of the overall evaluation is based on academic subjects, 40 percent on leadership ability and 20 percent on military skills.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS)
All Marines are assigned a primary MOS. While undergoing TBS training and after exposure to a variety of Military Occupational Specialties, Marine Second Lieutenants are provided the opportunity to submit three preferred choices for both their primary MOS and initial duty station assignment. Based on the current needs of the Marine Corps, Headquarters Marine Corps assigns to each TBS company a quota that must be filled for each MOS. Each MOS quota must be filled by a "quality spread" of officers, which essentially means that officers from the top, middle, and bottom thirds in the company class ranking must be assigned equally in each MOS. MOS assignments are carefully made by company staff officers. Every effort is made to honor the desires and preferred choices of the Second Lieutenants during the decision-making process. Approximately 80-85 percent of officers in recent TBS classes received their first choice for MOS. In addition to this primary MOS, many Marines earn additional secondary MOS's in other fields as they progress in their military careers. The following primary MOS's are available to both male and female officers:
0180 Adjutant,. 0202 Intelligence, 0402 Logistics, 2502 Communications, 2602 Signal Intelligence/Electronic Warfare, 3002 Supply (Ground), 3060 Supply (Aviation), 3402 Disbursing, 3415 Financial Management, 3502 Motor Transport, 4002 Data Systems Automation, 4302 Public Affairs, 4402 Judge Advocate, 5803 Military Police, 6002 Aircraft Maintenance, 7204 Anti-Air Warfare, 7208 Air Support Control, 7210 Air Defense Control, 7320 Air Traffic Control, 7580 NFO, 7599 Pilot
The following primary MOS's are available only to male officers:
0302 Infantry, 0802 Artillery, 1302 Combat Engineer, 1802 Tanks, 1803 Assault Amphibian Vehicles
In order that the officer graduating from TBS may be better equipped to assume his new duties, the Marine Corps provides MOS training for all officers enroute to their permanent duty stations. These courses provide instruction in the specific occupational field to which each officer has been assigned.
Career patterns vary from one MOS to another. All include both FMF and non-FMF duty. The usual tour length for a Marine is three years.
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AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL (AWS)
No weapon in the profession of arms holds a greater position of importance than that of knowledge. The Marine Corps provides numerous opportunities for follow-on education after schooling at the basic level (TBS and MOS schools). At the career level, the Marine Corps selects approximately 180-190 Captains annually to attend AWS. The mission of AWS, located at Quantico, Virginia, is to imbue student officers with the knowledge required of their profession and to instruct in the methods essential for its effective application. The course provides the continuing education that an officer needs to qualify for advancement, and the general skills for planning, directing, and supervising operations of Fleet Marine Force units at the battalion, squadron, regiment, and air group level.
As the name of the school indicates, emphasis in the curriculum is placed on the principles, fundamentals, and techniques of amphibious operations and combat operations ashore -- both conventional and unconventional. The curriculum follows a logical progression or building- block approach in the instruction of combined arms operations. Problem- solving exercises are interwoven within the instruction. Emphasis is given to historical examples, leadership/decision-making situations, war games, tactical exercises without troops, command post exercises, and live-fire exercises.
In addition to the core curriculum, students are assigned to the Occupational Field Expansion Course at AWS, in an attempt to challenge students with exercises oriented towards the specific MOS skills that make up the varied background experience of the class members. The Occupational Field Expansion Course is structured to expand and enhance those MOS skills that each officer requires to excel within his or her specific field of endeavor.
Amphibious Warfare School is a nine-month course. In addition to those Captains attending AWS annually, the Marine Corps assigns Captains to quotas in a variety of service schools, both to enhance their skills and to provide for an exchange of ideas and information between services.
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Marine Corps Careers
Leadership is emphasized at all levels throughout the Marine Corps. Regardless of Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) or assigned command/staff billet, Marine officers are expected to provide leadership to the Marines with whom they work and associate. The emphasis begins at the outset of an officer's career. A significant part of a Second Lieutenant's grade and class ranking at The Basic School is based on the leadership abilities he has demonstrated. Finally, leadership evaluation is a major part of each officer fitness report and is a critical criterion examined by promotion boards. In short, a Marine officer "must LEAD or get out of the way"! The Marines, indeed, are looking for officers who LEAD!!
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THE BASIC SCHOOL (TBS)
The mission of TBS, located at Quantico, Virginia, is to provide training and basic professional education to newly commissioned and appointed officers. Particular emphasis is placed on:
(1) Instilling Marine esprit; (2) Developing officer leadership; and (3) Preparing students to assume the duties and responsibilities of a company grade officer in the field and in garrison.
The 23 week course is designed to provide newly commissioned officers with a foundation of professional knowledge and to develop the attitude and values necessary to ensure effectiveness in discharging the diverse and complex duties as company grade officers in the field and in garrison. The course provides for instruction in the subjects identified as the most important for preparing newly commissioned officers for the duties of a company grade officer. The course is organized into the following three general areas of instruction: (1) Tactics, (2) Combined Arms, and (3) Command and Leadership. In determining class standing, 40 percent of the overall evaluation is based on academic subjects, 40 percent on leadership ability and 20 percent on military skills.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS)
All Marines are assigned a primary MOS. While undergoing TBS training and after exposure to a variety of Military Occupational Specialties, Marine Second Lieutenants are provided the opportunity to submit three preferred choices for both their primary MOS and initial duty station assignment. Based on the current needs of the Marine Corps, Headquarters Marine Corps assigns to each TBS company a quota that must be filled for each MOS. Each MOS quota must be filled by a "quality spread" of officers, which essentially means that officers from the top, middle, and bottom thirds in the company class ranking must be assigned equally in each MOS. MOS assignments are carefully made by company staff officers. Every effort is made to honor the desires and preferred choices of the Second Lieutenants during the decision-making process. Approximately 80-85 percent of officers in recent TBS classes received their first choice for MOS. In addition to this primary MOS, many Marines earn additional secondary MOS's in other fields as they progress in their military careers. The following primary MOS's are available to both male and female officers:
0180 Adjutant,. 0202 Intelligence, 0402 Logistics, 2502 Communications, 2602 Signal Intelligence/Electronic Warfare, 3002 Supply (Ground), 3060 Supply (Aviation), 3402 Disbursing, 3415 Financial Management, 3502 Motor Transport, 4002 Data Systems Automation, 4302 Public Affairs, 4402 Judge Advocate, 5803 Military Police, 6002 Aircraft Maintenance, 7204 Anti-Air Warfare, 7208 Air Support Control, 7210 Air Defense Control, 7320 Air Traffic Control, 7580 NFO, 7599 Pilot
The following primary MOS's are available only to male officers:
0302 Infantry, 0802 Artillery, 1302 Combat Engineer, 1802 Tanks, 1803 Assault Amphibian Vehicles
In order that the officer graduating from TBS may be better equipped to assume his new duties, the Marine Corps provides MOS training for all officers enroute to their permanent duty stations. These courses provide instruction in the specific occupational field to which each officer has been assigned.
Career patterns vary from one MOS to another. All include both FMF and non-FMF duty. The usual tour length for a Marine is three years.
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AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL (AWS)
No weapon in the profession of arms holds a greater position of importance than that of knowledge. The Marine Corps provides numerous opportunities for follow-on education after schooling at the basic level (TBS and MOS schools). At the career level, the Marine Corps selects approximately 180-190 Captains annually to attend AWS. The mission of AWS, located at Quantico, Virginia, is to imbue student officers with the knowledge required of their profession and to instruct in the methods essential for its effective application. The course provides the continuing education that an officer needs to qualify for advancement, and the general skills for planning, directing, and supervising operations of Fleet Marine Force units at the battalion, squadron, regiment, and air group level.
As the name of the school indicates, emphasis in the curriculum is placed on the principles, fundamentals, and techniques of amphibious operations and combat operations ashore -- both conventional and unconventional. The curriculum follows a logical progression or building- block approach in the instruction of combined arms operations. Problem- solving exercises are interwoven within the instruction. Emphasis is given to historical examples, leadership/decision-making situations, war games, tactical exercises without troops, command post exercises, and live-fire exercises.
In addition to the core curriculum, students are assigned to the Occupational Field Expansion Course at AWS, in an attempt to challenge students with exercises oriented towards the specific MOS skills that make up the varied background experience of the class members. The Occupational Field Expansion Course is structured to expand and enhance those MOS skills that each officer requires to excel within his or her specific field of endeavor.
Amphibious Warfare School is a nine-month course. In addition to those Captains attending AWS annually, the Marine Corps assigns Captains to quotas in a variety of service schools, both to enhance their skills and to provide for an exchange of ideas and information between services.
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