Types of Marines

Marines entering this OccFld receive MOS 0800, Basic Field Artillery Man, and under instruction and close supervision, perform the routine duties incident to the firing, operation, and maintenance of field artillery pieces and related equipment.

The training for communications jobs in the Marines includes basic training, then combat training. After that, Marines in this field go to Communications Systems Training at the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command in Twentynine Palms, California.

At SOI, Marines with the Military Occupational Specialty of infantry (0300 occupational field) are trained at the Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), while all non-infantry Marines are trained in basic infantry and combat skills at the Marine Combat Training Battalion (MCT Bn).

The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), created in 1987, is a field activity headquarters of the United States Marine Corps, and a member of both the Defense Intelligence Agency and the United States Intelligence Community.

Compiling and maintaining logistics support data, computing combat logistics support requirements and coordinating combat logistics functions in support of MAGTF operations and deployments They will also serve as combat cargo assistants aboard naval amphibious assault ships at the senior or staff non-commissioned officer level or SNCO.

The Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF, pronounced MAG-TAF) is a term used by the United States Marine Corps to describe the principal organization for all missions across the range of military operations.

Some usage guides object to the use of personnel as a plural. However, this use is well established and standard in all varieties of speech and writing. The use of personnel with a preceding number is largely restricted to business and government communications: Six personnel were transferred.

The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields. All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned a four-digit code denoting their primary occupational field and specialty.