#Mos marines update#

Marines will still submit a preference list, but the staff is going to do everything in their power to get you into one of your top 5 MOSs. The average for every MOS would be between 82.5% and 87.5%. Every MOS will be made up of Marines with a sum average that falls between 2.5% of the company average. For instance, assume the average grade for the company is 85%. Instead of breaking the company into thirds the staff will look at the overall average score. The idea behind “quality distribution” is still very much in play. It involves a more hands on approach by the staff. The Marine Corps has developed a new process for placing officers in MOSs. The historic system in no longer in play. The staff will generally catch these acts and respond accordingly. Many times Marines try to “game” the system by failing tests, or physical events, to drop into a lower overall ranking, but ending up at the top of a different tier. As you can imagine, the system can be incredibly frustrating given that the 30th Marine gets the 88th pick while the 31st Marine gets second pick. This process was developed in order to ensure “quality distribution.” That is to say that they want to make sure every MOS has a decent spectrum of quality Marines.

This means that the person ranking 30 in the company is going to have the third to last pick. If your number one MOS is available you get it, or else they go to your second choice and so on. Once your turn to pick comes up they just go down your preference list. In the example, the order for picking would be 1, 31, 61, 2, 32, 62, 3, 33, 63, etc. The top of each tier from first to third gets priority pick. Everyone is given a rank from 1 to 90 based on their academic (30%), physical (30%), and leadership (40%) performance.Įach Marine provides a list of their desired MOS in order of preference. OLD MOS SELECTION PROCESSĪssume there are 90 Marines in a company.

The old and new systems are both in play as of right now. There is a new CO of TBS who is going to be investigating the matter.

#Mos marines update#

UPDATE (): I recently heard from a friend at TBS there are still decisions being made with regards to how the MOS Selection Process is carried out.

Luckily, The Basic School is changing many procedures to better the development and MOS placement of Marine Officers. It’s a historic system that hasn’t changed for decades. Most of you have probably heard about the Marine Corps’ three-tier MOS selection process for placing Ground contract officers in their MOS.