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Marine Corps Officer Job Descriptions

MOS 0502 - - Force Deployment Planning and Execution

By Rod Powers, About.com

MOS/Title: 0502 -- Force Deployment Planning and Execution Officer

Type of Officer : All

Type of MOS : FMOS

Rank Range: N/A

Job Description: Force deployment planning and execution officers (FDP and E) participate in the preparation of joint operation plans in support of unified/specified commanders' operational missions. This title and MOS is also used to identify billets in T/Os requiring the special MAGTF planning/development skills and experience for Force Deployment Planning and Execution Systems in concert with the Joint Operational Planning and Execution Systems (JOPES). This MOS will be assigned as a non-PMOS only.

Job Requirements:

(1) Prior to assignment of this MOS, an officer must have a minimum of 6 months in a billet that includes training and experience with Global Command Control System (GCCS) and Joint Planning Systems.

(2) The following course of instruction is desirable for skill progression: Completion of MAGTF Planners Advance Course, EWTGLant, NAB Little Creek, VA.

(3) Must have a top-secret security clearance.

(4) Must be a U.S. citizen.

Duties:

(1) Analyzes joint mission assignments, planning guidance from higher headquarters, and force capabilities to determine options for the deployment and employment of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces in support of joint operations.

(2) Translates operational requirements into ADP system input and articulates MAGTF capabilities and requirements in operational and ADP terms.

(3) Operates a terminal on the SIPRNET to pass data to and communicate with other headquarters possessing a workstation.

(4) Initiates, accesses, modifies, and manipulates files and uses the Joint Operation Planning and Execution Systems (JOPES) and Joint Forces Requirements Generator (JFRG) to create the Marine Corps input to time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) files in support of unified/specified commanders' operation plans.

(5) Accesses, modifies, and manipulates the JOPES to monitor the deployment flow during execution.

Related Department of Labor Occupation Codes :

No civilian equivalent.

Related Marine Corps Jobs:

None.

Above information derived from MCBUL 1200, part 1

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