The 0351 Military Occupational Specialty Realignment
Abstract
The realignment of the infantry's military occupational specialty of the 0351 Assaultman was introduced for all the right reasons, but its implementation plan and task distribution missed the mark. Ensuring that the correct Marine is performing the correct skill at the appropriate level and that the required knowledge is present within the infantry community has fallen short under the current structure. Over a several year period both the Infantry Marine Gunners and the Commanders identified at their annual conferences the need to restructure some of the skills and weapon systems within the Assaultman and the Anti-Tank Guided Missileman military occupational specialties. They decided to move both of the anti-tank missile weapon systems, the Javelin missile and the TOW missile, to one military occupational specialty: The 0352 Missileman. Taking the Javelin from the Assaultman billet allowed for the expansion of the Assaultman's breaching, mobility, and demolitions skills to further support the infantry rifle company's missions. The need to train and deliver this new Assaultman quickly meant sacrificing training, knowledge base requirements, implementation structuring, and operational forces sustainability. These sacrifices will cause an inaccurate assessment or perception of the abilities of this new Assaultman. The specific skills that could be misjudged are the new Assaultman's urban mobility breaching tasks, which encompass advanced demolitions skills, and the understanding of building construction to employ these charges.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA505212
Entities
People
- E. M. Biel
Organizations
- Marine Corps University