Primary Responsibilities
Execute and supervise ground combat tasks tied to maneuver, reconnaissance, security, fires integration, and small-unit leadership.
03xx Infantry / Marine Corps MOS Profile
0370 Special Operations Officer
Special Operations Officers lead Marine special operations teams and companies after selection, assessment, and MARSOC qualification.
Code / Pipeline0370
MOS NameSpecial Operations Officer
Category03xx Infantry
Unit AssociationForce Recon / Special Operations Capability
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Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete recruit training or officer commissioning, then Marine Combat Training or The Basic School as applicable.
Billet Progression
This MOS sits inside the Marine ground-combat lane and depends on field discipline, small-unit leadership, communications, weapons proficiency, and repeated field evaluation.
Current Member Tracking
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USMC Responsibilities
0370 Special Operations Officer is described here by practical Marine Corps duties, billet expectations, and training progression. This section avoids game-language so the page reads like a professional MOS reference.
- Execute and supervise ground combat tasks tied to maneuver, reconnaissance, security, fires integration, and small-unit leadership.
- Prepare weapons, communications, navigation, patrol orders, rehearsals, and reporting procedures before movement.
- Lead Marines through field training, live-fire progression, tactical decision games, and mission rehearsals.
- Develop junior leaders who can control teams, squads, sections, platoons, and supporting attachments in austere environments.
Training Pipeline
The pathway is shown at a broad public level. Exact prerequisites, screening, quotas, course names, and assignments can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, command screening, and schoolhouse policy.
- Complete recruit training or officer commissioning, then Marine Combat Training or The Basic School as applicable.
- Attend the infantry/reconnaissance schoolhouse associated with the MOS: Infantry Marine Course, Infantry Officer Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, or an advanced qualification school.
- Develop through unit field exercises, live-fire progression, patrolling, weapons employment, orders production, and leadership billets.
- Advance into team leader, squad/section leader, platoon staff, platoon commander, operations, instructor, or senior enlisted/officer roles.
Billets And Skill Growth
- Entry-level Marines focus on core tasks, equipment, field discipline, and reliable execution.
- NCOs supervise small teams, enforce standards, plan rehearsals, and train junior Marines.
- SNCOs and officers manage readiness, risk, training plans, inspections, reporting, and integration with adjacent staff sections.
- Instructor and staff billets preserve standards, document lessons learned, and build repeatable training for the next rotation.
Chain of Command Matching Logic
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Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneCommissioned officer MOS
Entry / Award Basis
Special operations officer lane for commissioned officers selected and trained for Marine special operations billets.
Typical Rank Use
Normally Capt through Maj/LtCol depending on team, company, battalion, staff, and command billet requirements.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseSpecial operations assessment, selection, individual training course, and advanced skills pipeline as assigned
Special operations training emphasizes assessment, individual skills, small-team operations, communications, fires, medical, mobility, and mission planning by billet.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires assessment/selection, medical screening, security eligibility, fitness standards, maturity, and successful completion of assigned individual training requirements.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- SERE Level C
- Basic Airborne / Military Free-Fall as assigned
- Combatant Diver or maritime mobility schools as assigned
- Advanced communications, fires, breaching, medical, language, and instructor tracks
Course titles, quotas, prerequisites, and sequence can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, and current schoolhouse policy.
Current Members in this MOS
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MOS Association
Force Recon / Special Operations Capability
This page links the occupation lane to Force Recon / Special Operations Capability. Matching chain of command members appear in the Current Members section above.