0509 - Marine Corps Strategist

Summary

Marine Corps Strategists are strategic leaders that support senior military and civilian leader decision-making at service, combatant command, departmental, and national levels.

They also understand and represent Marine Corps interests in the joint and national strategy formulation processes, aid senior leaders in shaping national, defense, and military strategic guidance, and anticipate how strategic guidance will evolve in near, mid, and long-term.

As uniformed officers with doctorate level education in national security-specific areas (e.g., strategy, international relations, military history, political science), these Marines provide senior leaders with advanced research, writing, conceptual framing, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and planning for all forms of strategic engagement and communication.

At all levels, they are well-suited to help generate national, defense, military, and service strategies designed to address current and future operational challenges.

Marine Corps Strategists will reside at the Headquarters Marine Corps, combatant command, joint staff, and OSD levels.

0509 billets are listed as additional skills designators and maintained by DC PP&O and DC M&RA to ensure appropriate billets are staffed with Marine Corps Strategist.

Prerequisites

Meet eligibility requirements for the PhDP Strategist Track as laid out in ref (C).

Officers must be selected for the PhDP Strategist program to be eligible for this MOS.

Requirements

PhDP Strategists must complete all university PhD program requirements to include defense, approval, and submission of their dissertation.

This MOS will be assigned to a Marine in an appropriate Service, Joint, or OSD planning billet by submitting a graduation certificate through the Marine’s servicing IPAC.

POI CID

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Duties

Lead research and planning efforts for major commands and DCs.

Represent the USMC (Service and Operating forces) in strategy formulation at the Joint and National level.

Conduct complex problem framing to understand existing and anticipate future strategic guidance; ensure campaign planning efforts at service and OPFOR level are appropriately nested.

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