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5811 - Military Police

Summary

Military Police perform assigned military law enforcement duties to uphold the criminal justice system, maintain good order and discipline, and support the commander’s law enforcement and security requirements in peacetime and combat operations.

Typical duties and billets include foot and motorized patrol, control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, crime prevention/physical security, patrolman, fire team, squad leader, watch commander, platoon sergeant, operations chief, and provost sergeant billets.

Prerequisites

Must be a U.S.

citizen.

Must possess clarity of speech.

Must have vision correctable to 20/20.

Must have a valid state driver’s license.

Must possess a GT score of 95 or higher.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Must have normal color vision (waivers to this prerequisite will not be granted).

Must be 18 years old prior to completion of Military Police school.

Marines interested in requesting a lateral move should contact their career planner or prior service recruiter to ensure they meet the prerequisites.

Marines meeting the prerequisites will contact the nearest installation provost sergeant/senior enlisted advisor (MOS 5811) to begin the screening process.

A letter of recommendation from the installation provost marshal or commanding officer, law enforcement battalion will be forwarded to the marine’s monitor, via the career planner, to CMC (manpower management enlisted assignments) for final approval.

Must have no history of mental, nervous, or emotional disorders.

Waivers will not be considered for those Marines determined unsuitable for assignment as a military police officer by a medical professional.

Must have no convictions by special or general courts-martial; or felony convictions or misdemeanor convictions of domestic violence from civil courts.

Waivers will not be granted for convictions by special or general courts-martial or civil courts for crimes of domestic violence as per reference (bk), the Lautenberg Amendment.

Requirements

Reserve enlisted Marines, IADT and IIADT must complete the Basic Military Police Course (A16RF33) at MARCORDET, Ft Leonard Wood, MO.

Active duty enlisted-entry level Marines must complete the Basic Military Police Course (A16RF33) at MARCORDET, Ft Leonard Wood, MO.

Lateral move, prior service retraining-initial skills and reserve enlisted-SMCR Marines must complete the Basic Military Police Course (A16RF33) at MARCORDET, Ft Leonard Wood, MO.

Physical Requirements: The duties of the 58 occupational field require extended periods of physical exertion derived from such activities as running, walking, standing, bending or driving and occasionally lifting, pushing and/or carrying items weighing 50 pounds or more.

Requires stamina, physical agility and dexterity and the strength to pursue, apprehend or detain.

A 58 occupational field Marine may be required to push or drag heavy weights of 150 pounds or more and is required to exemplify the physical characteristics of agility in the performance of his/her duties.

POI CID

A16RF33

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (ac), Military Police, Investigations, and Corrections Training and Readiness Manual.

Related SOC Title & Code

Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 33-3051.

Military Working Dog Handler, 5812.

Traffic Management and Collision Investigator (TMCI), 5813.

Physical Security Specialist, 5814.

Special Reaction Team Member, 5816.

Military Police Investigator, 5819.