8235 - Foreign Area Staff Non-Commissioned Officer-Africa

Summary

Foreign Area Staff Non-Commissioned Officers (FAS) provide language skills, regional expertise and cultural capabilities (LREC) to MAGTF commanders throughout the phases of military operations and across the range of military operations to achieve US government objectives.

FAS’s will apply LREC to the Marine Corps Planning Process, Security Cooperation and combined exercise planning, and serve as LREC trainers for operational force units, members of Forward Command Elements, and inter-organizational liaisons.

FAS’s will acquire Core Plus skills in Civil Affairs and Information Operations through skill progression and enhancement training as available/required.

FAS’s are proficient in their PMOS.

This MOS may be assigned only as a FMOS and is available to ground and aviation Marines.

Prerequisites

Regional and Culture Studies Program (RCSP) complete in grade.

Meet prerequisites prescribed in reference (cn).

Requirements

Security requirement: TS/SCI security clearance eligibility based on a tier 5 background investigation.

Completion of (a) or (b) below: Completion of prescribed study track curriculum in accordance with reference (cn).

Completion of the following: Associates degree.

Six months of foreign immersion or regional experience.

Must demonstrate intermediate level foreign language proficiency by scoring annually a minimum of level 1+ in two of the tested modalities of the defense language proficiency test (DLPT) or oral proficiency interview (OPI).

POI CID

None

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to references: Security Cooperation/Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Training and Readiness Manual (ci), and International Affairs Program MCO (cn).

Political Scientist 19-3094.

None.

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