Accession Number:

ADA505259

Title:

A More Manageable Communications Occupational Field

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Slemp, N. S.

Report Date:

2005-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Due to the variety of assignments, rapid changes in the field, and associated training challenges, the current scope of the communications field is too broad for a single regular officers MOS to manage. Issues that further complicate the field are poorly written individual training standards ITSs, subsequent training issues, and chiefs who have faced the same challenges. The communication field should be divided into two distinct areas with one area managing transmission systems and the other managing switched systems. The switched systems field would handle voice and data systems, including voice switchboards, routers, and servers. The transmissions field would focus on systems that transmit information over the air, including single-channel radio, terrestrial multichannel radio, and satellite systems. This arrangement would present a more manageable set of skills to teach and maintain within each field and would allow communicators in each field to maintain their skills and build on them from one assignment to the next. Because the communication field requires constant training to stay proficient, B-billet assignments that are not directly related to communications should not be available to communications officers or should be available in extremely limited numbers.

Descriptors:

• *MARINE CORPS TRAINING
• *MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES
• *PROFICIENCY
• *MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
• *BILLETS(PERSONNEL)
• *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
• STANDARDS
• COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
• OFFICER PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Telemetry
• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE