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The United States Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields.All enlisted and officer Marines are assigned a four-digit code denoting their primary occupational field and specialty.
Pages in category "United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 404 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Pages in category "United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The MOS system now had five digits, with a period after the third digit. The first four-digit code number indicated the soldier's job; the first two digits were the field code, the third digit was the sub-specialty and the fourth code number (separated by a period) was the job title.
The unit was again re-designated as Marine Air Traffic Control Unit 62 (MATCU-62) on 10 February 1954. MATCU-62 relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii in January 1955 as part of Marine Air Base Squadron 13. The unit deployed to South Vietnam on 1 September 1966.
In December 1950, VMF-311 became the first Marine jet squadron used in combat, providing close air support for the Marines and soldiers on the ground, flying the F9F Panther. [29] In February 1957, VMA-214 became the first Marine squadron to be certified for "special weapons delivery": dropping nuclear weapons. [30]
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Marine Ground Control Intercept Squadron 9 (MGCIS-9) was commissioned on May 31, 1952 at Marine Corps Air Station Miami, Florida. [1] During the squadron’s time at MCAS Miami, it participated in numerous training exercises in Puerto Rico and throughout the Caribbean Ocean .