The toughest of the tough, the Marines have a large number of jobs that
can take you around the world. Handle the electrical systems on
troop carrier vehicles or work with weaponry and the computer systems
that run them. The Marine Corps has so many jobs available that
we are unable to list them all here. You are not far from your
dream job with the USMC.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Electronic/ Electrical Systems
US Marine Corps Career field
Duties &
responsibilities
Qualifications
Examples of civilian jobs
US Marine Corps Jobs - Avionics
Installs and repairs aircraft electrical, communications/navigation and fire control equipment and air-launched guided missiles; serves as electrician and instrument repairman.
Mathematics and shop course in electricity, hydraulics and electronics useful
Radio and TV or electrical instrument repairer, comm-unications, electrical or electronics engineer and radio operator.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Data
Comm-
unications Maintenance
Installs, inspects and repairs telephone, teletype and cryptographic equipment and cables, calibrates precision electronic, mechanical, dimensional and optical test instruments.
Mathematics, electricity and blueprint reading courses helpful.
Telephone installer and trouble
US Marine Corps Jobs - Electronics Maintenance
Installs, tests and repairs air search radar, radio, radio relay, missile fire control and guidance systems.
Electronics, mathematics, electricity and blueprint reading useful.
Radio and TV repair, radio engineer, electrical instrument repairer, recording communications and electrical engineer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Training and Audiovisual Support
Operates still, motion picture and aerial cameras; develops film and prints; repairs cameras; edits motion picture films; and performs as illustrator or draftsman.
Mathematics, chemistry and shop courses in electricity; normal color perception desirable.
Commercial illustrator, photographer, cinematographer, copy camera operator, motion picture film editor, camera and instrument.
Liaison between the Marine Corps and the public and media. Gathers material for and writes and edits news stories and historical reports; gathers material for, prepares and edits radio and television broadcast scripts. Conducts community relations projects. Assists in operations of Armed Forces Radio and Television Service detachments worldwide.
English grammar and composition, typing aptitude required, speech, journalism and photography helpful.
Public relations, TV news reporter/anchor, radio DJ, news reporter correspondent, columnist, copyreader, copy or news editor, radio television announcer and script writer. TV/radio station programmer/traffic director, video editor and producer, TV news cameraman and print journalism photographer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Engineering, Science and Technical
US Marine Corps Career field
Duties & responsibilities
Qualifications
Examples of civilian jobs
US Marine Corps Jobs - Air Traffic Control and Enlisted Flight Crew/Air Support/
Anti-warfare
Operates airfield control tower and radio-radar air traffic control systems; serves as navigator, radio and radar operator, and intercept controller anti-air warfare missile batteryman.
Clear speaking voice, good hearing and better-than-average eyesight; speech, mathematics and electricity and experience as a ham radio operator helpful.
Airport control tower or flight radio operator, navigator, instrument-landing truck operator and radio or television studio engineer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Aviation Ordnance
Maintains and repairs aircraft armament systems, gun pods, machine guns, bomb racks and rocket/missile launcher equipment.
Electricity, hydraulics and mechanics shop courses useful.
Firearms assembler, gunsmith, armament mechanic and aircraft accessories repairer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Data systems
Operates and programs data processing equipment.
Clerical aptitude, manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination, mathematics, accounting and English useful.
Computer operator or programmer and data, control coordinator.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Drafting, Surveying and Mapping
Makes architectural and mechanical drawings, prepares military maps, creates or copies articles of illustrative materials.
Mathematics, mechanical drawing and drafting, geography and commercial art helpful.
Architectural or mechanical drafting, surveyor or cartographer, illustrator and commercial artist.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Construction Equipment and Shore Party
Performs metalworking operation and maintenance of fuel storage, heavy engineering equipment, construction and repair of military facilities.
Automotive mechanics, sheet metal working, machine shop, carpentry and mechanical drafting useful.
Sheet metal worker, engineering equipment mechanic, carpenter, road machinery operator, rigger and construction superintendent.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Intelligence
Records and interprets information, makes study of aerial photographs, conducts interrogations in foreign languages, translates written material and interprets conversations.
Investigator, research worker, intelligence analyst (government), map drafter, cartographic aide and records analyst.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
Performs routine duties to apply detection, emergency and decontamination measures to gassed or radioactive areas. Inspects and performs preventive maintenance on chemical warfare protection equipment.
Must not have any known hypersensitivity to the wearing of protective clothing; be emotionally stable; biology and chemistry background useful.
Laboratory assistant (nuclear, biological or chemical), exterminator and decontaminator.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Operational Communications
Lays communication wire; installs and operates radio, radio telegraph and radio relay equipment; encodes and decodes messages.
Mathematics, typing, courses in electricity and electronics useful.
Radio operator, telephone lineperson, radio broadcaster, traffic manager and communications engineer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Ordnance
Inspects, maintains and repairs infantry, artillery and anti-aircraft weapons; fire control optical instruments; operates machine tools or modifies metal parts.
Mathematics, mechanics, machine shop and blueprint reading, welding and heat treatment or metal electricity.
Armament mechanic, gunsmith, time-recording equipment service person, electrician, optical instrument inspector and electrical engineer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Signals Intelligence/
Ground Electronic Warfare
Performs routine duties for collecting, translating, recording and disseminating information associated with military plans and operations.
English composition, geography and mathematics useful.
Radio intelligence operator, intelligence analyst, investigator and records analyst.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Utilities
Installs, operates and maintains electrical, water supply, heating, plumbing, sewage, refrigeration, hygiene and air-conditioning equipment.
Mechanical aptitude and manual dexterity important; vocational school shop course in industrial arts and crafts beneficial.
Electrician,
plumber, steam fitter, refrigeration mechanic, electric motor repairer and stationary engineer.
US Marine Corps Jobs - Weather Service
Collects, records and analyzes meteorological data; makes visual and instrumental observations.
Visual acuity correctable to 20/20, normal color perception; mathematics desirable, meteorology and astronomy helpful.