Interpreters and Translators
Military Training
Communications Intelligence
| Job Title: | Language Officer |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer |
| Description: | Directs and participates in foreign language translation for military government and informative purposes. Directs activities of linguists familiar with languages and idioms peculiar to countries in operational area. Prepares and supervises others in preparation of scripts, speeches and proclamations, interpreting idiosyncrasies of language, habits and customs. Translates foreign scientific and technical papers. Serves as interpreter in English-foreign language conversations, conferences, and interviews. |
| Job Title: | Linguist, Afghan Pushtu |
| Branch: | Marine Corps |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Linguist MOSS (2711-2727, 2733-2747, 2754-2769, 2776-2794) are skill designator MOSs which require specialized foreign language skills . Linguists supervise and participate in language translation/interpretation activities pertaining primarily to military operational and intelligence activities . These MOSs will be assigned as skill designator MOSS to identify those Marines with qualifying foreign language skills . These linguists titles and MOSS will also be used to identify billets in T/Os requiring specific foreign language skills as a required billet MOS (BMOS) . These skill designator MOSs will be assigned and voided only by the authority of the CMC (MM) . |
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