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68J Medical Logistics Specialist

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Overview

A medical logistics specialist performs or supervises the requisitioning, receipt, storage, inventory, preservation, and issue of medical supplies and equipment. This specialist manages stock and property, repair parts, quality control, inspections, packing, shipping, salvage, segregation, accounting, and destruction.

Minimum ASVAB: CL 90

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Medical stock preservation and segregation
  • Medical supply salvage and destruction
  • Equipment accountability and repair parts control

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Receiving, inspecting, storing, and accounting for medical supplies directly overlap with shipment verification and inventory recordkeeping.

How to prepare: Practice reconciling a sample shipment against an order and recording discrepancies in Microsoft Excel.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
  • Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
  • Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP software

Logistics Analysts

Stock control, property management, and supply accounting provide a foundation for tracking inventory flow and interpreting logistics records.

How to prepare: Build a sample inventory analysis in Microsoft Excel that summarizes receipt and issue records and identifies stock discrepancies.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain databases of logistics information.
  • Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
  • Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Structured query language SQL

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 68J Medical Logistics Specialist

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 68J (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Medical stock preservation and segregation, Medical supply salvage and destruction, Equipment accountability and repair parts control, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00), Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02)

  2. O*NET: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00)

  3. O*NET: Logistics Analysts

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 68J. Each history page explains the change.

91J1Medical Logistics Specialist91J2Medical Logistics Specialist91J3Medical Logistics Specialist91J4Medical Logistics Specialist91J5Medical Logistics Specialist

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