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0571 Foreign Security Force Advisor (FMOS)

MOS 0571, Foreign Security Force Advisor (FMOS), was renamed Advanced Foreign Security Force Advisor (FMOS), retaining the same code and FMOS designation. Remarks 2 and 7 identify a revised MOS description and a requirement change.

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Foreign Security Force Advisor (FMOS)

1 October 2018 was the scheduled active-duty-component batch date in the Marine Corps Total Force System (MCTFS), not a universal individual qualification or retraining date.

  • The record does not specify what changed in the description or requirements.
  • Reserve retraining for PSMRP, Active Reserve and SMCR personnel was to be coordinated as required for conversion, subject to available funds.
  • Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reservists and Standby Reservists were to receive appropriate service record book entries using the headquarters conversion action as authority.
  • Formal schools were to continue awarding current MOSs until a MARADMIN directed implementation.
Source extraction notes

Source new title: Advanced Foreign Security Force Advisor (FMOS). Figure 4-1 remarks: 2, 7. Paragraph 4001.1b schedules the active duty component MCTFS batch for 1 October 2018. Paragraph 4001.6 separately covers Reserve retraining, subject to available funds for the specified retraining groups, and record updates for Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reservists and Standby Reservists. Under paragraph 4002.3, formal schools keep awarding current MOSs until a MARADMIN directs implementation. The batch date is not a documented universal individual qualification or retraining date.

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Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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