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6338 Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35B (PMOS)

MOS 6338 was retitled from Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35B to Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35, retaining the same code and primary specialty designation (PMOS). The entry also identifies a revised MOS description and a requirement change, not just a title change.

The directory also lists 6338 Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35. Current service use is not established for this directory entry.

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Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35B (PMOS)

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

  • The entry does not specify what requirements changed.
  • Reserve retraining for PSMRP, Active Reserve and SMCR personnel was required as needed for conversion, subject to available funds.
  • Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reservists and Standby Reservists required 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: Aircraft Avionics Technician, F-35 (PMOS). 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.

Source documents (1)

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

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