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8016 Special Technical Operations (STO) Planner (FMOS)

MOS 8016 changed its title from Special Technical Operations (STO) Planner to Special Technical Operations (STO) Administrator, retaining the same code and FMOS designation. The table also identifies a revised description and changed requirements, but does not detail those revisions.

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Special Technical Operations (STO) Planner (FMOS)

October 1, 2017 was the scheduled active-component MOS batch-conversion date under paragraph 4001.1b, rather than a completion deadline. Paragraph 4002.2 instead prints October 1, 2008, a conflicting instruction; the 2017 date follows the FY18-specific schedule.

  • Reserve retraining for Prior Service MOS Retraining Program, Active Reserve and Selected Marine Corps Reserve Marines was required as needed and subject to available funds; entries for Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reservists and Standby Reservists were authorized by the headquarters-origin conversion action on the unit's Diary Feedback Report.
  • Formal schools and training detachments were to continue awarding current MOSs until a MARADMIN directed implementation of the changes.
Source extraction notes

Source new title: Special Technical Operations (STO) Administrator (FMOS). Figure 4-1 remarks: 2, 7. NAVMC 1200.1C (FY18) paragraph 4001.1b schedules the active-duty-component MCTFS batch for 2017-10-01. Paragraph 4001.6 separately addresses Reserve retraining, subject to available funds for the specified groups, and records for Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reservists and Standby Reservists. Paragraph 4002.3 keeps formal-school MOS awards unchanged until MARADMIN implementation direction. The scheduled batch date is not proof of an individual's qualification, retraining or record-update completion. Paragraph 4002.2 prints 1 October 2008, in conflict with the 1 October 2017 schedule in paragraph 4001.1b. The recorded date follows the edition-specific schedule in paragraph 4001.1b; the conflicting printed instruction is not silently corrected.

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

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