Marine Corps · MOS history

8541 Scout Sniper

The 2006 MOS changes designated 0317 as the successor to MOS 8541, Scout Sniper, moving the specialty from the 8000/9000 category into a regular occupational field. Implementation in personnel records was explicitly deferred.

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Scout Sniper

The manual was effective May 15, 2006, but no specific effective date for the 8541-to-0317 change or personnel implementation date is given. The year 2006 identifies the manual transition, not a confirmed completion date.

Source extraction notes

The cited source prints the MOS code but not its occupational title; no title was inferred. Enlisted MOS moved from category 8000/9000 to a regular occupational field. The manual is effective 2006-05-15, but personnel/HRDP implementation is explicitly deferred, so effective_to is null. No row-specific effective date is printed; year-only precision reflects the 2006 manual transition.

Source documents (2)

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

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