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Marine Corps MOS · Support

0160 Postal Officer

Current service use not established

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Overview

A Postal Officer advises commanders and staffs on military postal services, manages postal operations and retail services, and develops postal plans, policies, and procedures. They coordinate mail addressing, operations, and transportation with the Department of Defense and United States Postal Service, oversee official mail programs, and serve in regional, installation, quality control, finance, operations, and staff positions.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Official mail cost control compliance
  • Postal law and federal regulation advising
  • DoD and USPS mail transportation coordination
  • Regional postal policy and procedure development

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.

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Managing military postal operations and retail services, developing postal procedures, and coordinating with USPS directly overlap with directing civilian postal facilities.

How to prepare: Build a targeted resume documenting the scope of postal facilities supported, retail operations managed, and official mail cost controls administered.

What the civilian work involves
  • Organize and supervise activities, such as the processing of incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Direct and coordinate operational, management, and supportive services of one or a number of postal facilities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Collection Point Management System CPMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0160

    [1] MOS 0160 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 1191; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Official mail cost control compliance, Postal law and federal regulation advising, DoD and USPS mail transportation coordination, Regional postal policy and procedure development, Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (O*NET 11-9131.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 0160: Related SOC titles · MOS 0160 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (O*NET 11-9131.00)

  2. O*NET: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (O*NET 11-9131.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 0160

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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