Marine Corps MOS · Combat & Infantry

0372 Marine Raider

Current service use not established

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Overview

A Marine Raider executes special operations activities including direct action, special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, security force assistance, and counterinsurgency. The Raider can operate independently or rapidly integrate within the joint force.

Minimum clearance: Secret at entry, TS/SCI to maintain

Minimum ASVAB: GT 105

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Countering weapons of mass destruction
  • Security assistance to partner forces
  • Independent and joint force operations

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.

Security Managers

Counterterrorism mission training and joint force integration provide a foundation for coordinating civilian security activities, with command-advisory experience adding relevance for those who served in designated senior billets.

How to prepare: Build a sample workplace security contingency plan and accompanying budget to practice translating operational experience into employee protection and business resource decisions.

What the civilian work involves
  • Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.
  • Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning.
  • Develop budgets for security operations.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • Associate Protection Professional (APP)

    Develop and demonstrate civilian security fundamentals, business operations, risk management, and response management knowledge.

    Eligibility and preparation: One year of compensated security experience, potentially reduced to six months with an approved related certification; applicants must have been employed full time in a security-related role, though current employment is not required.

    For: Security Managers

Career Growth

  • Certified Protection Professional (CPP) · Funded

    Demonstrate broader security-management competency after establishing qualifying security experience and responsibility.

    Eligibility and preparation: Seven years of security experience without a higher education degree, six with a bachelor's degree, or five with a master's degree; holding an APP reduces each route by one year. Every route requires at least three years in responsible charge of a security function, meaning independent authority over operational methods and execution. Applicants must have held full-time security-related employment and must not have a felony conviction that reflects negatively on the profession.

    For: Security Managers

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0372

    [1] MOS 0372 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 28420; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Countering weapons of mass destruction, Security assistance to partner forces, Independent and joint force operations, Security Managers (O*NET 11-3013.01)

  2. O*NET: Security Managers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Security Managers (O*NET 11-3013.01)

  3. COOL credential mapping: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

    [3] 0372 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

  4. ASIS International Board Certification Handbook, updated 4 August 2026

    [4] Page 10, APP Board Certification in Security Fundamentals; page 8, eligibility requirements and preparation recommendation (separate passages)

    Supports: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

    [6] Page 18, CPP Eligibility Requirements and CPP Body of Knowledge; page 8, Eligibility Requirements for All Applicants; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

  5. COOL credential mapping: Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

    [5] 0372 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

Defense contractor jobs for 0372

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