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Marine Corps MOS · Communications

0699 Communications Chief

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Overview

A communications chief evaluates communications equipment supportability, drafts system architectures and communications plans, and coordinates technical interface and restoration issues with other commands. The chief manages personnel, training, equipment accountability, and operational readiness while advising commanders on communications plans, policies, procedures, requirements, and capabilities.

Minimum clearance: Secret, often with SCI exposure

Minimum ASVAB: EL 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

  • Integration of transmission, network, and data systems
  • Communications equipment supportability and limitation assessment
  • Systems architecture and communications plan development
  • Cross-command technical interface and restoration coordination

Civilian Career Paths

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Computer Network Architects

Drafting systems architectures, evaluating communications equipment limitations, and coordinating technical interfaces and restoration transfer directly to network design and operational planning.

How to prepare: Build a sample enterprise network design and validate its routing, security controls, and recovery procedures in a lab, documenting the design tradeoffs and test results.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop disaster recovery plans.
  • Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or automated security probes.
  • Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Border Gateway Protocol BGP
  • Ansible software
  • Linux

Training & Development

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

Getting Started

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    Validate networking fundamentals, IP connectivity and services, security fundamentals, and automation before tackling broader enterprise network designs.

    Eligibility and preparation: Cisco lists no prerequisites for the certification exam; earning CCNA requires passing exam 200-301.

    For: Computer Network Architects

  • CompTIA Security+ · Funded

    Strengthen the security foundation for recommending network protections. CompTIA recommends Network+ and two years in a security or systems administrator role as preparation, not mandatory exam eligibility.

    For: Computer Network Architects

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0699

    [1] MOS 0699 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 30817; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Integration of transmission, network, and data systems, Communications equipment supportability and limitation assessment, Systems architecture and communications plan development, Cross-command technical interface and restoration coordination, Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00)

  2. O*NET: Computer Network Architects

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [3] 0699 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [4]Cisco: CCNA certification · How to earn your CCNA, Core exam 200-301 CCNA; updated 31 August 2026, retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [5]Cisco: CCNA certification — how to earn, 200-301 exam, recertification · How to earn your CCNA, Core exam 200-301 CCNA details, Recertification; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Security+

    [6] 0699 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

  5. CompTIA Security+ exam details

    [7] Exam details, recommended experience

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 0699. Each history page explains the change.

2823Technical Control Chief (PMOS)

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