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1751 Influence Specialist

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Overview

An Influence Specialist plans and executes functions related to military information support, civil authorities information support, and civil affairs operations according to the assigned billet. The specialist deploys in a tactical psychological operations team or civil affairs team to employ information capabilities during military operations.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: GT 100

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

  • Civil affairs planning and execution support
  • Information support to civil authorities
  • Small-team psychological operations support

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.

Public Relations Specialists

Supporting the planning and execution of military information support and civil affairs operations provides transferable experience for civilian communication-program support.

How to prepare: Build a sample community communication plan for a civilian organization, identifying its audience, information needs, outreach channels, and a draft public announcement.

What the civilian work involves
  • Plan or direct development or communication of programs to maintain favorable public or stockholder perceptions of an organization's accomplishments, agenda, or environmental responsibility.
  • Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Notes & Sources

  • Experience varies by billet between psychological operations and civil affairs assignments; emphasize the functions you actually performed.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 1751

    [1] MOS 1751 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 33939; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Civil affairs planning and execution support, Information support to civil authorities, Small-team psychological operations support, Public Relations Specialists (O*NET 27-3031.00)

  2. O*NET: Public Relations Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Public Relations Specialists (O*NET 27-3031.00)

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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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