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3152 Distribution Specialist

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Overview

A Distribution Specialist manages transportation and distribution requirements for personnel, families, cargo, and personal property using government and commercial land, air, and sea services. This Marine uses automated systems, prepares shipping and manifest documents, supports warehousing and terminal operations, counsels travelers on shipping and documentation requirements, and tracks material through receiving, shipping, and distribution.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: GT 85

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

  • Land, air, and sea transportation procurement
  • Chartered group travel and port-call planning
  • Personal property shipping entitlement counseling
  • Cargo and passenger manifest preparation

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.

Cargo and Freight Agents

Selecting and procuring transportation services, preparing freight documents, and maintaining in-transit visibility transfer directly to commercial freight coordination.

How to prepare: Practice building a commercial shipment file that compares transportation modes, includes a completed bill of lading, and tracks delivery milestones.

What the civilian work involves
  • Negotiate and arrange transport of goods with shipping or freight companies.
  • Determine method of shipment and prepare bills of lading, invoices, and other shipping documents.
  • Track delivery progress of shipments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP software

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Military receiving, shipping, warehousing, packing, and marking experience aligns with preparing and documenting warehouse shipments.

How to prepare: Complete a receiving exercise that reconciles a sample shipment against its manifest and records shortages, damage, and other discrepancies in a spreadsheet.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
  • Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.
  • Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 3152

    [1] MOS 3152 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 43221; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Land, air, and sea transportation procurement, Chartered group travel and port-call planning, Personal property shipping entitlement counseling, Cargo and passenger manifest preparation, Cargo and Freight Agents (O*NET 43-5011.00), Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00)

  2. O*NET: Cargo and Freight Agents

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Cargo and Freight Agents (O*NET 43-5011.00)

  3. O*NET: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 3152. Each history page explains the change.

3112Distribution Management

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