Marine Corps MOS · Support

3381 Food Service Specialist

Current service use not established

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Overview

A Food Service Specialist prepares and cooks food in garrison and field environments while procuring, storing, distributing, and accounting for subsistence supplies. This specialist manages Class I logistics activities, operates automated inventory systems, maintains supply records, supports expeditionary feeding, and may conduct quality assurance surveillance of food service contracts.

Minimum ASVAB: GT 90 or CL 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

Perishable inventory rotation and shelf-life tracking
Automated subsistence inventory accountability and records
Expeditionary feeding site design and layout
Meal activity and consumption reporting

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.

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

Garrison and field food preparation, cooking, and subsistence rotation transfer directly to institutional meal production and food storage.

How to prepare: Prepare a sample cafeteria production plan showing portion quantities, a cooking schedule, food-temperature checks, and stock rotation.

What the civilian work involves

Monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety.
Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions to be served.
Rotate and store food supplies.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Microsoft Excel
Meals Plus

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 3381
[1] MOS 3381 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 43448; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01
Supports: Perishable inventory rotation and shelf-life tracking, Automated subsistence inventory accountability and records, Expeditionary feeding site design and layout, Meal activity and consumption reporting, Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (O*NET 35-2012.00)
O*NET: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (O*NET 35-2012.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 3381

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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