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5811 Military Police

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Overview

Military Police perform assigned military law enforcement duties to uphold the criminal justice system, maintain good order and discipline, and support installation law enforcement and security requirements. Typical installation billets include foot and motorized patrol, traffic management, accident investigation, crime prevention or physical security specialist, patrol supervisor, watch commander, and SRT member.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: GT 95

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

  • Traffic management and accident investigation
  • Crime prevention and physical security
  • Patrol supervision and watch command

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.

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Military foot and motorized patrol, traffic management, and installation law enforcement directly overlap with civilian patrol work.

How to prepare: Contact a target agency's recruiting office to plan its academy and supervised on-the-job training route, including study of state and local law and civil rights. Entry requires at least a high school diploma or equivalent, with some agencies requiring college coursework or a degree; candidates usually must be at least 21 and meet rigorous physical and personal standards, while citizenship rules vary by jurisdiction, with most state and local agencies and all federal officer positions requiring U.S. citizenship.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
  • Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations.
  • Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word

Parking Enforcement Workers

Military traffic management and foot or motorized patrol provide directly relevant experience for enforcing parking rules across an assigned area.

How to prepare: Study the target municipality's parking ordinances and practice applying them to warning and citation scenarios.

What the civilian work involves
  • Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
  • Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles.
  • Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Complus Data Innovations FastTrack

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 5811

    [1] MOS 5811 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 46930; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Traffic management and accident investigation, Crime prevention and physical security, Patrol supervision and watch command, Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (O*NET 33-3051.00), Parking Enforcement Workers (O*NET 33-3041.00)

  2. O*NET: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (O*NET 33-3051.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Police and Detectives

    [3] How to Become, Education, Training and Other Experience; checked September 24, 2026

    Supports: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (O*NET 33-3051.00)

  4. O*NET: Parking Enforcement Workers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Parking Enforcement Workers (O*NET 33-3041.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 5811

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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