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6591 Aviation Ordnance Chief

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Overview

Aviation Ordnance Chiefs supervise the establishment and operation of aviation ordnance activities and assist aviation ordnance officers with daily planning, conduct, and execution. They also serve as staff action officers at MARFOR, MEF, wing, and HQMC levels and in selected naval and joint aviation logistics or acquisition billets.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Higher-headquarters staff action support
  • Naval and joint aviation logistics 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.

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Daily planning and supervision of aviation ordnance activities transfer to organizing staff and coordinating civilian logistics operations.

How to prepare: Map an ordnance-section planning example to a civilian receiving, storage, and shipping workflow, identifying gaps in commercial order management.

What the civilian work involves
  • Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
  • Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
  • Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Project

Training & Development

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

Career Growth

  • Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) · Funded

    Support specialization in hazardous-materials storage, handling, and transportation within logistics operations.

    Eligibility and preparation: An accredited bachelor's degree or higher and at least four years of relevant hazardous-materials management or related experience are required before scheduling and taking the exam.

    For: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Notes & Sources

  • Naval and joint aviation logistics/acquisition billets are select assignments, not experience established for every MOS 6591 holder.
Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 6591

    [1] MOS 6591 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 53320; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Higher-headquarters staff action support, Naval and joint aviation logistics support, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)

  2. O*NET: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

    [3] 6591 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

    [4]IHMM: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager eligibility · Eligibility Requirements, Prerequisites and Relevant Experience; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

Defense contractor jobs for 6591

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