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Marine Corps MOS · Aviation

8059 Marine Acquisition Officer: Aviation

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Overview

A Marine Acquisition Officer for Aviation provides senior-level leadership over aviation equities throughout the acquisition lifecycle. These officers normally serve in critical acquisition or key leadership positions and form the pool for Acquisition Category I through IV Program Manager, Fleet Repair Center Commanding Officer, and Defense Contract Management Agency Commanding Officer roles involving Marine Corps equities.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Lifecycle-wide leadership of aviation acquisition

Civilian Career Paths

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Purchasing Managers

Senior leadership across the aviation acquisition lifecycle provides a foundation for overseeing civilian purchasing and contract-management processes.

How to prepare: Build a portfolio of purchasing or contract-management decisions from your assignments to demonstrate relevant procurement experience. Purchasing managers need several years of related experience, so assess your actual procurement responsibilities rather than relying on seniority alone.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
  • Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
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 8059

    [1] MOS 8059 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 21316; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Lifecycle-wide leadership of aviation acquisition, Purchasing Managers (O*NET 11-3061.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 8059: Related SOC titles · MOS 8059 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Purchasing Managers (O*NET 11-3061.00)

  2. O*NET: Purchasing Managers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Purchasing Managers (O*NET 11-3061.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents

    [4] What They Do; How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Purchasing Managers (O*NET 11-3061.00)

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