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791D Flag Officer Writer

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

A Flag Officer Writer serves on the personal staff of a flag officer, general officer, or certain other senior commanding officers at sea or ashore. This writer drafts correspondence, manages protocol and ceremonial matters, prepares and liquidates travel orders, and prepares officer fitness reports.

Core Skills

  • Protocol, honors, and ceremony support
  • Travel order preparation and liquidation
  • Officer fitness report preparation

Civilian Career Paths

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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Personal staff service for senior officers, including drafting correspondence, preparing reports, and processing travel orders, transfers directly to executive administrative support.

How to prepare: Create a mock executive travel packet with an itinerary and expense reconciliation to practice translating military travel administration into a civilian office workflow.

What the civilian work involves
  • Make travel arrangements for executives.
  • Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP Concur

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 791D

    [1] NEC entry "791D - Flag Officer Writer"; cached text line 19252; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Protocol, honors, and ceremony support, Travel order preparation and liquidation, Officer fitness report preparation, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (O*NET 43-6011.00)

  2. O*NET: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (O*NET 43-6011.00)

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Similar Specialties

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