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MC Mass Communication Specialist

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Overview

Mass Communication Specialists research communication needs and create storyboards, graphics, publications, still imagery, and written, audio, and video content. They document operational environments, conduct outreach, plan digital engagement, counter misinformation and disinformation, provide media literacy training, and advise commanders on communication.

Minimum ASVAB: VE+AR 115 or PC+AR 115

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: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Human-centered research for communication design
  • Operational documentation for strategic decision-making
  • Misinformation response and media literacy training
  • Communication design for understanding and discoverability

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.

Public Relations Specialists

MC experience in community outreach, internal and external communications, digital engagement, and advising commanders directly supports public relations work.

How to prepare: Build a civilian-facing portfolio using releasable work that pairs a communication objective with a written product, a digital engagement example, and an explanation of the intended audience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Post and update content on the company's Web site and social media outlets.
  • Write press releases or other media communications to promote clients.
  • Establish or maintain cooperative relationships with representatives of community, consumer, employee, or public interest groups.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Canva

Editors

MC experience creating written content and publications designed for audience understanding transfers to developing and refining editorial material.

How to prepare: Create a before-and-after editing sample that demonstrates readability improvements, factual verification, and consistent spelling, punctuation, and style.

What the civilian work involves
  • Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
  • Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
  • Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Adobe Acrobat

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST (MC)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 29081; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Human-centered research for communication design, Operational documentation for strategic decision-making, Misinformation response and media literacy training, Communication design for understanding and discoverability, Public Relations Specialists (O*NET 27-3031.00), Editors (O*NET 27-3041.00)

  2. O*NET: Public Relations Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Public Relations Specialists (O*NET 27-3031.00)

  3. O*NET: Editors

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Editors (O*NET 27-3041.00)

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