Implementation Instructions for Marine Combat Instructor MOS /8513/

1. REF (A) SPECIFIED ACTIONS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THE 8513 MOS 
AND TO DESIGNATE 8513 MOS BILLETS AS SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS (SDA).
AS SUCH, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND ADMIN INSTRUCTIONS PERTAIN: 
A. SDA BILLETS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE SCHOOLS OF INFANTRY. 
APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THESE BILLETS WILL BE OPEN TO
NON-INFANTRY 
MARINES, WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE 
MARINES TO SERVE AS A MARINE COMBAT INSTRUCTOR.
B. REF (B) ESTABLISHED THE MARINE COMBAT INSTRUCTOR MOS (8513). 
QUALIFIED MARINES FROM ALL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 
THIS MOS. CORPS-WIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 8513 MOS WILL HAVE THE
DUAL 
BENEFIT OF ENHANCING OUR COMBAT READINESS AND PROVIDING THE
OPERATING 
FORCES WITH MARINES QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT COMBAT SKILLS SUSTAINMENT 
TRAINING. REF (C) CONTAINS THE 8513 MOS DESCRIPTION. 
C. SCREENING CHECKLIST. A COMMANDERS CHECKLIST WILL BE 
DISSEMINATED TO UNIT CAREER COUNSELORS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE. 
THIS CHECKLIST, SYNONYMOUS WITH OTHER SDA CHECKLISTS, ENSURES THAT 
MARINES REQUESTING TO SERVE AS AN 8513 HAVE THE PREREQUISITE ABILITY 
AND NO PERSONAL ISSUES PREVENTING THEM FROM ACQUIRING AND SERVING A 
FULL TOUR AS A MARINE COMBAT INSTRUCTOR.
D. THE FIRST MARINE CORPS COMBAT INSTRUCTOR COURSE COMMENCED IN 
APRIL 03 AT BOTH SOIS. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO REPORT FOR TEMINS 
AND BE ASSIGNED THE 8513 MOS UPON COMPLETION.
E. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 8513 MOS AND NEW SDA STATUS FOR 8513 
MARINES PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THE ENTRY-LEVEL TRAINING PIPELINE OF 
THE SCHOOLS. THERE IS AN ONGOING SCHOOL OF INFANTRY MANNING REVIEW 
FOCUSED ON THE REQUIREMENT TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT ENTRY LEVEL COMBAT 
SKILL INSTRUCTOR AND INFANTRY CAREER PROGRESSION TRAINING. 
F. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOL OF 
INFANTRY TO ALIGN BOTH COASTS, SUPPORT ENTRY LEVEL TRAINING AND 
STABILIZE 8513 BILLETS WITHIN EACH SCHOOL, AND PROVIDE FOR IMPROVED 
SKILL PROGRESSION INFANTRY TRAINING IS STILL UNDER REVIEW. 
G. PRECEPT LANGUAGE. STAFFING COMPLETE, THE NEXT REWRITE OF THE
M&RA SDA ORDER WILL CONTAIN THE APPROVED PRECEPT LANGUAGE FOR 8513 
MOS. STARTING IN JAN 03, PROMOTIONS BOARDS BEGAN EMPLOYING PRECEPT 
LANGUAGE FOR ALL 8513 DESIGNATED MARINES. THE LANGUAGE IS EQUITABLE 
TO THE LANGUAGE USED FOR DRILL INSTRUCTORS, RECRUITERS, MARINE 
SECURITY GUARDS, AND MARINE CORPS SECURITY FORCES. 
H. SDA PAY. APPROVED AT LEVEL I FOR FY 03 WITH THE INTENTION OF 
RAISING TO LEVEL II AS SOON AS IT IS FISCALLY FEASIBLE. PAYMENT FOR 
QUALIFIED MARINES BEGAN IN APRIL 03 AS SCHEDULED. 
I. REF (A) AUTHORIZED MERITORIOUS PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MARINE 
COMBAT INSTRUCTORS TO STAFF SERGEANT AND GUNNERY SERGEANT. REF (D) 
PROVIDED 4 SSGT/1 GYSGT MERITORIOUS PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FIRST 
HALF OF FY 03. THOSE PROMOTIONS HAVE BEEN APPLIED AND THE SECOND 
ALLOCATION IS TO BE PUBLISHED QTR 4 FY 03. 
J. DUTY STATION/GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCES WILL BE GOVERNED IN THE SAME 
MANNER AS OTHER SDA ASSIGNMENTS. UPON OBTAINING THE 8513 MOS AND 
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A 36-MONTH TOUR, SNCOS RATE DUTY STATION 
PREFERENCES, NCOS RATE GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCES. 
K. REF (E) APPROVED A SUPPLEMENTAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE AUTHORIZED 
FOR MARINES SERVING AT THE SCHOOLS OF INFANTRY. 
L. THE TOUR LENGTH FOR MARINES EARNING THE 8513 MOS IS 36 MONTHS. 
THE REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 
SDA BILLET IS WAIVERABLE BY CG TRAINING COMMAND.
M. SERVICE RIBBON RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO HQMC FOR 
DECISION. 
N. GRANDFATHERING. SCHOOLS OF INFANTRY MAY GRANDFATHER THE 8513 
MOS TO QUALIFIED MARINES WHO WERE ON STATION AT THE TIME REF (A) 
WAS RELEASED (OCT 02). AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN THE MOS IS DELEGATED 
TO THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL COMMANDERS. CG TRAINING COMMAND
ESTABLISHED 
CRITERIA FOR GRANDFATHERING THE 8513 MOS. MARINES GRANDFATHERED TO 
THE 8513 MOS MUST COMPLETE A TOTAL OF 36 MONTHS ON STATION, WITH THE 
MAJORITY OF THE TOUR HAVING BEEN IN BILLETS NOW DESIGNATED AS 8513 
BILLETS. COMPLETION OF A SUCCESSFUL TOUR ENABLES THE MARINE TO 
RECEIVE DUTY STATION/GEO PREFERENCE, PRECEPT LANGUAGE FOR PROMOTION 
BOARDS, SDA PAY WHILE SERVING IN THE BILLET, AND THE SERVICE RIBBON.
 THERE WILL BE NO GRANDFATHERING OF THE MOS TO MARINES WHO SERVED AT 
THE SCHOOL OF INFANTRY PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF REF (A). 
ADDITIONALLY, THE GRANDFATHERING PERIOD RAN FROM THE RELEASE OF 
REF (A) TO APR 03 AND ENDED WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF TEMINS MARINE 
COMBAT INSTRUCTOR COURSES (MCIC) AT BOTH SOIS. MCIC IS NOW THE 
SINGLE METHOD TO ACQUIRE THE 8513 MOS. 
2. MARINES INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE AS AN 8513 SHOULD 
CONTACT THEIR UNIT CAREER COUNSELOR OR THEIR APPROPRIATE MMEA 
COUNSELOR FOR MORE DETAILS.