Headquarters Marine Corps has published new administrative messages in October 2015 outlining military occupational specialty openings the Corps seeks to fill with some even offering bonus pay incentives. The fields open and possibly offering pay incentives are counterintelligence/ human intelligence (0211), imagery analyst specialist (0241), rifleman (0311), reconnaissance man (0321), machine gunner (0331), mortarman (0341), infantry assaultman (0351), anti-tank missileman (0352), critical skills operator (0372), data network specialist (0651), data chief (0659), information assurance technician (0689), field artillery fire control man (0844), fire support man (0861), explosive ordinance disposal (2336), criminal investigation divison agent (5821), aviation radar repairer (5948), fixed wing aircraft crew chief (6276), tactical air defense controller (7326), and air traffic controller (7257). “If a Marine is interested in a conducting a lateral move, they should do their homework,” said Master Gunnery Sgt. Leodis Smith Jr., the career planner for II Marine Expeditionary Force. “The first person he or she should talk to his their career planner. The career planner would be able to sit down with that Marine and look at the Marine’s scores to see what he or she is available to move into.” Smith also recommended speaking to Marines currently serving in the desired MOS to get a better feel for whether or not they will want to perform a lateral move into it. With approximately 25,000 Marines leaving the active component annually and the majority of them being eligible to stay in the Marine Corps, the Prior Service Enlistment Program allows the qualified Marines to reenlist back into active duty. MARADMIN 481/15 states that Marines participating in the PSEP may choose to lateral move into a new MOS. “There are quite a few specialties out there that will continue to actively seek out Marines to lateral move into [the jobs],” Smith said. “The recent push for Mar