Foreign area officers are officers who are proficient in a foreign language and who have extensive in-country experience in a designated region. This MOS may be assigned only as a skill designator MOS. It will be assigned and voided only by the authority of HQMC.

Performs in FMF/joint/combined staffs in operations, planning, and intelligence billets.

MOS with Similar Name

• MOS 16F1 Regional Affairs Strategist/Foreign Area
• MOS 16F2 Regional Affairs Strategist/Foreign Area
• MOS 16F3 Regional Affairs Strategist/Foreign Area
• MOS 16F4 Regional Affairs Strategist/Foreign Area
• MOS 16FX Regional Affairs Strategist/Foreign area
• MOS 1710 RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 1713 RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 1715 RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 1717 RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 1720 RL - Special Duty - Foreign Area Officer

MOS with Similar Code

• MOS 5994 Tactical Data Systems Maintenance Chief
• MOS 9940 Basic Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 9940 Basic Foreign Area Officer
• MOS 9941 Foreign Area Officer, Latin America
• MOS 9941 Foreign Area Officer, Latin America
• MOS 9942 Foreign Area Officer, Former Soviet U...
• MOS 9942 Foreign Area Officer, Former Soviet U...
• MOS 9944 Foreign Area Officer, Middle East/Nor...
• MOS 9944 Foreign Area Officer, Middle East/Nor...
• MOS 9945 Foreign Affairs Officer, Sub-Saharan ...