--- title: "Here’s What We Call Combat Marines Now" date: "2016-06-28" modified: "2016-06-28" authors: - name: "Sarah Sicard" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/sarahsicard/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/heres-call-combat-marines-now/" categories: - "Marine Corps" - "Military Branches" - "News" --- # Here’s What We Call Combat Marines Now ![]() The Marine Corps is about to alter the job titles for thousands of Marines to be more gender-neutral. Though “man” will still remain in some of its most iconic occupations like “rifleman” and “mortarman,” 19 of its military occupational specialties are expected to be changed after a review by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. A full statement from the Marine Corps is expected in the coming days, which will shed light on the 33 military occupational specialties that were evaluated. [According to Marine Corps Times](), among those expected to change are the following, which will replace the word “man” with “Marine.” 0300 — Basic infantry Marine. 0312 — Riverine assault craft Marine. 0313 — Light-armor vehicle Marine. 0321 — Reconnaissance Marine (which will also include three other recon-related jobs that include the word "man"). 0351 — Infantry assault Marine. 0800 — Basic field artillery Marine. 0844 — Field artillery fire control Marine. 0847 — Field artillery sensor support Marine. 0861 — Fire support Marine. 0861 — Basic engineer, construction and equipment Marine. 1800 — Basic tank and assault amphibious vehicle Marine. 1812 — Armor Marine. 2141 — Amphibious assault vehicle Marine. 1800 — Amphibious combat vehicle Marine. Some Marine Corps infantry veterans, like Thomas Gibbons-Neff of The Washington Post and Paul Szoldra of Tech Insider, took to Twitter to discuss the changes. https://twitter.com/PaulSzoldra/status/747590361946562560