a. Summary. Operations analysts participate in the analysis of military operations or weapons systems, cost effectiveness studies, program management, and war gaming or other simulations activities at research and development activities, programming and management activities, and operational units of the FMF.

b. Requirements/Prerequisites

(1) Complete the Operations Analysis curriculum number 360 at Naval Postgraduate School or equivalent postgraduate degree program at comparable accredited institution.

(2) Prior mathematics preparation required

c. Duties

(1) Participates in the following: construction of models, manual or computer, for analysis or comparison of military activities, operations, weapons systems, and force structures; the gathering of empirical data used in support of analysis, comparison, or war gaming of military activities, weapons systems and plans; and cost effectiveness studies to analyze weapons systems, operational concepts, and resource allocation.

(2) Conducts statistical evaluations and comparisons of the results of such tests and writes technical reports on results.

(3) Directs, supervises, conducts, or participates in war gaming or simulation activities, including preparation of rules or flow charts, conduct of game or simulation, assessment of the game moves, of simulation steps, evaluation of the results, and determination of appropriate measures of effectiveness.

(4) Performs technical liaison between military organizations and activities engaged in analytical or evaluation work and technical assistance contractors supporting the military activity.

(5) Performs any or all of the above duties and tasks at research and development activities, management activities, or with operational units of the FMF.

d. Related DOT Classification/DOT Code. Operations Research Analyst 020.067-018.

Information Derived From MCO P1200.7V Part 1. Current as of Nov 00