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Posted: December 23, 2025 (23 days ago)

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POLICE OFFICER (SPECIAL REACTION TEAM)

U.S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

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Salary

$58,244 - $83,859

per year

Closes

December 22, 2026

GS-8 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $46,479 - $60,424

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-7. Graduate study or significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a specialized police officer on the U.S.

Marine Corps' Special Reaction Team, handling high-risk situations like building assaults, sniper threats, and support for drug raids or search warrants that go beyond regular policing.

It involves using advanced equipment and tactics to investigate and resolve serious incidents on base and potentially off base.

A good fit would be someone with prior law enforcement experience, strong physical fitness, and the ability to stay calm under pressure in dangerous scenarios.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-07 level (for GS-08), including knowledge of law enforcement operations, intelligence gathering, and innovative investigative techniques
  • Experience with sophisticated police equipment and weapons for detecting, investigating, and resolving high-risk crimes or incidents
  • Skills in performing building and high-ground assaults, perimeter security, and serving on entry teams
  • Ability to utilize security techniques against snipers, resolve high-risk situations, and provide surveillance or support for criminal investigations like drug raids and search warrants
  • Successful completion of USMC Police Officers Course, weapons certification, CPR, AED, and other DoD training requirements
  • Pass a first-class Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test (PFT and CFT) as a pre-hire and annual requirement
  • Pass a medical physical evaluation pre-hire and annually, with ability to train and wear chemical/biological protective equipment

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

GS-08: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing knowledge of law enforcement operations; gathering of intelligence; innovative investigative procedures and techniques, and the use of sophisticated police equipment and weapons for detecting, investigating, and resolving crimes and other incidents that are beyond the scope or requirements for solution by regular Police Officer such as performing building and high-ground assaults, perimeter security, serving as a member of a building entry team; utilizing security techniques against snipers, resolving high-risk situations, and providing support to criminal investigations by performing surveillance, assistance on drug raids, search warrants, and apprehensions.

GS-07: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing knowledge of law enforcement operations, innovative investigative procedures and techniques, and the use of sophisticated police equipment and weapons for detecting and investigating crimes and/or incidents that are beyond the scope or requirements for solution by regular police officers such as performing building assaults, evacuating bystanders and providing perimeter security to high level situations, utilizing security techniques against snipers, investigating high-risk situations, and providing support to criminal investigations by performing surveillance, assistance on drug raids, search warrants, and apprehensions.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/police-series-0083/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Conditions of Employment Continued: May be required to respond to off base circumstances as directed by installation commander, in accordance with and do not violate USMC and DoD policy.

Must successfully complete a designated designated USMC Police Officers Course of Instruction and meet all certification requirements, to include weapons certification, CPR, AED, DOD and Joint Training Regulations.

Training may be conducted at a regional training facility. You must pass a 1st class Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test Standard as a pre-hire requirement and an annual requirement thereafter.

This test consists of two parts; the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) successfully completed between 1 January through 30 June and the Combat Fitness Test (CFT) successfully completed between 1 July and 31 December.

SRT members are exempt from the requirement of the Physical Agility Test (PAT). a medical physical evaluation is required for pre-hire and must pass a re-test annually.

As first responders to chemical/biological attacks, must be able to train and wear individual protective equipment to include mask, suit, boots and gloves.

If conducting law enforcement operations in navigable waters, must attend the Inland Boat Operators Training Program at FLETC or a similar course.

Major Duties:

  • You will respond to and investigate complaints and enforce federal laws, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), DoD, Naval and Marine Corps regulations and installation directives, rules and regulations.
  • You will perform motorized, walking of bike patrols of installation; respond to emergency calls, complaints and other calls for service.
  • You will respond to and conduct preliminary investigations relating to critical incidents aboard installations.
  • You will subdue and disarm those doing violence to other persons, assists the injured and administer first aid; warns and/or uses force to restrain and apprehend violators.
  • You will gather and analyze the facts, seizes and protects evidence, takes statements, makes diagrams, interviews witnesses and other persons involved and determine course of action.
  • You will perform traffic law enforcement using radar, and Breathalyzer; conduct investigative stops, questions, detains and issues traffic citations; remove hazards from hard surface roadways or structures.
  • You will assure criminal or anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) measures are met to protect installation command and assure mission accomplishment.
  • You will perform building assaults, using close quarters battle skills; perform hostage rescue or other missions of Special Reaction Team (SRT).
  • You will provide high-ground, perimeter security, and utilize other security techniques against snipers and others.
  • You will provide controlled assault firepower in non-riot situation; rescue officers and citizens captured or endangered by gunfire.
  • You will provide support during investigations by performing surveillance, providing assistance on drug raids, search warrants and apprehensions.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 12/23/2025 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 12/23/2025

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12857338-26-MTG