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OPNAVINST 3501.363C — MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY FORCES REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND PROJECTED OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

OPNAVINST 3501.363C is listed as current Current
in the DON Issuances (DONI) catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged.

Branch	U.S. Navy
Series	OPNAVINST
Publication date	2022-10-19 (3.9 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	N95
Source of record	DON Issuances (DONI)

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What this publication covers

This instruction provides resource agencies information desc ribing MESF mission requirements, capabilities and the types and locations of operational employment. Together, the ROC and POE establishes tasking which produces a measurable workload to compute personnel requirements for activity manpower documents.
— OPNAVINST 3501.363C, paragraph 3, p.2, quoted from the official PDF

What changed in this edition

The MESF has reorganized into mission specific units of action to include Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) Headquarters (HQ), security boat companies, and security platoons. Additionally, Maritime Expeditionary Security teams have been renamed Embarked Security Teams (EST). Each unit of action and EST have their own specific set of ROCs
— Summary of Changes, OPNAVINST 3501.363C, quoted from the official PDF

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This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on DON Issuances (DONI) — verify there before citing OPNAVINST 3501.363C in an official product.