JOB DUTIES

• Set up and operate communications systems


• Encode and decode messages


• Assist in the preparation of fire support plans, coordinates and targets


• Operate laser range finders and target devices


• Determine target location using computers or manual calculations

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Job training for a fire support specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and six weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instructions. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field under simulated combat conditions.



Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Computing target locations


• Ammunition techniques


• Operating gun, missile and rocket systems


• Artillery tactics, techniques and procedures