How do they match: Artillery and Missile Crew Members

  • Fire Control Technician
  • Fire Control Technician B (Ballistic Missile Fire Control)
  • Fire Control Technician G (Gunfire Control)
  • Fire Control Mechanic
  • Fire Controlman
  • Fire Support Man
  • Fire Support Specialist
  • ATWCS Launch Control Group Replacement (LCGR) Operation and Maintenance Technician
  • Advanced TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System (ATWCS) AN/SWG-4 Operator and Maintenance Technician
  • Cannon Fire Direction Specialist
  • Field Artillery Fire Control Man
  • GCS MK 160 MOD 4 Fire Control Technician
  • Guided Missile Launching System Technician
  • Guided Missile Launching System Maintenance Technician
  • In-Tube Conversion Technician
  • Master Fire Control Technician
  • Missile Technician
  • Missile And Missile Checkout Technician
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Operations/Fire Direction Specialist
  • PATRIOT Fire Control Enhanced Operator/Maintainer
  • Submarine Vertical Launch System Tube Maintenance Technician
  • Tactical Automated Fire Control Systems Specialist
  • Vertical Launching System (VLS) Advanced Technician

  • Target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels. Field artillery crew members predominantly use guns, cannons, and howitzers in ground combat operations, while air defense artillery crew members predominantly use missiles and rockets. Naval artillery crew members predominantly use torpedoes and missiles launched from a ship or submarine. Duties include testing, inspecting, and storing ammunition, missiles, and torpedoes; conducting preventive and routine maintenance on weapons and related equipment; establishing and maintaining radio and wire communications; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.