The infantry assaultman employs rockets, the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS), and demolitions. Assaultmen provide rocket fire against fortified positions in support of the rifle squads, platoons, and companies within the infantry battalion. Additionally, assaultmen employ APOBS, demolitions, and breaching/infiltration techniques to facilitate infantry maneuver in the offense, and demolitions and expedient counter mobility measures in the defense.
Assaultmen are found in the assault sections of weapons platoons of the infantry rifle companies. Noncommissioned officers are assigned as gunners, team, squad, and section leaders.
Prerequisites.
(1) Must possess a GT score of 100 or higher.
(2) Must have normal color vision, and vision of 20/200, correctable to 20/20.
Requirements.
Complete the Assaultman Course at Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry Training Command, Camp Pendleton, CA/Camp
Lejeune, NC.
Duties.
For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (g), Training and Readiness Manual.
Related SOC Classification/SOC Code.
Infantry 55-3016.
Related Military Skill.
(1) Rifleman, 0311.
(2) Anti-Tank Missileman, 0352.
(3) Combat Engineer, 1371.