Field artillery operations men perform the various duties associated with the operation of a field artillery and mortar fire direction center; operations or training section; survey section; meteorological section; or target acquisition radar section. Duties include preparing personnel and equipment for movement and operation; assisting in location of fire direction center or target acquisition radar in the field; maintaining a situation map, operations journal, and survey records; performing duties incident to the preparation, reproduction, and distribution of operations orders, training orders, memoranda, schedules, status reports, and S-3 periodic reports; preparing operations maps and overlays; assisting in the establishment and operation of artillery meteorological stations, direct atmospheric meteorological observation interpreting, evaluating and distributing atmospheric data; performing duties incident to execution of survey plans essential to proper employment of field artillery; assisting in installation, orientation, operation, and maintaining target acquisition radar equipment; and training personnel in radar, meteorological, survey, and fire direction procedures.
Prerequisites.
(1) Must possess a GT score of 105 or higher.
(2) Must have a secret security clearance.
Requirements.
Complete the Marine Artillery Operations Chief Course, Ft. Sill, OK and qualify in MOS 0842, 0844, or 0847.
Duties.
For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (m), Artillery Training and Readiness (T&R) Manual.
Related SOC Classification/SOC Code.
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Weapons Specialist/Crewmember 55-2012.
Related Military Skill.
Ground Operations Specialist, 8711.
