0621 - Transmissions System Operator

Summary

Transmissions System Operators employ transmissions systems to enable command and control.

Typical duties include the operation and maintenance of the Very Small Aperture Terminal-Expeditionary (VSAT-E), High Frequency (HF), Very High Frequency (VHF), Super High Frequency (SHF) and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) vehicular or man pack radio sets, including antennas and power sources, establishing contact with distant stations, processing and logging of messages, conducting frequency changes or cryptographic codes and maintaining equipment at the first echelon.

Additional skills include planning, coordinating, executing operations while utilizing program of record equipment and field-expedient antennas to integrate communication networks.

Operators will be familiar with spectrum analyzing tools, specialized computer hardware/software programs, transmission security (TRANSEC), and communications security (COMSEC).

Skill progression training for Staff Sergeant through Corporal is the Transmissions Supervisor Course located at Camp Pendleton (M10BNPB), Camp Lejeune (M03BNPG), and Okinawa (M22BNP4) at the Regional Communications Training Centers.

Marines in this MOS may be assigned to a BIC [within their occupational field] that has been coded with one or more DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) work role codes.

Please reference DoDI 8140.10, DoDM 8140.10, and the MOS roadmap for additional training and certification requirements associated with these work role codes.

Prerequisites

Must be a U.S.

citizen.

Must have normal color vision.

Must possess a CL score of 100 or EL score of 100 or higher.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Complete the Basic Communications Course, (M09KJT1).

Requirements

Complete the Transmissions System Operator Course (M0925U1) at Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School, at Twentynine Palms, CA.

POI CID

M09KJT1, M0925U1

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (i), Communications Training and Readiness Manual.

See Marine Corps Cool Program: http://www.cool.navy.mil/usmc.

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