0848 - Field Artillery Operations Chief

Summary

Field Artillery Operations Chief perform the various duties associated with the operation of a field artillery and mortar fire direction center; operations or training section; artillery sensor section; survey section.

Duties include preparing personnel and equipment for movement and operation; assisting in location of fire direction center 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 sensor 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, acoustic, and fire direction procedures.

Prerequisites

Must possess a GT score of 105 or higher.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Requirements

Complete the Marine Artillery Operations Chief Course (A204801), Ft Sill, OK; and qualify in MOSs 0842, 0844, or 0847.

POI CID

None

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (k), Artillery Training and Readiness (T&R) Manual.

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Weapons Specialist/Crewmember 55-2012.

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