Career Overview
Manage personnel and weapons operations to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels. Duties include planning, targeting, and coordinating the tactical deployment of field artillery and air defense artillery missile systems units; directing the establishment and operation of fire control communications systems; targeting and launching intercontinental ballistic missiles; directing the storage and handling of nuclear munitions and components; overseeing security of weapons storage and launch facilities; and managing maintenance of weapons systems.
Alternate Job Titles
- Air Defense Artillery Officer
- Ammunition Officer
- Division Officer, Weapons Department
- Division Officer, Weapons Department (Antisubmarine Weapons)
- Division Officer, Weapons Department (Guided Missiles)
- Division Officer, Weapons Department (Gunnery)
- Field Artillery Officer
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant
- Field Artillery Targeting Technician
- Fire Control Officer (Surface-To-Air Missiles)
- Ground Nuclear Weapons Assembly Officer
- Guided Missile Test Officer, Air-Launched
- HAWK Missile Air Defense Artillery
- Low Altitude Air Defense Officer
- Naval Gunfire Spotter
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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.