Career Overview
Operate weapons and equipment in ground combat operations. Duties include operating and maintaining weapons, such as rifles, machine guns, mortars, and hand grenades; locating, constructing, and camouflaging infantry positions and equipment; evaluating terrain and recording topographical information; operating and maintaining field communications equipment; assessing need for and directing supporting fire; placing explosives and performing minesweeping activities on land; and participating in basic reconnaissance operations.
Alternate Job Titles
- Combat Rifle Crewmember
- Expeditionary Force - Combat Skills
- Fighting Vehicle Infantryman
- GWOT IA/ILO Multi-National Force, Not Deployed
- GWOT Support Assignment-Basic Combat Unit Member
- Heavy Antiarmor Weapons Infantryman
- Indirect Fire Infantryman
- Individual GWOT IA/ILO Multi-National Force
- Infantry Assaultman
- Infantryman
- Machine Gunner
- Mortarman
- Rifleman
- Scout Sniper
- Scout-Sniper
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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.