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Artillery and Missile Crew Member

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What Do Artillery and Missile Crew Member Do?

Artillery & Missile Crew Member Example Target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels. Field artillery crew members predominantly use guns, cannons, and howitzers in ground combat operations, while air defense artillery crew members predominantly use missiles and rockets. Naval artillery crew members predominantly use torpedoes and missiles launched from a ship or submarine. Duties include testing, inspecting, and storing ammunition, missiles, and torpedoes; conducting preventive and routine maintenance on weapons and related equipment; establishing and maintaining radio and wire communications; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

Other Artillery & Missile Crew Member Job Titles

  • Torpedoman’s Mate
  • Field Artillery Cannoneer
  • Submarine Vertical Launch System Tube Maintenance Technician
  • Stinger Anti-Terrorist Weapon (ATW) Operator Maintenanceman
  • SERGEANT Missile Crewman

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