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Special Duty Assignments are usually jobs a member performs temporarily, working outside their assigned AFSC. When the special duty tour is completed, members typically return to their primary AFSC (enlisted job). Examples would be a recruiter, first sergeant, or military training instructor. Aviation Electronics (AT) Technicians repair and maintain navigation, infrared detection, and radar, as well as other complex electronics systems. Aviation Machinist’s (AD) Mates are aircraft mechanics, performing maintenance, repairs, and updates to aircraft. Intelligence Specialists (IS) analyze intelligence data, prepare and present intelligence briefings, produce image data, and maintain intelligence databases. Civil Affairs involves communications, planning, and coordination with assorted agencies to assist local population in combat zones. Civil Affairs Specialists are designated MOS 38B.
Aviation Survival Technicians (AST) save lives, provide emergency medical support, and maintain the survival equipment shipmates Rey on in emergencies.Gunner’s Mates (GM) are trained in the technical inner-workings of small arms, weapons systems, and pyrotechnics. newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}}}\) \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash{#1}}} \)\(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \(\newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\) \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\) \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)\(\newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\)
The U.S. Army lists roughly 160 MOS designations available to enlistees, from frontline warriors (infantrymen, field artillery soldiers, combat engineers) to aviators and aviation support (including piloting unmanned drones) to special forces and armor to civil affairs (communications, planning, agency coordinators) to chaplains’ assistants, interpreter/translators, and mechanics and beyond. Aerospace Maintenance (2A) airmen perform and supervise aviation equipment maintenance functions and activities. Specialists conduct inspections, repairs, maintenance, and servicing of aviation and support equipment (SE). Aerospace Maintenance AFSC designations include:
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Aircrew Operations (1A) duties include resolving problems that can render an aircraft unable to perform. Necessary skills include fixing airborne systems equipment that involve computer systems, radar and radio systems, and surveillance systems operations activities. AFSCs for Aircrew Operations include: