Artillery and Missile Crew Members
Occupation · SOC 55-3014.00
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.
Also called: ATWCS Launch Control Group Replacement (LCGR) Operation and Maintenance Technician · Advanced TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System (ATWCS) AN/SWG-4 Operator and Maintenance Technician · Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Crewmember · Aircraft Armament Mechanic · Anti-tank Missileman · Artillery Meteorological Man · Cannon Crewmember · Cannon Fire Direction Specialist · Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data System Specialist · Field Artillery Basic · Field Artillery Cannoneer · Field Artillery Crewmember
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What to study: Military Science, Leadership and Operational Art , Military Technologies and Applied Sciences . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
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- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Singulariki. "Artillery and Missile Crew Members." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-55-3014-00
Singulariki. (2026). Artillery and Missile Crew Members. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-55-3014-00
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