Description
The Field Artillery (FA) Weapons Locating Radar (WLR) Specialist supports unified land operations (offensive, defensive, stability, and defense support of civil authorities) thru the tactical employment of Field Artillery heavy and light WLR within the Target Acquisition Platoon (TAP) in support of Field Artillery Brigades, DIVARTY, and Brigade Combat Teams (BCT). The WLR specialist's primary mission is to track surface to surface munitions, report the point of origin (POO), and determine a prediction of the point of impact (POI) in support of counterfire operations and the identification of land based hostile indirect fire weapons. The WLR specialist's secondary mission is to provide calibration and registration support to friendly indirect fire systems. The WLR specialist is critical in protecting friendly forces from surface to surface indirect fire attacks by providing early warning and distrbuting timely and accurate target information thru intelligence operations as a member of the Counterfire Cell and Target Processing Sections.
Core Skills
- radar system operation
- sensor calibration and alignment
- tactical data interpretation
- target acquisition and tracking
- basic RF and electromagnetic theory
- fault isolation and troubleshooting
- preventive maintenance procedures
- digital fire control systems familiarity
- map reading and geolocation
- radio and digital communications procedures
- technical report writing
- checklist and SOP compliance
- crew coordination and teamwork
- operations in degraded/contested environments
- time-sensitive decision making
Civilian Career Paths
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
- RADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEERING
- NETWORK OPERATIONS
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