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13Z Field Artillery Senior Sergeant

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Overview

A field artillery senior sergeant leads fire support, operations and intelligence, and target acquisition activities in field artillery organizations. The senior sergeant supervises unit command post operations, coordinates cannon, missile, rocket, or target acquisition operations, and monitors and evaluates training programs.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Command post operations supervision
  • Cannon, missile, and rocket operations coordination
  • Target acquisition and intelligence activity leadership
  • Field artillery training program evaluation

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

Leading artillery operations/intelligence and target acquisition activities provides relevant military-domain experience for DIA's military capabilities analysis specialty.

How to prepare: Practice writing an unclassified assessment of foreign artillery capabilities to prepare for DIA's writing test and hiring interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a granted security clearance, and background vetting, including drug screening and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 13Z Field Artillery Senior Sergeant

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 13Z (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Command post operations supervision, Cannon, missile, and rocket operations coordination, Target acquisition and intelligence activity leadership, Field artillery training program evaluation, DIA Analysis Officer

  2. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [3] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 13Z. Each history page explains the change.

13WField Artillery Target Acquisition Senior Sergeant13YCannon/Missile Senior Sergeant

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