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18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant

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Overview

Special Forces Weapons Sergeants employ conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques in individual and small unit infantry operations. They conduct these operations in unilateral, combined, coalition, joint, interagency, and multinational settings.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: GT 110 and CO 100

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Infantry operations in coalition and interagency settings

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Security Guards

Experience applying tactics in individual and small-unit infantry operations provides a foundation for site patrol and protective duties.

How to prepare: Check your intended state's guard licensing rules before choosing a training course. Most states require licensing with a minimum age of 18, a background check, and training; armed guards usually need government licensing and face stricter entry checks.

What the civilian work involves
  • Patrol industrial or commercial premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of doors, windows, and gates.
  • Answer alarms and investigate disturbances.

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • Associate Protection Professional (APP) · Funded · Promotion points

    Validate knowledge of security fundamentals, risk management, and response management relevant to civilian guarding work.

    Eligibility and preparation: One or more years of compensated security experience and full-time security-related employment; six months may be accepted with an approved related certification. Current employment is not required.

    For: Security Guards

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 18B Special Forces Weapons Sergeant

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 18B (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Infantry operations in coalition and interagency settings, Security Guards (O*NET 33-9032.00)

  2. O*NET: Security Guards

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Security Guards (O*NET 33-9032.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Security Guards and Gambling Surveillance Officers

    [3] How to Become One; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; page dated 2026-08-27, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Security Guards (O*NET 33-9032.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

    [4] 18B cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

  5. ASIS International Board Certification Handbook, updated 4 August 2026

    [5] Page 10, APP Board Certification in Security Fundamentals; page 8, eligibility requirements and preparation recommendation (separate passages)

    Supports: Associate Protection Professional (APP)

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