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18E Special Forces Communications Sergeant

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Overview

Special Forces communications sergeants provide communications training and support during unilateral, combined, coalition, joint, interagency, and multinational operations using conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques. They recruit and organize indigenous forces, supervise the installation and operation of radios, facsimile, wire communications, and computer networks, and advise commanders on C4I architecture.

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

  • Battalion-level radio, wire, and network installation oversight
  • Communications architecture planning for advanced operating bases
  • Communications instruction and advising for partner forces

Civilian Career Paths

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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Supervising the installation and operation of wire communications and computer networks, along with instructing users, transfers directly to telecommunications installation and customer support.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on telecommunications lab covering equipment installation, circuit testing, and fault isolation, and document the test results.

What the civilian work involves
  • Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.
  • Demonstrate equipment to customers and explain its use, responding to any inquiries or complaints.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Cisco IOS

Computer Network Support Specialists

Experience advising and supervising computer network installation and operation provides a foundation for civilian network support.

How to prepare: Build a small Linux and Windows Server practice network, introduce connectivity faults, and document the diagnostic steps and fixes.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
  • Document network support activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Develop foundational electronics knowledge to support telecommunications equipment testing and troubleshooting.

    For: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 18E Special Forces Communications Sergeant

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

    Supports: Battalion-level radio, wire, and network installation oversight, Communications architecture planning for advanced operating bases, Communications instruction and advising for partner forces, Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00), Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  2. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  3. O*NET: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [4] 18E cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [5]ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician · CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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