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0842 Field Artillery Radar Operator

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Overview

The Field Artillery Radar Operator emplaces, operates, and displaces counterfire radar systems while also operating military vehicles, generators, and communications equipment. The operator establishes voice and digital radio networks, performs hasty surveys, and uses fire support systems that process counterfire and artillery target intelligence and manage radar assets in the field.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: CL 105 or GT 105

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: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Counterfire radar emplacement and relocation
  • Voice and digital radio network setup
  • Hasty survey for field positioning
  • Artillery target processing and radar asset coordination

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.

Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Emplacing radar systems, operating communications equipment, and establishing radio networks provide a foundation for civilian radio equipment installation.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on radio installation training covering power and coaxial cabling, antenna installation, and transmission testing to build installation and repair skills beyond the verified operator duties.

What the civilian work involves
  • Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
  • Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).

DIA Analysis Officer

Processing counterfire and artillery target intelligence provides a focused starting point for DIA's broader analysis of foreign military capabilities.

How to prepare: Draft an unclassified assessment of a foreign artillery capability to practice for DIA's analyst writing test. DIA employment requires U.S. citizenship, security-clearance approval, and background vetting, including drug screening and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Build foundational knowledge of electronic circuits, test equipment, and telecommunications before moving from equipment operation into radio installation and repair.

    Eligibility and preparation: Pass the CETa examination with a score of at least 75%; a hands-on assessment is optional.

    For: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0842

    [1] MOS 0842 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 31038; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Counterfire radar emplacement and relocation, Voice and digital radio network setup, Hasty survey for field positioning, Artillery target processing and radar asset coordination, Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00), DIA Analysis Officer

  2. O*NET: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

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

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

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

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

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

    [5] 0842 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [6]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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