0861 Fire Support Marine

Core Skills

• fires planning and coordination
• targeting and fire mission processing
• use of laser designators and range finders
• radio and digital communications procedures
• map reading and geospatial awareness
• call for fire and close air support procedures
• integration of lethal and non-lethal effects
• observation and battle tracking
• reporting and documentation of fire missions
• use of digital fire support systems

Civilian Career Paths

• Telecommunications
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Project Management
• Training and Education

Training & Development

What the Work Involves

• Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
• Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
• Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.
• Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations.
• Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales.

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: vocational training or an associate degree.