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2147 Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Repairer/Technician

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Overview

A Light Armored Vehicle Repairer/Technician inspects, maintains, and repairs the LAV family of vehicles. The technician also completes basic shop administration using technical manuals and automated information systems and operates the LAV recovery vehicle during combat or garrison operations.

Minimum ASVAB: MM 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

  • Recovery vehicle operation and field maintenance
  • Shop administration using manuals and automated systems
  • Recovery crew tool and equipment management

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.

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

LAV inspection, automotive maintenance and repair, and technical-manual use transfer directly to civilian vehicle service work.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on practice with civilian computerized diagnostic devices, focusing on testing components and verifying repairs against manufacturer specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect vehicles for damage and record findings so that necessary repairs can be made.
  • Test drive vehicles and test components and systems, using equipment such as infrared engine analyzers, compression gauges, and computerized diagnostic devices.
  • Test and adjust repaired systems to meet manufacturers' performance specifications.

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

Maintaining and repairing LAV automotive systems and performing recovery-vehicle field maintenance provide transferable experience for commercial heavy-vehicle repair.

How to prepare: Take a practical commercial truck diagnostics course to practice using test instruments and interpreting fault readings on civilian vehicles.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect brake systems, steering mechanisms, wheel bearings, and other important parts to ensure that they are in proper operating condition.
  • Raise trucks, buses, and heavy parts or equipment using hydraulic jacks or hoists.
  • Attach test instruments to equipment, and read dials and gauges to diagnose malfunctions.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Computerized maintenance management system software CMMS
  • Cummins INSITE

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 2147

    [1] MOS 2147 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 35207; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Recovery vehicle operation and field maintenance, Shop administration using manuals and automated systems, Recovery crew tool and equipment management, Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00), Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists (O*NET 49-3031.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 2147: Related SOC titles · MOS 2147 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00)

  2. O*NET: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (O*NET 49-3023.00)

  3. O*NET: Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists (O*NET 49-3031.00)

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