Marine Corps MOS · Aviation

7525 Naval Flight Officer (NFO), Qualified F/A-18D Weapons Systems Officer (WSO)

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Overview

A qualified F/A-18D Weapons Systems Officer serves as an aircraft crew member and assists with employing offensive and defensive weapons. When assigned as a Supporting Arms Coordinator, the officer directs artillery, naval gunfire, and close air support, advises ground commanders on aerial observation, and provides information of intelligence value.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

Aerial observation advice for ground commanders
Artillery, naval gunfire, and air support coordination

Civilian Career Paths

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Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists

Providing ground commanders with intelligence from aerial observation offers a foundation for interpreting information collected from airborne platforms.

How to prepare: Complete an introductory GIS and image-analysis course, then build a sample project analyzing airborne imagery to develop the technical analysis skills this path requires.

What the civilian work involves

Manage or analyze data obtained from remote sensing systems to obtain meaningful results.
Analyze data acquired from aircraft, satellites, or ground-based platforms, using statistical analysis software, image analysis software, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Python

Notes & Sources

Directing artillery, naval gunfire, and close air support is a duty of NFOs assigned as Supporting Arms Coordinators, not a universal MOS 7525 duty.

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 7525
[1] MOS 7525 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 18499; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01
Supports: Aerial observation advice for ground commanders, Artillery, naval gunfire, and air support coordination, Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists (O*NET 19-2099.01)
O*NET: Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists (O*NET 19-2099.01)

Defense contractor jobs for 7525

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