Navy NEC · Combat & Infantry

757H Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Operator

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

A Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator operates, employs, and maintains C-sUAS for installation force protection and base defense. The operator detects, identifies, tracks, and engages negligent, noncompliant, and hostile small unmanned aircraft systems and reports incidents and engagements involving them.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Counter-drone system maintenance for base defense
  • Drone incident and engagement reporting
  • Non-compliant and hostile drone tracking

Civilian Career Paths

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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

Maintaining counter-drone systems for installation defense provides a transferable foundation for maintaining civilian electromechanical equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting course covering schematic reading and testing with electronic voltmeters and oscilloscopes.

What the civilian work involves
  • Modify, maintain, or repair electrical, electronic, or mechanical components, equipment, or systems to ensure proper functioning.
  • Test performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
  • Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 757H

    [1] NEC entry "757H - Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Operator"; cached text line 18134; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Counter-drone system maintenance for base defense, Drone incident and engagement reporting, Non-compliant and hostile drone tracking, Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3024.00)

  2. O*NET: Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3024.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 757H

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