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778B Surface Warfare (SUW) Mission Specialist

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Overview

A Surface Warfare Mission Specialist operates equipment in the SUW Systems Suite aboard Littoral Combat Ships. The specialist performs organizational level preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and fault isolation on the suite.

Core Skills

  • SUW suite preventive and corrective maintenance
  • Shipboard mission equipment troubleshooting and fault isolation

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Organizational-level maintenance, troubleshooting, and fault isolation on the LCS SUW Systems Suite transfer directly to equipment diagnosis and repair work.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course to practice diagnosing faults and testing repaired equipment outside the SUW suite.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 778B

    [1] NEC entry "778B - Surface Warfare (SUW) Mission Specialist"; cached text line 18671; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: SUW suite preventive and corrective maintenance, Shipboard mission equipment troubleshooting and fault isolation, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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