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800M Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Craft Pilot First Position

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Overview

An LCAC Craft Pilot in the first position operates LCAC 100 Class vehicles during amphibious assault and training operations to and from LHAs, LHDs, LPDs, and LSDs and across surf and beach interfaces. This pilot applies amphibious assault tactics, navigation, rules of the road, and radio and visual communication procedures while supervising the crew through all phases of craft operation.

Core Skills

  • Craft operation across surf and beach interfaces
  • International and inland navigation rule application
  • Ship-to-shore navigation and communications
  • Crew supervision throughout LCAC operations

Civilian Career Paths

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Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

LCAC navigation, application of International and Inland Rules of the Road, radio and visual communications, and crew supervision transfer directly to civilian vessel operations.

How to prepare: Submit an official sea-service transcript or assignment history with vessel tonnage, routes, propulsion power, time underway, and assigned duties for USCG evaluation toward an MMC and the officer endorsement appropriate to your intended vessel and route. A DD-214 is not accepted as sea-service evidence; issuance depends on evaluated experience and applicable medical, approved-training, examination, drug-testing, and other officer-endorsement requirements, with a TWIC required for most water transportation jobs.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
  • Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
  • Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.

Notes & Sources

  • For open-ocean service, USCG-verified STCW training is required; an STCW endorsement requires the appropriate national endorsement unless otherwise specified.
  • Maritime pilot positions may also require a state license.
Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 800M

    [1] NEC entry "800M - Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Craft Pilot First Position"; cached text line 20346; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Craft operation across surf and beach interfaces, International and inland navigation rule application, Ship-to-shore navigation and communications, Crew supervision throughout LCAC operations, Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  2. O*NET: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Water Transportation Workers

    [3] How to Become; training, licenses and related experience; updated August 27, 2026, checked September 23, 2026

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  4. USCG: 46 CFR 10.232 military sea-service evidence and credit

    [4] Paragraphs (a) and (d)(1), official eCFR snapshot September 21, 2026; retrieved September 24

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

  5. USCG: 46 CFR 11.201 officer-endorsement requirements

    [5] Paragraph (a), official eCFR snapshot September 21, 2026; retrieved September 24

    Supports: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels (O*NET 53-5021.00)

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