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A06M Trumpet Instrumentalist

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

Overview

A trumpet instrumentalist performs on primary or secondary instruments as a member of an authorized Navy band. The instrumentalist maintains assigned musical instruments and makes minor repairs to them.

Core Skills

  • Primary or secondary instrument performance
  • Instrument maintenance and minor repairs

Civilian Career Paths

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Trumpet Performer

Playing assigned instruments in authorized Navy bands directly supports civilian trumpet performance in ensembles.

How to prepare: Prepare a trumpet audition recording tailored to the repertoire of a civilian ensemble you want to join.

What the civilian work involves
  • Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
  • Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Maintaining and making minor repairs to assigned Navy instruments provides a foundation for civilian instrument repair work.

How to prepare: Seek supervised bench training with a brass-instrument repair shop to develop disassembly and component-repair skills beyond the documented minor-repair duties.

What the civilian work involves
  • Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
  • Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
  • Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC A06M

    [1] NEC entry "A06M - Trumpet Instrumentalist"; cached text line 1241; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Primary or secondary instrument performance, Instrument maintenance and minor repairs, Trumpet Performer (O*NET 27-2042.00), Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners (O*NET 49-9063.00)

  2. O*NET: Musicians and Singers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Trumpet Performer (O*NET 27-2042.00)

  3. O*NET: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners (O*NET 49-9063.00)

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