FC

Description

Fire Controlmen (FC) operate and employ surface ship combat and weapons direction systems; conduct detailed dynamic and deliberate fires planning and execution; maintain combat and weapons direction systems and subsystems, including radar systems, anti-air and anti-surface missile systems, land attack missile systems, and gun fire control systems at organizational and intermediate levels; conduct ordnance handling operations; inspect, test, align, and repair micro/minicomputers and associated peripheral equipment, network systems, data conversion units, data display equipment, data link terminal equipment, and system-related equipment; perform analysis for detailed systems, computer programs, electronics, and electronic casualty control and operate associated built-in and external test equipment; load, initialize, and run preprogrammed diagnostics, performance, and testing routines for digital computer equipment, digital systems, digital subsystems, and overall combat systems; and conduct shipboard Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) security training and operations.