Navy NEC · Logistics

Q10A Torpedoman’s Mate (TM) Leading Chief Petty Officer (LCPO)

Current service use not established

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

Overview

A Torpedoman's Mate Leading Chief Petty Officer manages and supervises personnel and programs associated with the Torpedo Division. The LCPO oversees the safe loading, unloading, shipping, handling, and storage of all weapons aboard SSNs and weapons associated with torpedo tubes aboard SSGNs and SSBNs, as well as all maintenance of these weapon systems and interfacing equipment.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

Safe submarine weapons loading and unloading
Weapons shipping, handling, and storage oversight
Weapons system and interfacing equipment maintenance oversight

Civilian Career Paths

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Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Supervising Torpedo Division personnel and programs while overseeing safe weapons shipping, handling, storage, and equipment maintenance transfers to storage and distribution operations.

How to prepare: Complete a civilian warehouse-operations course covering receiving, inventory flow, shipping, and warehouse safety to extend weapons-specific experience to commercial distribution.

What the civilian work involves

Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC Q10A
[1] NEC entry "Q10A - Torpedoman’s Mate (TM) Leading Chief Petty Officer (LCPO)"; cached text line 10045; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Safe submarine weapons loading and unloading, Weapons shipping, handling, and storage oversight, Weapons system and interfacing equipment maintenance oversight, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)
O*NET: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)

Defense contractor jobs for Q10A

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