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V37B Zumwalt Class Communications Technician

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

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Overview

A Zumwalt Class Communications Technician performs and directs organizational level maintenance on associated shipboard communications equipment. The technician maintains WSC-3 UHF DAMA systems, communications security equipment, the AN/URC-107(V)7 Joint Tactical Information Data System, and AN/WSC-9(V) and AN/FSC-138(V) Navy Multi-Band Terminals.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • UHF radio and DAMA system maintenance
  • Communications security equipment maintenance
  • Joint Tactical Information Data System maintenance
  • Navy Multi-Band Terminal equipment maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Organizational-level maintenance of UHF, communications security, and multiband terminal equipment provides directly relevant experience for telecommunications equipment repair.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on telecommunications repair lab that covers circuit fault isolation and post-repair testing against equipment specifications.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
  • Test repaired, newly installed, or updated equipment to ensure that it functions properly and conforms to specifications, using test equipment and observation.

Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

Maintenance of WSC-3/UHF DAMA systems provides a radio-equipment foundation for moving into civilian transmission equipment installation and repair.

How to prepare: Take a practical RF installation course covering coaxial connections, grounding, and transmission-system sweep testing.

What the civilian work involves
  • Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
  • Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.
  • Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V37B

    [1] NEC entry "V37B - Zumwalt Class Communications Technician"; cached text line 13997; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: UHF radio and DAMA system maintenance, Communications security equipment maintenance, Joint Tactical Information Data System maintenance, Navy Multi-Band Terminal equipment maintenance, Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00), Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

  2. O*NET: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers (O*NET 49-2022.00)

  3. O*NET: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 49-2021.00)

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