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V65B MK-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Baseline (BL) III Operation and Maintenance Technician

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

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Overview

The MK 41 Vertical Launching System Baseline III technician operates, inspects, and performs organizational level maintenance on guided missile launchers, missile canister equipment, and ordnance handling maintenance equipment. This technician prepares launcher equipment, loads and unloads gas management equipment and encanistered missiles, and uses authorized procedures and test equipment to isolate faults and replace electrical or mechanical components at the lowest replaceable unit level.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Fault isolation using built-in test equipment
  • Electrical and mechanical replaceable-unit replacement
  • Canistered missile and gas-management equipment loading

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Launcher inspection, test-equipment fault isolation, and electrical component replacement transfer directly to industrial equipment troubleshooting and repair.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting course to practice diagnosing unfamiliar equipment with circuit diagrams and electrical test instruments.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V65B

    [1] NEC entry "V65B - MK-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Baseline (BL) III Operation and Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 14831; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Fault isolation using built-in test equipment, Electrical and mechanical replaceable-unit replacement, Canistered missile and gas-management equipment loading, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  2. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

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