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V72B AN/USQ-82(V) Data Multiplex System Technician

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Overview

An AN/USQ-82(V) Data Multiplex System technician performs preventive and corrective maintenance using system diagnostics, built in test equipment, and technical documentation. The technician isolates faults, tests, aligns, and calibrates equipment, repairs or replaces faulty components, and operates connected consoles to verify system connectivity.

Core Skills

  • Fault isolation using built-in diagnostics
  • Electronic component alignment, calibration, and repair
  • Connected-system verification through console testing

Civilian Career Paths

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Data multiplex system fault isolation, component repair, and calibration transfer directly to diagnosing and maintaining commercial and industrial electronic equipment.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on industrial electronics troubleshooting lab that includes diagnosing a fault, repairing the component, and documenting the verification test.

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.
  • Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Computer Network Support Specialists

Isolating data multiplex system faults and testing connectivity through connected consoles provide a foundation for civilian network troubleshooting.

How to prepare: Build a small computer-network lab and practice diagnosing connectivity failures, recording the tests and corrective actions for each fault.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
  • Document network support activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V72B

    [1] NEC entry "V72B - AN/USQ-82(V) Data Multiplex System Technician"; cached text line 15102; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Fault isolation using built-in diagnostics, Electronic component alignment, calibration, and repair, Connected-system verification through console testing, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  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)

  3. O*NET: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

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