mos.directory

Navy NEC · Communications

V87A AN/USC-38(V) 9, 10 Maintenance Technician

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

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

Browse Navy

Overview

AN/USC-38(V) 9 and 10 Maintenance Technicians start, initialize, shut down, and check out ship and shore Follow-on Terminals. They perform emergency procedures, alignments, preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration, and assembly on the equipment.

Core Skills

  • Ship and shore terminal alignment
  • Terminal equipment checkout and calibration
  • Terminal initialization and emergency procedures
  • Preventive and corrective terminal maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

AN/USC-38(V) terminal checkouts, assembly, calibration, and corrective maintenance transfer directly to electronic equipment testing and repair.

How to prepare: Build a practical troubleshooting portfolio showing equipment checkout steps, fault isolation, corrective actions, and verification of repaired equipment.

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.
  • 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

Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Terminal calibration, alignment, and equipment checkouts provide a foundation for civilian calibration testing and performance assessment.

How to prepare: Take a hands-on calibration workshop that includes comparison with known standards and analysis of test results beyond communications terminals.

What the civilian work involves
  • Analyze test data to identify defects or determine calibration requirements.
  • Conduct calibration tests to determine performance or reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC V87A

    [1] NEC entry "V87A - AN/USC-38(V) 9, 10 Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 15540; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Ship and shore terminal alignment, Terminal equipment checkout and calibration, Terminal initialization and emergency procedures, Preventive and corrective terminal maintenance, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00), Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00)

  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: Calibration Technologists and Technicians

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Calibration Technologists and Technicians (O*NET 17-3028.00)

Defense contractor jobs for V87A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

Report an error on this page