Indirect Fire Infantryman

Enlisted

Officer

Active Duty

Army Reserve

Closed to Women

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Major duties. The indirect fire infantryman serves as a supervisor or as a member of a mortar squad, section, or platoon. Em ploys crew and individual weapons in offensive, defensive and retrograde ground combat tactical operations. Duties for MOS 11C at each level of skill are:

(1) Skill Level 1. Employs, fires, and recovers anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. Performs self extraction from a mine field. Locates and neutralizes mines. Navigates from one point on the ground to another. Orients a map. Operates and maintains communr cations equipment and operates in a radio net. Operates in a NBC contaminated area. Emplace and recover early warning devises. Constructs and camouflages individual/crew served weapons firing position. Constructs and camouflages a mortar firing position. Main tains mortars and fire control equipment. Performs safety checks on mortars. Performs as a member of a mortar squad providing indirect fire support.

(2) Skill Level 2. Performs duties shown in preceding level skill. Leads and controls mortar squads. Supervises and trains subor dinate personnel. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subor dinates and professional support to subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Supervises the construction of mor tar positions. Records operational information on maps. Receives and implements combat orders; directs deployment of personnel in offensive, defensive, and retrograde operations. Requests, observes, and adjusts indirect supporting fire. Supervises subordinate person nel in all phases of individual and mortar equipment maintenance. Uses map and map overlays, performs intersection and resection, and determines elevations and grid azimuth. Prepares fire plans, target lists and overlays. Prepares and computes firing data using below pivot point and grid method. Reciprocally lay mortars. Prepares mortar ballistic computer for operation.

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(3) Skill Level 3. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Leads a mortar section. Provides tactical and technical guid ance to subordinates ad professional support to both subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Receives and issues orders. Coordinates indirect fire support for the mortar. En sures collection and proper reporting of intelligence data to unit. Supervises a firing section and various work details. Analyzes terram. Conducts tactical operations for a squad and NBC operations. Maintains operational security. Prepares, operates, and maintains secure communications equipment. Reciprocally lay mortars. Con solidates and re organizes a mortar squad. Supervises fire direction center personnel.

(4) Skill Level 4. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Leads mortar or infantry weapons platoon. Assists in planning (to include fire planning), organizing, directing, supervising, training, coordinating, and reporting activities of subordinate mortar sections and squads. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Supervises occupation of an assembly area. Employs NBC defensive team. Plans for, supervises preparation of, and conducts NBC operations. Performs battle damage assessment. Develops a platoon training plan. Conducts graphic resection and hasty surveys.

(5) Skill Level 5. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Supervises a mortar platoon. Assists in planning (to include fire planning), organizing, directing, supervising, training, coordinat ing, and reporting activities of subordinate mortar sections and squads. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to both subordinates and superiors, which also includes recommendations in the accomplishment of their duties. Serves as the principal noncommissioned officer in an infantry headquarters and headquarters company and supervises the process ing of operation and intelligence information in an infantry battalion or higher level unit. Plans, coordinates, supervises, and participates in activities pertaining to organization, training, and combat opera tions and intelligence of units at battalion or higher level.

Physical demands rating and qualifications for the initial award of MOS. Indirect fire infantrymen must possess the following qualifications:

(1) A physical demands rating, of very heavy.

(2) A physical profile, of 111221.

(3) Color discrimination of red/green.

(4) Correctable vision of 20/20 in one eye; 20/100 in other eye.

(5) A minimum score, of 90 in aptititude area CO.

(6) Formal training (completion of MOS I lC course conducted under the auspices of the USA InfantrySchool) mandatory.

NOTE: This job is closed to women.

Additional skill identifiers

(1) F7–Pathfinder.

(2) P5–Master Fitness Trainer.

(3) W8–Special Forces Military Free Fall Operations.

(4) 2S–Battle Staff Operations (skill level 3 and above).

(5) 4A–Reclassification Training.