JOB DUTIES

• Wire and radio communications


• Identify target locations


• Operate self-propelled howitzers, ammunition trucks and other vehicles


• Participate in reconnaissance operations

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Job training for a canon crewmember requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and seven weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field under simulated combat conditions.



Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Calculating targets manually and electronically


• Handling ammunition


• Operating gun systems


• Artillery tactics and battle strategy