FCA - Fire Controlman (AEGIS)
Think you have what it takes to ready, aim and fire some of our deadliest weapons? If you’re a Fire Controlman, you are the foundation of a ship’s combat readiness, protecting the ship from inbound aircraft with the 5-inch guns, or conducting offensive strikes with the Tomahawk cruise missile weapon system. But these guns require more than just good aim.
As one of only two ratings in the Advanced Electronics/Computer Field (AECF), you will operate, maintain and control everything from radars, fire control systems and computer systems to the Navy’s most advanced missile system, Aegis, which uses radar technology to detect, track and eliminate targets all in one. This job requires highly specialized training and intricate attention. From detection to defense, you are prepared to neutralize enemy targets as the need arises.
Active / Reserve
Job Description
Fire Controlmen (Aegis) (FCA) operate and maintain Aegis Weapons Systems (AWS) and subsystems to include 3D radar, fire control systems, and computer and networking systems. They recommend and provide weapon direction system employment and tactics for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and Surface Warfare (SUW), and inspect, test, align, and repair radio frequency circuits, digital circuits, computer systems and peripheral equipment, network systems, data conversion equipment, data display equipment, data link terminal equipment, and power conversion and auxiliary systems. In addition they perform detailed system analyses of computer programs, electronics, and electronic casualty control, operate built-in and external test equipment, load, initialize, and perform diagnostics and testing routines for digital computer equipment and digital and analog systems and subsystems, and support the operation and maintenance of surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon systems at the organizational and intermediate level. For more detailed information,
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