FACT FILE: Systems Officer MOSs
660 EW Specialist, Tactical
This MOS concerns the operation and employment of the electronic countermeasure
systems aboard the E-2 Crusader. Members of this MOS learn to use sensors
and communications equipment in a variety of offensive and defensive modes.
They provide protection to other friendly aerospace craft by jamming enemy
sensors, disrupting attempts to lock onto friendly aerospace craft and
identifying enemy missiles and vehicles during combat. They receive extensive
training in electronic countermeasures, from standard in-atmosphere effects
through sophisticated subspace techniques for employment against orbiting
starships.
661 EW Specialist, Strategic
This MOS concerns the operation and employment of the electronic countermeasure
systems aboard the E-3 Guardian. Members of this MOS learn to use sensors
and communications equipment in a variety of offensive and defensive modes.
They provide protection to other friendly aerospace craft by jamming enemy
sensors, disrupting attempts to lock onto friendly aerospace craft and
identifying enemy missiles and vehicles during combat. EW Specialists are
trained to perform inflight system diagnostics, interstellar navigation
and basic extravehicular survival techniques. They also receive extensive
training in electronic countermeasures, for deep space employment against
starships.
662 EW Specialist, ACS
This MOS concerns the operation and employment of the electronic countermeasure
systems aboard the E-5 Paladin. Members of this MOS learn to use sensors
and communications equipment in a variety of offensive and defensive modes.
They provide protection to other friendly aerospace craft and starships
by jamming enemy sensors, identifying enemy missiles and vehicles during
combat, maintaining clear communications between widely separated units
and tracking the hundreds of moving objects found in a typical large scale
aerospace engagement. EW Specialists are trained to perform inflight system
diagnostics, interstellar navigation and basic extravehicular survival
techniques. They also receive extensive training in electronic countermeasures
and communications techniques, from standard in-atmosphere effects through
sophisticated subspace techniques for deep space employment.
663 Forward Aerospace Controllers
Members of this MOS serve as the coordinating link between aerospace craft
performing ground support missions and the units they are supporting. Usually
found flying nearby in small, lightly armed aerospace craft or on the ground,
the FAC directs and coordinates aerospace attacks against ground targets.
Communicating with friendly ground forces and inbound aerospace craft,
the FAC guides pilots to their targets, designating them by type or priority
and then evaluating the results of weapons against the target. As they
must maintain a close proximity to the target area, which is usually filled
with hostile units, Forward Aerospace Controllers are often shot down by
ground fire. As a result, members of this MOS undergo extensive training
in communications and identification of all types of ground and aerospace
units, as well as a much more rigorous survival and ground combat training
than other pilots. They often able to continue to function effectively
from the ground, calling in air strikes from the front lines, as members
of the unit they were originally supporting! 664 Aerospace Intercept Officer
Members of this MOS serve as the coordinating link between aerospace craft
performing aerospace defense missions and the units they are supporting.
Usually found aboard the E-5 Paladin, the AIO (pronounced Eye-Oh) directs
and coordinates aerospace attacks against other aerospace targets. Communicating
with friendly aerospace craft, the AIO guides pilots to their targets,
designating them by type or priority and then evaluating the results of
attacks. Some AIOs are found at large defensive installations or Starbases,
directing the fighter defenses of the installation against incoming enemy
starships and fighters. Members of this MOS undergo extensive training
in communications and identification of all types of aerospace units, including
starships. .
Material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.
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