Initial Training Overview: Job training consists of nine weeks of Basic Training and 25 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Eustis, Virginia, including practice in repairing electrical systems. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field.
Additional Training Information: Specific formal training opportunities for this MOS, including advanced training courses available at specific points of the soldier's career, can be found on the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) Web Site.
Restrictions: During Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), the Army limits a soldier's personal freedom, using a "Phase System," which grants increased freedom, based upon phase of training. For details, see Army Training Phase Restrictions.
Training Details: Provides instruction to learn the following skills: Restore avionic systems, and subsystems, to include troubleshooting and repair of aircraft wiring on communications, navigation, stabilization, and night vision imaging systems, basic electronics theory, common soldering, and systems installation practices with use of associated tools and test equipment. Other areas of instruction include: Performing operational and preventive checks and alignments on aircraft flight controls, stabilization systems, avionics and controlled cryptographic equipment, troubleshooting equipment using technical manuals and schematic drawings, performing unit maintenance on special and common hand tools, as well as test, measurement and diagnostic equipment, requisitioning and maintaining shop and bench stock, inspecting and maintaining electrical systems, replacing faulty wiring, soldering electrical connections, repairing or replacing instruments, such as tachometers, temperature gauges and altimeters, and reading electrical wiring diagrams.
