Initial Training Overview: Training for this MOS consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, followed by seven weeks, one day of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Gordon, Georgia, including practice with equipment. 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: Learn to install, operate, and perform unit level maintenance on cable and wire systems, to include Digital Group Multiplexers (DGM), Remote Multiplexing Combiners (RMC), repeaters, restorers, telephones, test stations, intermediate distribution frames, and related equipment. Configure DGM and RMC for operations. Install, operate, perform PMCS and unit level maintenance on COMSEC devices. Splices and maintains fiber optic cable systems. Perform tests on cable communications systems to ensure circuit and system quality. Tests circuits/groups to detect and locate line faults. Operate manual and motorized cable construction equipment. Climbs poles, as necessary, and assist in the construction of tactical cable and wire lines.
