Craig
02-16-2011, 10:25 PM
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(AO) Aviation Ordnanceman
Aviation Ordnancemen operate and handle aviation ordnance equipment. They are responsible for the maintenance of guns, bombs, torpedoes, rockets, and missiles. Their duties include the stowing, issuing, and loading of munitions and small arms.
Aviation ordnancemen are aircraft armament (weapons) specialists in charge of storing, servicing, inspecting and handling of all types of weapons and ammunition carried on Navy aircraft. These technicians may also volunteer to fly as Naval Aircrew. Aircrew performs numerous in-flight duties and operates aircraft systems in turbojet, helicopter, or propeller aircraft.
The duties performed by AOs include:
Inspect, maintains and repair aircraft mechanical and electrical armament/ordnance systems;
Service aircraft guns and accessories;
Stow, assembles and load aviation ammunition including aerial mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets;
Service bomb, missile and rocket releasing and launching devices;
Load supplementary munitions;
Assemble, tests and maintain air-launched guided missiles;
Supervise operation of aviation ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities;
Working Environment
AOs perform their duties at sea on flight decks and ashore in hangars, on flight lines at air stations, or in shops under various environmental conditions. They work closely with others, do mostly physical work and require little supervision.
A-School (Job School) Information
Pensacola, FL --32 calendar days
Pensacola, FL -- 17 calendar days
Security Clearance Requirement: Secret
Other Requirements
Vision of 20/100, correctable to 20/20
Must have normal color perception
Must have normal hearing (see below)
Normal hearing required. Frequencies: 3000hz 4000hz 5000hz 6000hz Average hearing threshold level in these four frequencies must be less than 30db, with no level greater than 45db in any one frequency. If hearing level exceeds these limits, the applicant is enlistment ineligible for the rating.
Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating
First Sea Tour: 60 months
First Shore Tour: 36 months
Second Sea Tour: 54 month
Second Shore Tour: 36 month
Third Sea Tour: 42 month
Third Shore Tour: 36 month
Fourth Sea Tour: 36 month
Forth Shore Tour: 36 month
Note: Sea tours and shore tours for sailors that have completed four sea tours will be 36 months at sea followed by 36 months ashore until retirement.
(AO) Aviation Ordnanceman
Aviation Ordnancemen operate and handle aviation ordnance equipment. They are responsible for the maintenance of guns, bombs, torpedoes, rockets, and missiles. Their duties include the stowing, issuing, and loading of munitions and small arms.
Aviation ordnancemen are aircraft armament (weapons) specialists in charge of storing, servicing, inspecting and handling of all types of weapons and ammunition carried on Navy aircraft. These technicians may also volunteer to fly as Naval Aircrew. Aircrew performs numerous in-flight duties and operates aircraft systems in turbojet, helicopter, or propeller aircraft.
The duties performed by AOs include:
Inspect, maintains and repair aircraft mechanical and electrical armament/ordnance systems;
Service aircraft guns and accessories;
Stow, assembles and load aviation ammunition including aerial mines, torpedoes, missiles and rockets;
Service bomb, missile and rocket releasing and launching devices;
Load supplementary munitions;
Assemble, tests and maintain air-launched guided missiles;
Supervise operation of aviation ordnance shops, armories and stowage facilities;
Working Environment
AOs perform their duties at sea on flight decks and ashore in hangars, on flight lines at air stations, or in shops under various environmental conditions. They work closely with others, do mostly physical work and require little supervision.
A-School (Job School) Information
Pensacola, FL --32 calendar days
Pensacola, FL -- 17 calendar days
Security Clearance Requirement: Secret
Other Requirements
Vision of 20/100, correctable to 20/20
Must have normal color perception
Must have normal hearing (see below)
Normal hearing required. Frequencies: 3000hz 4000hz 5000hz 6000hz Average hearing threshold level in these four frequencies must be less than 30db, with no level greater than 45db in any one frequency. If hearing level exceeds these limits, the applicant is enlistment ineligible for the rating.
Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating
First Sea Tour: 60 months
First Shore Tour: 36 months
Second Sea Tour: 54 month
Second Shore Tour: 36 month
Third Sea Tour: 42 month
Third Shore Tour: 36 month
Fourth Sea Tour: 36 month
Forth Shore Tour: 36 month
Note: Sea tours and shore tours for sailors that have completed four sea tours will be 36 months at sea followed by 36 months ashore until retirement.