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Fire Control Technician (FT)

Fire Control Technicians maintain the electronic equipment used in submarine weapons systems. They are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the complex electronic, electrical and mechanical equipment required to ensure the accuracy of Navy guided-missile systems and underwater weapons. They are responsible for ship safety by recognizing and analyzing data from several critical systems including sonar, radar, periscope, radio, and torpedo inputs. Fire Control Technicians are also responsible for the submarine's internal LAN system.

The Fire Control Technician (FT) is responsible for all operational and administrative aspects of the submarine's computer and control mechanisms used in weapons systems and related programs (including all Submarine LAN systems). You cannot enlist with a guarantee for this rating. Instead, you enlist in the Navy's Submarine Electronics/Computer Field (SECF). Following Enlisted Basic Submarine School (BESS) and the first portion of the Submarine Learning Center pipline course, you are assigned to be trained as ET-COM, ET-NAV, FT, or STS. Your rating is determined from your preferences, scores receved in the above two schools, and the "needs of the Navy."




Duties performed by FTs include:

• operate submarine combat control systems;
• test submarine combat control systems;
• operate and maintain combat control systems associated systems;
• participate in weapons handling functions and operate and maintain non-tactical computer systems and peripherals

Working Environment
Duties in this rating are usually performed aboard submarines. Submarine Electronics/Computer Field personnel usually work indoors in a clean, controlled environment with comfortable temperatures. However, some work is required in a clean or dirty environment of a shop-like nature. Their work may be independent in nature, but they usually work closely with others under direct supervision.




A-School (Job School) Information

• Groton, CT -- 4 weeks (Basic Enlisted Submarine School)
• Groton, CT --18 weeks (Submarine Learning Center)

Note: The Submarine Learning Center includes Apprenticship Technical Training, Tactical Computer Network Operations, or TCNO, and FT "A-School." Some students may be selected for advanced training ("C-Shool,") prior to shipping out to the fleet

Security Clearance Requirement: Top Secret




Other Requirements

• Must be U.S. Citizen
• Most have normal color perception
• Must have normal hearing.
• Must volunteer for submarine duty
• Must have no record of conviction by civil court for any offense other than minor traffic.
• Moral turpitude offenses are generally disqualifying.
• No history of drug abuse.
• This job (like all submarine jobs) is closed to women

Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating

• First Sea Tour: 48 months
• First Shore Tour: 36 months
• Second Sea Tour: 42 months
• Second Shore Tour: 36 months
• Third Sea Tour: 36 months
• Third Shore Tour: 36 months
• Fourth Sea Tour: 36 months
• Forth Shore Tour: 36 months

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.