11C: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Major Duties: The indirect fire infantryman serves as a supervisor or as a member of a mortar squad, section, or platoon. Employs crew and individual weapons in offensive, defensive and retrograde ground combat tactical operations. Duties for MOS 11C at each level of skill are:

• Skill Levels
  • Skill Level 1 MOSC 11C1O. Employs, fires, and recovers anti-personnel and anti–tank mines. Performs self extraction from a mine field. Locates and neutralizes mines. Navigates from one point on the ground to another. Orients a map. Operates and maintains communications equipment and operates in a radio net. Operates in a NBC contaminated area. Emplace and recover early warning devises. Constructs and camouflages individual/crew served weapons firing position. Constructs and camouflages a mortar firing position. Maintains mortars and fire control equipment. Performs safety checks on mortars. Performs as a member of a mortar squad providing indirect fire support.
    
    
  • Skill Level 2 MOSC 11C2O. Performs duties shown in preceding level skill. Leads and controls mortar squads. Supervises and trains subordinate personnel. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Supervises the construction of mortar positions. Records operational information on maps. Receives and implements combat orders; directs deployment of personnel in offensive, defensive, and retrograde operations. Requests, observes, and adjusts indirect supporting fire. Supervises subordinate personnel in all phases of individual and mortar equipment maintenance. Uses map and map overlays, performs intersection and resection, and determines elevations and grid azimuth. Prepares fire plans, target lists and overlays. Prepares and computes firing data using below pivot point and grid method. Reciprocally lay mortars. Prepares mortar ballistic computer for operation.
    
    
  • Skill Level 3 MOSC 11C3O. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Leads a mortar section. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to both subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Receives and issues orders. Coordinates indirect fire support for the mortar. Ensures collection and proper reporting of intelligence data to unit. Supervises a firing section and various work details. Analyzes terrain. Conducts tactical operations for a squad and NBC operations. Maintains operational security. Prepares, operates, and maintains secure communications equipment. Reciprocally lay mortars. Consolidates and re organizes a mortar squad. Supervises fire direction center personnel.
    
    
  • Skill Level 4 MOSC 11C4O. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Leads mortar or infantry weapons platoon. Assists in planning (to include fire planning), organizing, directing, supervising, training, coordinating, and reporting activities of subordinate mortar sections and squads. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to subordinates and superiors in the accomplishment of their duties. Supervises occupation of an assembly area. Employs NBC defensive team. Plans for, supervises preparation of, and conducts NBC operations. Performs battle damage assessment. Develops a platoon training plan. Conducts graphic resection and hasty surveys.
    
    
  • Skill Level 5 MOSC 11C5O. Performs duties shown in preceding level of skill. Supervises a mortar platoon. Assists in planning (to include fire planning), organizing, directing, supervising, training, coordinating, and reporting activities of subordinate mortar sections and squads. Provides tactical and technical guidance to subordinates and professional support to both subordinates and superiors, which also includes recommendations in the accomplishment of their duties. Serves as the principal noncommissioned officer in an infantry headquarters and headquarters company and supervises the processing of operation and intelligence information in an infantry battalion or higher level unit. Plans, coordinates, supervises, and participates in activities pertaining to organization, training, and combat operations and intelligence of units at battalion or higher level.

Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial award of MOS. The indirect fire infantryman must possess the following qualifications:

(1) Physical Demands Rating: very heavy

(2) Physical Profile: 111221

(3) Color discrimination of red/green

(4) Correctable vision of 20/20 in one eye; 20/100 in other eye.

(5) Minimum score of 90 in aptitude area CO.

(6) Formal training (completion of MOS 11C course conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Army Infantry School) mandatory.

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The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.

MOS List for Infantry