Primary Responsibilities
Support fire support planning, target location, fires coordination, and communications with artillery, mortars, naval surface fires, and aviation.
08xx Artillery / Marine Corps MOS Profile
0861 Fire Support Marine
Fire Support Marines observe, request, adjust, and coordinate artillery, mortars, naval surface fire, and close air support for supported maneuver units.
Code / Pipeline0861
MOS NameFire Support Marine
Category08xx Artillery
Unit AssociationFire Support / Airwing Integration
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Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete entry-level Marine training and fire support instruction for the specialty.
Billet Progression
This MOS page summarizes the billet, training lane, progression path, and current command-profile matches.
Current Member Tracking
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USMC Responsibilities
0861 Fire Support Marine is described here by practical Marine Corps duties, billet expectations, and training progression. This section avoids game-language so the page reads like a professional MOS reference.
- Support fire support planning, target location, fires coordination, and communications with artillery, mortars, naval surface fires, and aviation.
- Prepare calls for fire, observer reports, target refinement, and clearance considerations under supervised procedures.
- Integrate maneuver and fires through rehearsals, terrain analysis, and control measures.
- Maintain proficiency in fire support communications, digital systems, maps, and observation procedures.
Training Pipeline
The pathway is shown at a broad public level. Exact prerequisites, screening, quotas, course names, and assignments can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, command screening, and schoolhouse policy.
- Complete entry-level Marine training and fire support instruction for the specialty.
- Train on observation, calls for fire, target location, map work, digital fires systems, and communications procedures.
- Serve with infantry, reconnaissance, artillery, or fire support coordination elements.
- Pursue advanced observer, JTAC, fires integration, or instructor qualification when selected and qualified.
Billets And Skill Growth
- Entry-level Marines focus on core tasks, equipment, field discipline, and reliable execution.
- NCOs supervise small teams, enforce standards, plan rehearsals, and train junior Marines.
- SNCOs and officers manage readiness, risk, training plans, inspections, reporting, and integration with adjacent staff sections.
- Instructor and staff billets preserve standards, document lessons learned, and build repeatable training for the next rotation.
Chain of Command Matching Logic
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Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneEnlisted MOS
Entry / Award Basis
Fire Support Marine MOS after entry-level training and fire-support qualification.
Typical Rank Use
Pvt through Sgt for observer and fire-support team billets; SSgt through MGySgt for fires chief, targeting, and operations billets.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseMarine artillery / fires training pipeline and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group / joint fires qualification path as assigned
Fire support training covers observed fires, target location, call-for-fire procedures, close air support integration, clearance language, communications, and joint fires coordination.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires command screening, communications proficiency, map and target-location skill, security eligibility, medical qualification, and progression through fires/JTAC qualification events.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- Fire Support Marine course
- Joint Fires Observer / JTAC qualification track when selected
- SERE Level C for designated forward or high-risk billets
- Laser designator / close air support procedures as assigned
Course titles, quotas, prerequisites, and sequence can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, and current schoolhouse policy.
Current Members in this MOS
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MOS Association
Fire Support / Airwing Integration
This page links the occupation lane to fire support and airwing integration pathways. Matching chain of command members appear in the Current Members section above.