Administrative duties include operational planning and management, personnel records, inventory management, finance, legal affairs, transportation, recruitment, and training.
Combat occupations include infantry, artillery, and special forces. Members of such fields usually specialize in weapon systems and/or combat operation.
Construction personnel build and repair structures such as buildings, bridges, foundations, airfields, and bunkers, as well as the electrical and plumbing systems associated with these structures.
Repairers are responsible for the maintenance of all electrical and electronic equipment, include those used in avionics, optics, computers, communication, and weapons systems.
Those in emergency management are responsible for the development of emergency procedures to be used during various disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.
Environmentalists are charged with ensuring military facilities and food supplies are not contaminated with diseases or conditions that could potentially be hazardous.
: Those in health care work provide services to military personnel. Specializations include emergency medicine, x-ray, ultrasound, pharmacy, laboratory testing, and records management
Human resource personnel are responsible for recruitment, placement, and training of military personnel, and those in the human resources sector generally specialize in recruitment, personnel issues, or training.
Intelligence personnel use radar, surveillance systems, and photographs to gather, review, and analyze information that may be of strategic or tactical value.
Machine operation and production occupations involve the use of industrial equipment, tools, and machinery for repair. These occupations may include work in welding or with ships, survival equipment, or even dental equipment.
Those in media and public affairs are responsible for maintaining the public image of the military through news items, photographs, videos, films, and other visual presentations.
Protective service occupations include police, firefighters, and food service. These personnel are responsible for providing emergency response services to disasters, crimes, and other issues.
Space operations personnel operate and maintain equipment and electronic systems that command and track spacecraft.
Those working in transportation and material handling are responsible for moving cargo and people safely and efficiently, and may include those who work with aircraft, motor vehicles, and ships.
Mechanics are responsible for maintaining various vehicles and machines such as heating and cooling systems, engines, automotive equipment, ships, and aircraft.
