Gunner'S Mate
Current• Training and supervising crews in the use of all types of ordnance equipment, from large caliber guns to small arms; • stowing, securing, requisitioning and reclassifying explosives; • operating and maintaining magazine flooding and sprinkling systems; • making mechanical, electrical and electronic casualty analysis using technical publications, blueprints, schematics and circuit diagrams; • repairing, maintaining, testing and calibrating ordnance equipment; • repairing, maintaining, testing and calibrating micro processing equipment; • use and care for common hand tools, special tools and soldering equipment; • perform preventive and corrective maintenance on hydraulic and pneumatic systems and components associated with launching systems; • interpret color coding to determine values of capacitors and resistors, and tracing internal connections of power and audio transformers, chassis wiring and multi-conductor cables; • operating and maintaining night optical devices; • serve as team member performing inspections and final closeout checks on weapons; • install and remove torpedo exploder mechanisms. • use test equipment and applicable hand tools to perform casualty analysis and arrive at solutions for problems in solid state, digital electronics, electrical, hydraulic and mechanical equipment.• the ability to do detailed work, perform repetitive tasks and keep accurate records.• the GM rating has special eligibility standards for reliability, integrity and trustworthiness.