Selection and Introductory Training
Volunteers for the battery must first complete the All Arms Commando Course, and basic parachute course. After Commando qualification, unless already Observation Post qualified, they then undergo six months of basic Gunnery Control training and Observation Post operations. Personnel are trained in infiltration and exfiltration, covert observation, target identification and location, voice and data communications,adjusting gunfire from both afloat and ashore, and Forward Air Control (FAC) techniques. Upon completion of the course the new Naval Gunfire Assistant (NGA) will be assigned to a Forward Observation team for a probationary period.
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