Leading Seaman
Performs a wide range of watercraft operations, maintenance, and leadership tasks; supervises and participates in the maintenance, repair, and inspection of watercraft; ensures compliance with safety standards and regulations; coordinates loading and unloading operations; secures cargo and maintains cargo documentation; oversees navigation, piloting, and safe maneuvering of watercraft; trains crew members on navigation procedures; responds to emergencies, including fire, flooding, and medical incidents.
Coxswain
Serves as the Coxswain of the Modular Warping Tug (MWT) in the only Modular Causeway Company in the Army; responsible for the safe operation, maintenance, and accountability of one MWT and all associated Basic Issue Items (BII) and equipment valued in excess of $2.5 million; responsible for the training, technical guidance, accountability, combat readiness, health and welfare of eight Soldiers and their families.
88K2O Quartermaster
Quartermaster aboard the Army's largest and most technically complex ship, the Logistic Support Vessel (LSV); responsible for over $300,000 of highly technical, state of the art, electronic navigation equipment; ensure vessel's bridge is maintained in a high state of readiness for navigation and vessel accomplishment of mission; ensures that the navigational officer has up to date navigational charts and publications.
First Mate LCU
Serves as a First Mate in a Heavy Boat Company aboard a 174 foot 2000 series Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel valued over $6.5 million; acts as assistant to the Vessel Master and assumes all responsibility in the Master's absence; ensures Master's orders are obeyed; manages the ship's daily routine; supervises a 13 member enlisted crew to include administrative action, personnel training, professional development, tests, drills, inspections, vessel maintenance, safety, inventories, cargo operations, and navigation.
Marine Safety NCO - 88K2O
Serves as a Marine Safety NCO for the 545th Harbor Master Detachment, the only active duty harbor master in the Pacific region; serves dual missions of enforcing physical security and marine safety; supports two Logistical Support Vessels (LSV) valued at over 50 million dollars capable of worldwide deployment; directly responsible for the safety of more than 120 Soldiers; responsible for the health, morale, welfare, and supervision of two Soldiers; responsible for ensuring his Soldiers are proficient in skill level one tasks; responsible for the accountability and maintenance of 150 sensitive items, totaling more than $250,000.
88K40 Watercraft Operator
Responsible for the individual training readiness of a Floating Craft company; coordinates and manages training resources; provides specialized consultation to the unit commander; manages units status reporting and contributes operational abilities to the commander in the evaluation of unit readiness; responsible for requesting individual and group orders to facilitate individual and unit missions; provides guidance in the development of the unit training calendar, training schedule, and evaluations of METL tasks; maintains a high level of knowledge and awareness of effective unit training.
MOS 88K - Watercraft Operator, CMF 88
Major duties. The watercraft operator performs mariner duties and supervises other personnel on Army watercraft and amphibians. Duties for MOS 88K at each level of skill are:
MOSC 88K1O. Assists in docking and undocking vessels; drops and weighs the vessel anchor; stands lookout and helm watches; identifies and interprets single-letter international code signal flags; sends and receives messages with radios, beacons and signal flags; operates and maintains lifeboats and vessel fire fighting equipment; skilled in all aspects of marlinespike seamanship; secures all types of cargo using shipboard machinery such as capstans, winches, hoists and davits; paints surfaces and cleans compartments and decks.
MOSC 88K2O. Operates Class B Vessels; provides supervision and technical guidance for subordinates; maintains vessel charts, publications, and orders; keeps the vessel log book; navigates a boat or other watercraft; beaches and retracts landing craft; tows vessels and barges in harbors and inter-coastal waterways; conducts stowage operations aboard Class B vessels.
MOSC 88K3O. Instructs subordinates in watercraft and amphibian operational practices, procedures, and techniques; supervises the embarking and disembarking of troops from the vessel; establishes and enforces safety procedures; schedules shipboard watches; prepares vessel load plans; schedules and oversees deck maintenance; supervises maintenance of life saving and fire fighting equipment.
MOSC 88K4O. Serves as the Vessel Master on board a Small Tug; applies inland and international navigation rules while operating vessels; conducts crew drills and supervises training on the vessel; disseminates information on weather and navigational aid changes; maintains the vessel station bill and crew list; operates the gyrocompass and other navigational equipment; processes operations and intelligence information; receives, stores, distributes, and turns in vessel supplies, equipment, and food; administers the vessel mess functions to include all money exchanges, headcount records, daily cook worksheets, and food utilization reports; coordinates the operation of collective Lighter Control Points (LCPs).
