A Fire Support Specialist is a member of the Army's field artillery team. Artillery are weapons that fire large ammunition, rockets or missiles to support infantry and tank units in combat. The Fire Support Specialist is primarily responsible for leading, supervising or serving in intelligence activities such as target processing for artillery units and maneuver brigades.

Some of your duties as a Fire Support Specialist may include:

-Establish, maintain and operate communications systems
-Encode and decode messages
-Assist in preparing and disseminating fire support plans, coordinate documents and target lists
-Assist in the operation of laser range finders, target designation and night observation devices
-Determine target location using computers or manual calculations
-Assist in the set up and operation of advanced computer systems used to plan and execute fire missions