Indirect Fire Infantryman

Job Description

As an Army National Guard Indirect Fire Infantryman, you will command the infantry’s most powerful weapon – the mortar. In a mortar squad, section, or platoon, you will conduct challenging tasks such as parachuting from a troop transport airplane to access remote locations, constructing mortars, camouflaging their positions, and locating and neutralizing enemy mines. As your skills grow, you will supervise and train other soldiers, lead mortar squads, provide tactical and technical guidance, and take responsibility for receiving combat orders, directing operations, and adjusting indirect fire.

• Set up, load, and fire three types of mortars.
• Employ crew and weapons in offensive, defensive, and retrograde ground combat.
• Operate, clean, and store automatic weapons.
• Employ, fire, and recover anti‑personnel and anti‑tank mines.
• Carry out scouting missions to spot enemy troops and gun positions.

• Interest in ammunition and weaponry.
• Readiness to accept challenges and face danger.
• Physical and mental fitness.

Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard you learn valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.

After 10 weeks of Basic Training, you attend 14 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) that combines hands‑on simulated combat and classroom instruction. You keep your skills sharp through frequent squad maneuvers, target practice, and war games.

• Paid training.
• Monthly paycheck.
• Montgomery GI Bill.
• Federal and state tuition assistance.
• Retirement benefits for part‑time service.
• Low‑cost life insurance (up to $400,000).
• 401(k)-type savings plan.
• Student loan repayment program (up to $50,000).
• Health care benefits available.
• VA home loans.
• Bonuses, if applicable.
• Most non‑prior service candidates earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend.

• Military enlistment in the Army National Guard.
• Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate.
• Must be between the ages of 17 and 35.
• Must pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards.
• Must meet citizenship requirements.