TAFT Instructor | MOS 13D

Iraq
Full Time
Mid Level

Job Title
TAFT Instructor – AFATDS / Fire Control Systems (13D)
Why IDS?
IDS believes in resolving conflict, building innovative approaches to do so. Combining operational expertise with an intimate understanding of today’s greatest challenges, we bring our customers the solutions required for success in a complex and multidimensional world. IDS tailors solutions for a diverse range of government, military, nonprofit, and public‑sector clients.
Locations
Iraq

Job Description
The TAFT AFATDS / Fire Control Systems Instructor delivers comprehensive training on the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) and associated digital/analog fire‑control workflows used to plan, process, and execute artillery and mortar fire missions. This instructor develops student proficiency across the full cycle of fire support operations: establishing communications architecture; receiving, validating, and prioritizing fire missions; computing firing solutions; and coordinating with gun lines, fire direction centers (FDC), and command posts to ensure safe, timely, and accurate fires.
Responsibilities include teaching AFATDS configuration and employment, data management, message traffic, and interface operations with radios, digital networks, and data links. The instructor guides students in target location methods (map/GPS/software), elevation/deflection computation, and verification procedures, while reinforcing doctrinal standards, safety controls, and reporting requirements. Instruction is delivered through classroom sessions, practical labs, and scenario‑based command post exercises that replicate realistic operational conditions, enabling students to integrate fire support at battery and battalion levels effectively.
Key Duties
• Teach AFATDS system setup, initialization, user roles, permissions, and interface navigation; instruct mission processing steps from call‑for‑fire receipt through fire order generation and end‑of‑mission reporting.
• Instruct on digital and analog fire‑control workflows, including manual backup procedures to maintain continuity of fires during degraded or contested communications.
• Train students to compute firing solutions using maps, GPS, and targeting software; verify elevation/deflection, fuse/charge data, and apply corrections based on meteorological inputs and registration.
• Establish and maintain communications architecture for artillery operations: radios, crypto procedures, frequency management, data links, and secure message formats; validate transmission integrity and troubleshooting steps.
• Lead hands‑on labs that integrate FDC, gun lines, and command post functions, emphasizing synchronization, positive control, and safe firing sequence execution.
• Deliver instruction on tactical data flow—prioritization, deconfliction, and processing of multiple simultaneous missions—while enforcing doctrinal safety checks and risk controls.
• Coach students through scenario‑driven command post exercises that simulate time‑sensitive targeting, counterfire, and combined‑arms operations; conduct after‑action reviews (AARs) to capture lessons learned.
• Teach documentation and reporting standards, including logs, mission records, and digital audit trails to support accountability and readiness assessments.
• Evaluate student proficiency through written exams, practical check‑rides, and graded CP lanes; provide counseling and targeted remediation to ensure mastery of fire‑control tasks.
Requirements
• Five (5) years of experience in an operational artillery or mortar unit.
• Served as US Army MOS 13D or USMC MOS 0844.
• Proficiency with AFATDS and related fire‑control systems; strong understanding of artillery communications, FDC operations, and command post procedures.
Questions?
[email protected]

Employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move moderate amounts of weight, typically less than 20 pounds, but may vary depending on the position. Regular and predictable attendance is essential.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local law.

If you are unable to apply through the portal and need to speak to someone about necessary accommodations to apply, please email accommodation@idsinternational.com and we will follow up with you. Do not submit resumes and applications through this email.

Share

Apply for this position

Required*
We've received your resume. Click here to update it.
Attach resume or Paste resume
Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or Paste resume

Paste your resume here or Attach resume file

To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more.
Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
  • A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
    • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
    • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Veteran status


Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026
Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Please check one of the boxes below:

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You must enter your name and date
Human Check*