{"id":160,"date":"2024-05-17T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:23:45","slug":"ordnance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/ordnance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordnance Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active Duty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Army Reserve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Guard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entry Level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/OD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ordnance officers are responsible for ensuring that weapons systems, vehicles and equipment are ready and available \u2014 and in perfect working order \u2014 at all times. They also manage the developing, testing, fielding, handling, storage and disposal of munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job Duties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Commanding and controlling operations during land combat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinate employment of ordnance Soldiers at all levels of command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Job training for an ordnance officer requires completion of the Ordnance Officer Basic Course, where you\u2019ll learn leadership skills, tactics, maintenance and operational aspects of weapons and vehicles used in an ordnance platoon. Your training will take place in classrooms and in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Skill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Self-discipline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physically fit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform under physical and mental pressures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make decisions quickly and on your own<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Ordnance officers are responsible for ensuring that weapons systems, vehicles and equipment are ready and available \u2014 and in perfect working order \u2014 at all times. They also manage the developing, testing, fielding, handling, storage and disposal of munitions. Job Duties Training Job training for an ordnance officer requires completion of the Ordnance Officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}