Light Armored Vehicle Crewman

You are the apprentice Light Armor Vehicle Marine. The community is deciding whether you can do quiet, exact work before it trusts you with harder work.

You are the apprentice Light Armor Vehicle Marine. The community is deciding whether you can do quiet, exact work before it trusts you with harder work. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At junior Marine, the pressure is earning trust, learning the baseline, and staying useful without needing a babysitter. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good junior Marine Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.

You are the first-line Light Armor Vehicle Marine NCO. The team copies what you tolerate, not what you brief.

You are the first-line Light Armor Vehicle Marine NCO. The team copies what you tolerate, not what you brief. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At Corporal, the pressure is turning personal competence into a small-team standard. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good Corporal Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.

You are the working Light Armor Vehicle Marine NCO. Your name is now attached to other Marines' performance.

You are the working Light Armor Vehicle Marine NCO. Your name is now attached to other Marines' performance. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At Sergeant, the pressure is owning the section task while developing the Corporals who will inherit tomorrow's mess. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good Sergeant Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.

You are the Staff Sergeant who makes the plan survivable after the PowerPoint stops being useful.

You are the Staff Sergeant who makes the plan survivable after the PowerPoint stops being useful. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At Staff Sergeant, the pressure is running the section, readiness picture, training plan, and NCO bench below you. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it. Current FY26 MOS guidance says 0313 is no longer assigned to SNCOs within the LAR OccFld; Staff Sergeants and above need the 0363/0393 path on paper before the promotion and retention machinery gets interested.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —For Staff Sergeant and above, track the 0363/0393 LAR PMOS transition and grade-appropriate formal-school requirement; 0313 is the operating-floor identity, not the SNCO paperwork endpoint.
• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good senior LAR Marine keeps the 0363/0393 path honest instead of letting old 0313 language create a promotion problem. The good Staff Sergeant Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.

You are the Gunny who turns Light Armor Vehicle Marine craft into readiness the commander can use.

You are the Gunny who turns Light Armor Vehicle Marine craft into readiness the commander can use. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At Gunnery Sergeant, the pressure is turning technical competence into company-level systems that survive turnover. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it. Current FY26 MOS guidance says 0313 is no longer assigned to SNCOs within the LAR OccFld; Staff Sergeants and above need the 0363/0393 path on paper before the promotion and retention machinery gets interested.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —For Staff Sergeant and above, track the 0363/0393 LAR PMOS transition and grade-appropriate formal-school requirement; 0313 is the operating-floor identity, not the SNCO paperwork endpoint.
• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good senior LAR Marine keeps the 0363/0393 path honest instead of letting old 0313 language create a promotion problem. The good Gunnery Sergeant Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.

You are the senior enlisted keeper of the Light Armor Vehicle Marine standard. The community gets healthier or lazier around what you reward.

You are the senior enlisted keeper of the Light Armor Vehicle Marine standard. The community gets healthier or lazier around what you reward. Day to day, the work is LAV crew drills, turret and weapons checks, comms, mounted reconnaissance rehearsals, dismounted security, route and screen planning, maintenance, gunnery prep, recovery tasks, and the motor-pool truth that the mission only moves when the vehicle does. At senior enlisted Marine, the pressure is owning climate, talent, standards, retention, and the long-term health of the community. The exciting mission exists, but the calendar is maintenance, reports, training records, inspections, rehearsals, and fixing the thing that was good last week until someone touched it. Current FY26 MOS guidance says 0313 is no longer assigned to SNCOs within the LAR OccFld; Staff Sergeants and above need the 0363/0393 path on paper before the promotion and retention machinery gets interested.

• 01Operate the LAV crew position assigned to you without making the rest of the crew babysit basic checks.
• 02Maintain vehicle, turret, weapons, optics, radios, and recovery gear before the field finds the weak link.
• 03Scan, report, navigate, and pass combat information quickly enough that reconnaissance becomes useful to the commander.
• 04Run mounted and dismounted security without forgetting that the vehicle is not a magic shield.
• 05Execute gunnery, fire commands, and safety procedures without turning confidence into a range incident.

• —NAVMC 1200.1L - Military Occupational Specialties Manual.
• —NAVMC 3500.16B w/Ch 1 - Light Armored Reconnaissance Training and Readiness Manual.
• —1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion mission page.
• —MARADMIN 342/16 - Military Occupational Specialty Renaming.
• —MCO 1400.32 - Marine Corps Promotion Manual.
• —MCO 1610.7 - Performance Evaluation System.

• —For Staff Sergeant and above, track the 0363/0393 LAR PMOS transition and grade-appropriate formal-school requirement; 0313 is the operating-floor identity, not the SNCO paperwork endpoint.
• —LAR T&R events, crew drills, and gunnery tasks trained to the unit standard.
• —Vehicle, weapon, optic, radio, and sensitive-item accountability checked before movement.
• —Reconnaissance reports are timely, accurate, and tied to commander requirements.
• —Crew communication and safety procedures rehearsed before live fire or movement.
• —First-class PFT/CFT and field fitness maintained; mounted does not mean soft.

• —Pencil-whipping vehicle checks because the LAV ran fine yesterday.
• —Staring through optics and missing the report the commander needed five minutes ago.
• —Letting turret, weapons, or comms safety become a vibe instead of a procedure.
• —Driving the vehicle like mobility solves every tactical problem.

The good senior LAR Marine keeps the 0363/0393 path honest instead of letting old 0313 language create a promotion problem. The good senior enlisted Marine Light Armor Vehicle Marine is calm, exact, and useful under friction. They know the refs, train the next Marine, document the standard, and tell the boss what is true before the situation turns into a meeting with too many chairs.