The infantry is the main land combat force and backbone of the Army. It's equally important in peacetime and in combat. The Infantryman's role is to be ready to defend our country in peacetime and to capture, destroy and repel enemy ground forces during combat.

The following are some duties expected of Infantrymen:

• Perform as a member of a fire team during drills and live combat
• Perform hand-to-hand combat
• Aid in the mobilization of vehicles, troops and weaponry
• Assist in reconnaissance missions
• Operate two-way radios and signal equipment
• Process prisoners of war and captured documents
• Learn to use, maintain and store various combat weaponry (rifles, machine guns, anti-tank mines, etc.)

As the main land combat force of the Army, Infantrymen capture or destroy opposing ground forces, repel enemy attacks and operate weapons and equipment in order to engage and eliminate the enemy. During peacetime, it's the Infantry's job to be ready to jump to the defense of our country. The Indirect Fire Infantryman specifically supervises or is a member of a mortar squad, section or platoon.

Some of your duties as an Indirect Fire Infantryman may include:

• Employing crew and individual weapons in offensive, defensive and retrograde ground combat
• Performing hand-to-hand combat drills that involve martial-arts tactics
• Employing, firing and recovering anti-personnel and anti-tank mines
• Locating and neutralizing mines
• Carrying out scouting missions to spot enemy troop movements and gun locations
• Operating two-way radios and signal equipment to relay battle orders
• Constructing and camouflaging mortar firing positions
• Operating, cleaning and storing automatic weapons
• Parachuting from troop transport airplanes while carrying weapons and supplies

Computers are essential to every division of the military. Information Technology Specialists have the great responsibility of maintaining, processing and troubleshooting military computer systems and operations.

Information Technology Specialists may perform some of the following duties:

• Identifying computer-user problems and coordinating to resolve them
• Installing, configuring and monitoring local and wide-area networks, hardware and software
• Compiling, entering and processing information
• Providing customer and network administration services such as passwords, electronic mail accounts, security and troubleshooting
• Constructing, editing and testing computer system programs
• Conducting data system studies and preparing documentation and specifications for proposals
• Assisting in the design, preparation, editing and testing of computer programs

As one of the largest ground forces in the world, the U.S. Army needs to make sure that all forces can get the correct information. The Army communications maintenance team is responsible for making sure that all communications equipment is in top working order. This equipment allows the Army to track and direct troop, aircraft and watercraft movements.

Signal Support Systems Specialists are primarily responsible for working with battlefield Signal support systems and terminal devices. Some of your duties as a Signal Support Systems Specialist may include:

• Integrating signal systems and networks
• Installing, operating and maintaining designated radio and data distribution systems
• Performing signal support functions
• Performing unit level maintenance on authorized signal equipment and associated electronic devices
• Training and providing technical assistance to users of Signal equipment
• Operating and performing preventive maintenance checks and services on assigned vehicles and power generators

Having access to the correct information is absolutely necessary to plan for our national defense. Intelligence specialists, like the Intelligence Analyst, are integral to providing Army personnel with information about enemy forces and potential battle areas. Intelligence specialists use aerial photographs, electronic monitoring and human observation in order to gather and study information that's required to design defense plans and tactics.

The Intelligence Analyst is primarily responsible for supervising, coordinating and participating in the analysis, processing and distribution of strategic and tactical intelligence. Some of your duties as an Intelligence Analyst may include:

• Preparing all-source intelligence products to support the combat commander
• Assisting in establishing and maintaining systematic, cross-referenced intelligence records and files
• Receiving and processing incoming reports and messages
• Assisting in determining the significance and reliability of incoming information
• Assisting in the analysis and evaluation of intelligence holdings to determine changes in enemy capabilities, vulnerabilities and probable courses of action
• Assembling and proofreading intelligence reports and assisting in consolidating them into Army intelligence
• Storing and retrieve intelligence data using computers