Weapons Based Support Instructor

Type: Full Time | Location: NTTC Lackland / San Antonio, Texas | Overtime Exempt: No | Reports To: ARMADA HQ

Responsibilities

• Deliver small arms weapons instruction in accordance with Navy Security Forces training requirements and CENSECFOR curriculum.
• Provide training designed to ensure students safely handle, operate, and qualify with assigned small arms.
• Conduct live-fire qualifications, weapons handling demonstrations, safety briefings, and course remediation as needed.
• Assist with range setup, weapon issuance, ammunition accountability, and compliance with Navy and DoD safety protocols.
• Complete required Personnel Qualification Standards (PQS) for Small Arms Instructor and Line Coach duties, including documentation in the Instructor Training Jacket (ITJ).
• Support testing procedures, academic standards, student performance evaluation, and remediation activities.
• Maintain strict safety oversight during all live-fire evolutions and ensure adherence to high-risk training precautions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge of military and civilian security force weapons handling techniques.
• Ability to instruct and supervise students safely during live-fire events.
• Understanding of weapons safety, range procedures, Navy weapons qualification standards, and related PQS requirements.
• Strong communication skills to deliver technical instruction effectively.
• Ability to perform weapons qualification tasks from standing, kneeling, and prone positions and operate in varied environmental conditions.
• Familiarity with Navy terminology, rank structures, installation layouts, and operational environments.
• Ability to obtain required weapons instructor certifications and maintain all qualifications.
• Basic understanding of Military/Civilian Security Force techniques.

Qualifications

• At least two years of past military experience in a weapons-carrying and employment operational environment or equivalent experience as a Law Enforcement officer with a military or civilian security force.
• Qualified as a small arms weapons instructor.
• High school diploma or GED required.