Infantry Officers

Direct, train, and lead infantry units in ground combat operations. Duties include directing deployment of infantry weapons, vehicles, and equipment; directing location, construction, and camouflage of infantry positions and equipment; managing field communications operations; coordinating with armor, artillery, and air support units; performing strategic and tactical planning, including battle plan development; and leading basic reconnaissance operations.

The most in-demand skills for this role include camouflage, military combat techniques, military weaponry, military drill, surveillance methods, operate radio equipment. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives Infantry Officers a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

Infantry Officers has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.