Army · 25V
Your Combat Documentation/Production experience maps to civilian jobs like Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film and Broadcast Technicians—and well beyond. Explore the specific roles below, see what each pays and requires, and build from there.
These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to 25V, plus the roles most closely related to them—ordered from the closest match. Think of them as a floor, not a ceiling: see what each role involves and pays, start where your Combat Documentation/Production experience already fits, and build toward the rest.
$61,800/yr mediantypical $34k–$121k~24K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Combat Documentation/Production work maps straight onto the media & communications side of this role.
$57,690/yr mediantypical $28k–$125k~26K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to acquire, edit, and transmit audio and video for radio or television programs.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Combat Documentation/Production work maps straight onto the media & communications side of this role.
$65,080/yr mediantypical $44k–$105k~15K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
$51,640/yr mediantypical $34k–$96k~67K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the media & communications side—a natural next step.
$82,510/yr mediantypical $42k–$175k~154K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the media & communications side—a natural next step.
$77,420/yr mediantypical $47k–$107k~21K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
$46,850/yr mediantypical $35k–$120k~3K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
$59,430/yr mediantypical $36k–$133k~15K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events,…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Combat Documentation/Production occupations on the media & communications side—a natural next step.
Source: O*NET / DMDC Military Crosswalk and O*NET related-occupations data, August 2024. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023).
Use the level that reflects what you actually did—not rank alone. Two people with the same code and very different experience should not submit the same résumé.
Lead with hands-on tasks, tools, equipment, qualifications, safety discipline, and the conditions in which you performed. Do not inflate supervisory scope.
Add team leadership, training, inspections, work allocation, quality control, readiness, and the people or assets you directly supervised.
Emphasize multi-team operations, schedules, resource forecasting, safety systems, policy enforcement, advising leaders, and organization-level results.
A translated title isn't enough. These four moves turn Combat Documentation/Production experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.
List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Combat Documentation/Production—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.
Soldiers led, dollar value of equipment you were accountable for, workload, readiness rates, and safety or quality outcomes. Scope beats adjectives.
For any target role, name the license, degree, or software it requires and start now—your GI Bill and credentialing assistance can cover most of it.
Recruiters rarely search “25V.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Combat Documentation/Production.”
You don't have to make this jump alone. These programs exist specifically to move service members into civilian careers—most are free, and several pay you while you train.
Train or intern with a civilian employer during your last ~180 days on active duty—at full military pay.
Earn a paycheck while you train for a trade or technical role; USMAP can credit the military training you already have.
Corporate fellowships and hiring events that place transitioning service members and military spouses.
Free career training and nationally recognized certifications for service members, veterans, and spouses.
VA-funded high-tech training (IT, cyber, data, software) that does not touch your GI Bill entitlement.
Free local career centers plus certification and state-by-state license finders for any field.
17-week tech training (cloud, cyber, development) with a built-in hiring network.
Scholarship cybersecurity training and industry certifications for veterans.
Free tech education, entrepreneurship, and employment programs.
How to use this: Treat these as targets, not limits. Your exact duties depend on your assignments, so lead with what you actually did—and remember that regulated careers require their own license, certification, or degree.