No. They were trained as door gunners only. Mission Specialists were supposed to be, basically, back-seat Observers - running the second and larger FLIR monitor in the back because Canadian Pilots could not do that, for some reason, even though US, British, and other Pilots could - minus navigation, FAC/Air OP, and air-to-ground radio functions (we always had four nets on the go in the Kiowa: Flight/Section primary interplane or FAC net on UHF, Squadron VHF-AM Common or ATC, Supported Unit on VHF-FM, and Section Lead on the Arty net on the second VHF-FM Number 2 on the Squadron VHF-FM net; the Observers handled the two VHF-FM radios). Granted, the original instrument-panel FLIR screen was pretty crappy, and I am not absolutely sure if we are using the same one or if it was replaced when MX-15 replaced our original FLIR, but I would expect that the monitor was replaced along with the ball. The main need for "Mission Specialists", from what I saw, was to maintain an Army presence in our Squadrons, and to run ranges. There were attempts to establish courses, but I do not know if the same one was ever run twice. The FE is mainly focussed on his door-gunner role on the right side when the machine is armed.