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Capt Ricardo Hernandez

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<img style="float: none;" src="http://assets2.marines.com/assetmgr/image/disp/inline/size/460x259/id/4987" alt="Aviation Command & Control Officer" /><h2>Capt Hernandez</h2>Hernandez2MOS 1:25 Capt Ricardo Hernandez: My MOS is 7220 Air Traffic Control Officer. When you´re [a] brand new lieutenant, you get your initial qualifications as an air traffic controller, but beyond that your job is to have a general view, broad view of general air traffic control operations. As an Air Traffic Control Officer, you´re expected to know, you know, your airspace; you´re expected to know, you know, what aircraft are transiting, and what the rules are, you know, for those aircraft going across your airspace. When we were out there in Iraq, you know, we had a certain chunk of airspace and that was our airspace that we were responsible for, so anything that happened in and around that airspace was our responsibility. So we´ve got radarscopes that assist us, you know, with being able to track aircraft. We have all, all sorts of cool widgets and gadgets that, that help us to control traffic, but in a nutshell that´s, that´s what we do. So, you can walk into any air traffic control facility and see what the civilians are doing. Essentially that´s what we´re doing except we do it with cool, you know, multimillion-dollar aircraft. Air Traffic Control Officers are actually trained by their enlisted men, but a lot of people might say, see this and say, "Oh God, you know, wait a minute." You know, those are the guys I´m in charge of and, you know, if they´re training me, you know, that´s, that´s not a good thing because I should be training them. Well, remember it´s a mutual respect thing. <hr />

Officers in Aviation Command & Control serve as either Air Support Control Officers, Air Defense Control Officers or Air Traffic Control Officers. The primary functions of these MOSs include directing the interception of hostile aircraft and coordinating employment of surface-to-air-missiles, coordinating air support missions and directing activities related to air traffic control and airspace management.

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Air Support Control
Officers Course
Marine Corps
Communication-
Electronics School
29 Palms, CA
12 weeks
Anti-Air Warfare
Officers Course
Ft. Bliss, TX
6 weeks
Air Traffic Control
School
Pensacola, FL
16 weeks

Beyond Your First Tour

After your first tour, you may be assigned to a billet available to all officers, such as recruiting duty, instructor duty at The Basic School or series commander at one of the Marine Corps Recruit Depots. Later in your career, you may be assigned to Expeditionary Warfare School or Command and Control Systems Course, or seek an advanced degree. This pattern of assignment is designed to expand your knowledge of the Marine Corps and overall strategic operations before you take on increased responsibility within your MOS.

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Aviation Command & Control Officer

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