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For Educators: Military Resources

Command and Control Center Specialists

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Overview

What are the responsibilities of this role?

Operate and monitor communications, detection, and weapons systems essential for controlling air, ground, and naval operations. Duties include maintaining and relaying critical communications between air, naval, and ground forces; implementing emergency plans for natural and wartime disasters; relaying command center information to high-level military and government decisionmakers; monitoring surveillance and detection systems, such as air defense; interpreting and evaluating tactical situations and making recommendations to superiors; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

Education

Which college majors best prepare you for this role?

  • Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare
  • Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations, Other
  • Command & Control (C3, C4I) Systems and Operations
  • Information/Psychological Warfare and Military Media Relations
  • Joint Command/Task Force (C3, C4I) Systems

Skills and Interest

Which skill sets are the most valuable to possess?

Skills

  • Technology Design and Control

    High

  • Equipment Operation and Maintenance

    High

  • Verbal Skills

    Mid

  • Leadership

    Mid

  • Math and Science Skills

    Mid

  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

    Mid

What challenges will you likely face in the workplace?

Workplace

  • Exposure to Job Hazards

    Mid

  • Physical Activity

    Mid

What personality traits help people thrive in this role?

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