{"id":56747,"date":"2024-02-06T20:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T20:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/06\/marines-want-air-control-experts-for-data-sharing-warrant-officer-job\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:52:32","slug":"marines-want-air-control-experts-for-data-sharing-warrant-officer-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/06\/marines-want-air-control-experts-for-data-sharing-warrant-officer-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines want air-control experts for data-sharing warrant officer job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine Corps is looking for enlisted Marines with air-control expertise to tackle a new warrant officer job focused on rapidly exchanging information with other services and foreign forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new primary military occupational specialty \u2015 called the command and control interface control officer \u2015 will be responsible for coordinating the use of networks and ensuring insights derived from battlefield data are shared between commanders no matter the domain, according to a Marine administrative message<\/a> published Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible for the job, listed as the military occupational specialty 7216, enlisted Marines must have expertise in existing and emerging communication practices and technologies. That includes Link 16 \u2015 a secure, jam-resistant network used by NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corps specifically wants Marines who also have a background in managing airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warrant officer job is open to enlisted Marines who hold the military occupational specialties low altitude air defense gunner (7212), tactical air defense controller (7236), air support operations operator (7242), air traffic controller (7257) or senior air traffic controller (7291).<\/p>\n\n\n\t