Does anyone know the truth behind any of this? Yukon Moderator Staff member. It is something CCT came into doing due to this specialty evolving from supporting the Army and Air Force Airlift to focusing on supporting primarily Army Special operations forces.
After several fatal incidents this also drove the need to implement a joint qualification and certification standard and program. It is difficult to predict specifics of what AFSOC's vison and goals are pertinent requiring all CCT to obtain and sustain JTAC qualifications as controlling CAS is a bit different than air traffic controlling aircraft in forward or areas of natural disaster into and out an airfield to include traffic control of taxiing aircraft moving about on the grounds of an airfield where ATC doesn't exist or is inoperative.
Gaining JTAC responsibilities and utilization is what kept TACP a justified and needed specialty and it has taken from to now to make it mandatory for award and retention of the TACP 5-level and 7-level and effort is proceeding to make it a 3-skill level requirement. Not a bad thing other than revisionist history claiming the PJ Indoc course was a flawed course that either outlived its usefulness or was a flawed assessment course needing much improvements and other corrective actions.
A career field includes subdivisions and ladders. Career Field Ladder—A division of a career field in which closely related Air Force specialties are arranged in one or more ladders to indicate lateral functional relationships merging at the 7- or 9-skill level. It will always be the AFSC with the highest skill level. The 4th digit is always "3" and is authorized at any level. Thank you for the very in depth answer, Yukon.
I do have to say that I was unaware of the doctrinal mission of CCT up until a few weeks ago. I originally thought that all CCT's attained the JTAC qualification but having learned more about their primary mission, it sounds pretty awesome.
Thank you. Whether all CCTs will be required to hold JTAC qual is yet to be determined, but current rumors emphasizing rumors is this happening is unlikely.
Thank you, sir. Very much appreciated. Ovation23 Member. Out of curiosity Yukon, would you mind sharing your personal criticism s regarding the claims that PJ indoc was either a flawed course, or in need of improvement over the passing years? I understand you completed the course many years ago when it was certainly "different". Yes, there are plenty of PJs today who have successfully completed Indoc, but do you believe many capable and willing hopefuls fell short because of some course flaws SIE, injury, Failure to train, etc aside?
If one is to celebrate and sing ding dong the wicket witch is dead one needs to be certain the witch has met such demise. In the process of celebrating the wicket witch's demise one typically doesn't discredit and bad mouth Dorothy in the process. My criticism is more an observation as I'm aware of some not participating on these forums who are discrediting and attributing too many flaws to the PJ Indoc course that exists more in their imaginations rather than knowing what happened and didn't happen and why behind the causes.
The PJ Indoc course was designed and implemented for needs of one specific specialty. It is also doing something that was never attempted before by implementing an Assessment and Selection methodology compatible to the needs of several specialties, which is why I stated such is not a bad thing. Warcolours Painting Studio says he's pretty happy with these babes The Editor is invited to tour the factory of Simtac , a U. Hi there. I have been reading as much as possible about Air Force combat controllers this week and i have become confused with all the acronyms.
A JTAC is a guy authorized to call in air support. The US military went from having specialized controllers WWII controlling close air support, to training every knucklehead to do it recruits being trained in Boot Camp to give a 9-line brief, follow up at Divisional schools , then back to specialized controllers, with the latest change being driven by blue on blue incidents and civilian casualties, and even then requiring higher-echelon release.
I'm simplifying a bit, but I'm on my phone. Basically yes they do, but they are specialists in all aspects of controlling the air space. Combat Controllers are Air Traffic Controllers with guns. OK, I'm being a bit flippant here, since they do have to sneak in and take over airfields on occasion They really pissed off the rest of the world during the Haiti relief operations. Training for pararescue is rigorous and many who apply do not finish the training program.
Is CCT a Tier 1? What is the difference between a Tacp and CCT? What tier is a CCT? Are all CCT Jtac? What tier are pjs? How long is the CCT pipeline? What Asvab score do you need for CCT? Can Tacp become CCT?
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