Occupation Profile for Command and Control Center Specialists

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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 decision makers; 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.

 
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Sample Job Titles

Counter Intelligence Agent
Defense Analyst
Intelligence Analyst
Intelligence Officer
Operations and Intelligence Assistant
Signals Analyst

Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)