What are the responsibilities and job description for the TACP/JTAC/CCT position at Vector Solutions?
TACP/JTAC/CCT
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Overview
Vector is seeking Tactical Air Control Party/Joint Terminal Attack Controllers/Combat Controllers (TACP/JTAC/CCT) to join our team at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The selected candidates will support AFSOC Formal Training Unit (FTU) Syllabus of Instruction (SOI) Programmed Flight Training (PFT) and Special Operations Wing (SOW) unit-level Combat Mission Ready (CMR) currency and Mission Essential Task List (METL) proficiency requirements. TACP/JTAC/CCTs provide ground party emulation, radio communications, threat emulation, and range safety support for current and future aircraft training, readiness, and rehearsal requirements using current Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
Duties:
• Support AFSOC FTU SOI PFT and SOW unit-level CMR currency and METL proficiency requirements, including current and future aircraft training readiness and rehearsal requirements.
• Provide Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), Combat Controller (CCT), Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), and/or pilot-qualified support to training and rehearsal events.
• Operate secure and unsecure radio communications (UHF, VHF, FM, HF, SATCOM), GPS devices, and ATAK in accordance with COMSEC and OPSEC requirements.
• Employ overt and covert lighting and pyrotechnics for dry-fire, live-fire, and command and control training.
• Perform ground force commander and ground party emulation.
• Serve as range safety observer and provide range clearance.
• Conduct comm-out procedures training using current SOF TTPs.
• Emulate friendly and enemy ground forces using anti-aircraft threat emulators, including visual AAA, MANPADS (pyrotechnics), and electronic signals intelligence (ELINT/SIGINT).
• Maintain overall responsibility for vehicle operations, COMSEC, OPSEC, and personnel safety while conducting operations.
Required:
• Able to command fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft during close air support (CAS) and other offensive missions, controlling target acquisition, munition delivery, and attack timing.
• Experience operating current SOF ground-to-aircraft HF, UHF, FM, and SATCOM communication systems, and experience communicating with SOF aviation assets through ground controller systems and ATAK/Link-16 data distribution kits, within the last 12 months; or combat experience in JTAC duties within the past 10 years.
• Fundamental land navigation, map, compass, and GPS skills sufficient to read and locate boundaries, points of origin, points of impact, impact/strike points, and other locations using latitude and longitude and Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) coordinates during all training missions.
• Able to safely lift and carry at least fifty (50) pounds.
• Active Secret security clearance.
Job Location & Schedule:
• This position is located at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
• Full-time positions only.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vector Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a workplace environment that encourages growth and respect for all current and prospective employees. It is the policy and practice of this Company to prohibit any form of discrimination or harassment of applicants or employees based on race, color, age (40 or older), national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), veteran, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law. The Company forbids discrimination in every aspect of employment.