Careers Career Paths Marine Corps Field 72 Air Command Career Options Print Andrea Decanini / U.S. Navy / Getty Images Career Paths US Military Careers Technology Careers Sports Careers Sales Project Management Professional Writer Music Careers Media Legal Careers Government Careers Finance Careers Fiction Writing Careers Entertainment Careers Criminology Careers Book Publishing Aviation Animal Careers Advertising Learn More By Rod Powers Rod Powers Air Force NCO Academy Rod Powers was a retired Air Force First Sergeant with 22 years of active duty service. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 02/05/20 The Marine Corps Field 72 occupational field (OccFld) includes those soldiers working in air control, air traffic control, air support, and anti-air warfare. The field also includes the operation and management of the air command and control functions associated with the Marine aircraft wing. Qualifications Qualifications required include manual dexterity for man-machine interface, highly developed visual and auditory skills, the ability to communicate effectively with radios, and the leadership and skills to work effectively as a member of a command and control team. The duties involve skills and procedures that are initially acquired through formal schools and further developed by individual and team training. Air control, air traffic control, air support, and antiair warfare Marines will be required to learn the emplacement, cabling orientation, and operation of air command, control, traffic control, and anti-air warfare defense systems and equipment. Entry-level assignments include LAAD gunner, air command and control operator, air traffic controller, and air support operations, operator. A wide variety of FMF billets are available in the OccFld in the active and reserve forces at the group, squadron/battalion, or battery level. Numerous non-FMF assignments also exist at the Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Corps Air Stations worldwide, as instructors at MOS-producing schools. Marines will participate in routine air command and control functions while training for a designated MOS within the OccFld. (See figure 3-35 for additional information concerning the career/grade structure and schooling of these Marines.) For actual requirements of duties, and how these duties are developed through individual and team training for each MOS, refer to MCO P3500.19, Aviation Training and Readiness Manual, Volume 5, Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS). Marine Corps Enlisted Military Occupation Specialties 7212 --Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Gunner7234 --Air Control Electronics Operator7236 --Tactical Air Defense Controller7242 --Air Support Operations Operator7251 --Air Traffic Controller-Trainee7252 --Air Traffic Controller-Tower7253 --Air Traffic Controller-Radar Arrival/Departure Controller7254 --Air Traffic Controller-Radar Approach Controller7257 --Air Traffic Controller7277 --Weapons and Tactics Instructor-Air Control7291 --Senior Air Traffic Controller