Primary Responsibilities
Control, coordinate, and separate aircraft movement in assigned airspace, airfields, or expeditionary control facilities.
72xx Air Control / Marine Corps MOS Profile
7252 Air Traffic Controller
Air Traffic Controllers provide air traffic control services for aircraft operating in expeditionary, tower, radar, and tactical airfield environments.
Code / Pipeline7252
MOS NameAir Traffic Controller
Category72xx Air Control
Unit AssociationAirwing / HMLA-269
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Marine Corps MOS Profile
Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete entry-level Marine training and formal air-control school.
Billet Progression
This MOS page summarizes the billet, training lane, progression path, and current command-profile matches.
Current Member Tracking
The Current Members section below is populated from command-record MOS data. When a chain of command changes MOS, this page is regenerated to keep the roster link accurate.
USMC Responsibilities
7252 Air Traffic Controller is described here by practical Marine Corps duties, billet expectations, and training progression. This section avoids game-language so the page reads like a professional MOS reference.
- Control, coordinate, and separate aircraft movement in assigned airspace, airfields, or expeditionary control facilities.
- Use communications, radar/data systems, phraseology, and procedural control to maintain safe aircraft flow.
- Support aviation command-and-control, airfield operations, landing zones, and deployed air-control detachments.
- Maintain certifications, currency, equipment checks, logs, and emergency procedures.
Training Pipeline
The pathway is shown at a broad public level. Exact prerequisites, screening, quotas, course names, and assignments can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, command screening, and schoolhouse policy.
- Complete entry-level Marine training and formal air-control school.
- Earn local certifications on tower, radar, procedural, or expeditionary control positions as assigned.
- Serve in Marine air-control squadrons, airfield operations, expeditionary sites, or aviation command-and-control nodes.
- Progress into watch supervisor, crew chief, instructor, controller-in-charge, or staff planning roles.
Billets And Skill Growth
- Entry-level Marines focus on core tasks, equipment, field discipline, and reliable execution.
- NCOs supervise small teams, enforce standards, plan rehearsals, and train junior Marines.
- SNCOs and officers manage readiness, risk, training plans, inspections, reporting, and integration with adjacent staff sections.
- Instructor and staff billets preserve standards, document lessons learned, and build repeatable training for the next rotation.
Chain of Command Matching Logic
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Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneEnlisted MOS
Entry / Award Basis
Air Traffic Controller MOS after entry-level training and certification requirements.
Typical Rank Use
Pvt through Sgt for controller qualification and tower/radar billets; SSgt through MGySgt for watch supervisor, ATC chief, and staff billets.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseMarine aviation command-and-control / air traffic control training pipeline
ATC training covers airspace procedures, tower/radar operations, aircraft separation, communications, emergency procedures, and aviation safety.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires aviation medical and aptitude standards, security eligibility where required, communications clarity, course completion, and local position qualification.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- Tower and radar position qualification
- Tactical airfield operations
- Air control sustainment and supervisor qualification
Course titles, quotas, prerequisites, and sequence can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, and current schoolhouse policy.
Current Members in this MOS
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MOS Association
Airwing / HMLA-269
This page links the occupation lane to Airwing / HMLA-269. Matching chain of command members appear in the Current Members section above.