Primary Responsibilities
Provide attached-service tactical air control or combat control capability when represented on the SOTF roster.
Air Force Special Operations Command / Marine Corps MOS Profile
Tactical Air Control Party
Tactical Air Control Party specialists are Air Force personnel who integrate airpower with ground maneuver units and support terminal attack control / air liaison functions where qualified.
Code / PipelineAFSOC-TACP
MOS NameTactical Air Control Party
CategoryAir Force Special Operations Command
Unit AssociationAFSOC Attachment / Airwing Integration
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Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete Air Force accession and specialty pipeline requirements.
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
Tactical Air Control Party 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.
- Provide attached-service tactical air control or combat control capability when represented on the SOTF roster.
- Coordinate air-ground integration, communications, terminal guidance, airspace awareness, and joint fires procedures according to assigned qualification.
- Maintain currency through formal schoolhouse requirements, continuation training, and unit certification.
- Integrate with Marine elements through clear communications, planning, and supported-unit 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 Air Force accession and specialty pipeline requirements.
- Complete tactical air control, combat control, airborne, survival, communications, and joint fires training required for the specialty.
- Serve with supported ground forces, air operations centers, or special tactics units based on assignment.
- Maintain currency through evaluations, continuation training, and supported-unit integration.
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
Chain of command records can list a current MOS, prior record MOS, ADMOS, or specialty track. This page shows a member as a Current MOS when the MOS is the member’s active specialty and as Recorded Profile MOS / ADMOS when it appears in the member history.
Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneAir Force enlisted specialty path
Entry / Award Basis
TACP/JTAC career field is an Air Force enlisted special-warfare/support path with formal selection, training, and qualification requirements.
Typical Rank Use
Airman through SNCO grades depending on team, squadron, JTAC, instructor, and leadership billet requirements.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseAir Force Special Warfare training pipeline / Special Tactics qualification path
Special tactics training covers assessment, selection, battlefield airmen foundations, air-ground integration, communications, personnel recovery, austere field operations, and assigned specialty qualification.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires Air Force Special Warfare screening, medical and fitness standards, water confidence where required, security eligibility, and completion of specialty pipeline events.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- SERE training
- Airborne and military free-fall as assigned
- Combat dive or maritime training when assigned
- JTAC, controller, personnel recovery, and advanced communications tracks by specialty
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
AFSOC Attachment / Airwing Integration
This page links the occupation lane to AFSOC Attachment / Airwing Integration. Matching chain of command members appear in the Current Members section above.