With more pay comes more responsibility, and expectations for the officer operators. The examples above show that Special Warfare officers make $2-3000 more per month than their enlisted counterparts. $5300-$6000 / month Officer Pay Examples (not incl housing allowances, overseas allowances or periodic bonuses)Īn O-2 operator with 3 years time in serviceĪn O-4 operator with 12 years time in service An enlisted operator can expect to regularly operate around 13 years, +/- 4 years.Įnlisted Pay Examples (not including housing allowances or periodic bonuses)Īn E-3 operator with 3 years time in serviceĪn E-6 operator with 12 years time in service As time moves on, enlisted members are placed in more leadership positions which may limit their ‘operator time’, to include positions such as Operations Superintendent and Headquarters Staff positions. Seasoned enlisted guys work closely with their younger officer counterparts on duties that often overlap, to include: creating training plans, organizing deployment rosters, team leading on exercises and deployments. As the enlisted skills increase over time, the blurring of the lines between the enlisted and a younger officer counterpart are more evident. For the first 4-6 years as a young operator, the expectation is that you are in learning mode and doing mode. Upgrades along the way include Jumpmaster, JTAC certification, Dive Supervisor & Team Leader. Day-to-Day OpsĮnlisted jobs continue the theme from the pipeline and continue refining their technical skillsets. Rather, the O’s are taught ‘up-and-out’ leadership abilities at the tactical level, which grows as they progress up in rank. Their officer counterparts receive a more broader curriculum and are not necessarily considered the technical expert at doing the job. The enlisted career fields attend courses that perfect their technical skillset training that is considered ‘down-and-in’ on the objective. Tactical Air Control Party vs TACP Officer: TACP attends the Tactical Air Control Party Craftsman Course while TACPO attend the Basic Air Liaison Officer (ALO) Course.Īn AFSPECWAR instructor gives Combat Leader Course students feedback during training. Pararescue vs Combat Rescue Officer: PJs receive extensive medical training while CROs receive command and control, overarching personnel recovery doctrine and advanced SERE academics.Ĭombat Control vs Special Tactics Officer: CCT attends Air Traffic Control School while STO attends Airfield Operations Officer School.
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Combat Control – Special Tactics Officer.