THEATER SPECIALIST
U.S. Air Force Academy
Posted: March 23, 2026 (4 days ago)
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Air National Guard Units
Department of the Air Force
Location
Gulfport, Mississippi
Salary
$106,437 - $138,370
per year
Type
Full-Time
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This job involves leading a team that plans, organizes, and oversees air operations centers for the Air National Guard, ensuring everything runs smoothly in training and real missions, including coordination with allies like NATO.
It's a supervisory role focused on managing programs in areas like combat operations, planning, and training.
A good fit would be someone with military experience in aerospace operations, strong leadership skills, and the ability to handle complex logistics and team assignments.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.
This National Guard position is for a THEATER AEROSPACE OPERATIONS COMMAND AND CONTROL OFFICER, Position Description Number D1504P01 and is part of the MS CRTC, National Guard.
If your resume does not include a narrative description of how you meet the GENERAL, SPECIALIZED experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose consideration for this position.
Ensure that the Questionnaire is completed online in Application Manager.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training interpreting, explaining, and/or applying a variety of regulations and procedures. Experience using computer and automation systems.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training arranging or procuring transportation for personnel, cargo or freight.
Experience in non-routine pre and post auditing of freight bills, bills of lading, and personnel transportation vouchers.
Experience coordinating and negotiating with organizations/personnel both orally and in writing to resolve differences/problems. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed.
Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. NOTES TO CANDIDATES: a.
Situations of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b.
Candidates may be screened and evaluated on military attributes directly related to the compatible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment.
c. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
d. Final selection will be based upon qualifications, suitability, and available manpower resources. e.
This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
f. Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Major Duties:
As a THEATER AEROSPACE OPERATIONS COMMAND AND CONTROL OFFICER, GS-2101-13, you will monitor and oversee the planning, organization, and supervision of all unit programs required by Air Force, Major Command, and ANG regulations in the training and employment of the force level Air Operations Center (AOC) weapons system.
The Operations Director must ensure AOC weapons systems personnel are capable of operating in a United States-only, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), or a tailored alliance environment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Plans work to be accomplished by the organization which consists of full-time subordinates engaged in technical and administrative work.
Sets priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work.
Assigns work to subordinate units based on priorities, selective consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
Reviews, accepts, amends, or rejects work which has been reviewed by subordinate supervisors.
Provides advice, counsel, or instruction to Supervisors and subordinate employees on both general policy and administrative matters. 2.
Oversees all unit operations activities which based on unit mission and equipment may include any of the following theater level Air Operations program support functional areas: Combat Operations, Combat Plans, and Training/Evaluation, Weapons and Tactics, and Scheduling.
Unit mission may require additional functions, e.g. Distributive operations, Airspace Management ,Aircraft Operations, and Battle-lab Operations.
Monitors work of subordinates and reviews written reports. Sets division policy and gives guidance to subordinates to ensure Air Force.
Gaining command, ANG, and unit directives are properly implemented to achieve operational readiness of the unit. 3.
Develops long-range training and deployment plans for the unit to meet training goals, higher headquarters inspection schedules and overseas deployment requirements.
Coordinates required planning and resources with other units and higher headquarters to support and implement the training and deployment plan.
Directs the development of unit training goals and long-range advanced planning to include Facility/equipment modernization, improvement or replacement.
Develops detailed plan for accomplishment of these training goals and advanced plans. 4.
Serves as a Senior Operations advisor on the Commander's staff to coordinate operational exercises and contingency taskings. Represents the Commander at MAJCOM level for unit deployments and taskings.
5. Serves as the Operations representative on the Commander's Financial Management Board.
Develops and recommends the operations budget for approval to higher headquarters based on unit requirements and mission.
Oversees the approved operations budget and allocates resources to meet training goals to include efficient expenditure of man-day allocation. 6.
Develops and directs the force level weapons system implementation program in coordination with higher headquarters to meet approve demployment concepts.
Oversees and coordinates operational inputs to the unit Status of Resources and Training Systems (SORTS) reports. Assesses the impact on organizational programs and resource management. 7.
Oversees training of all assigned/attached AOC positionally assigned battle rostered personnel.
Reviews and recommends establishment of formal approaches of instruction, training aids, training programs, training standards, directives and memoranda pertaining to training of the unit and its assigned and attached elements.
Monitors training programs to ensure maximum utilization of training facilities, adherence to training standards and avoidance of duplicate training effort.
Provides guidance to the instructional program and directs the methods and procedures used for instruction of assigned/attached members ensuring optimum utilization of assigned equipment 8.
Monitors the implementation of an effective division safety program for all operations and related ground activities.
Continually evaluates program results to reduce or eliminate accidents and incidents. Follows -up on the corrective action taken to eliminate hazards. 9. Performs other duties as assigned.
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