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1Z3X1 Tactical Air Control Party Specialist (TACP)

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Overview

A Tactical Air Control Party Specialist embeds with Army and Marine units on the front line and calls air strikes against the correct target at the appropriate time. The specialist operates under demanding battlefield conditions to provide supported teams with air-delivered firepower.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: G 49

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 1Z311 helper · 1Z331 apprentice · 1Z351 journeyman · 1Z371 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Joint air and land effects integration
  • Reconnaissance and surveillance in contested environments
  • Distributed command and control network operations

Civilian Career Paths

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Computer Network Support Specialists

Operational use of advanced command, control, and communications networks provides user-side familiarity with mission-critical connectivity, not demonstrated network diagnosis or repair competence.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on network-support course that includes diagnosing connectivity faults and documenting resolutions in a practice network.

What the civilian work involves
  • Identify the causes of networking problems, using diagnostic testing software and equipment.
  • Document network support activities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows Server

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • CompTIA A+

    Build an IT-support foundation before specializing in network troubleshooting; earning A+ requires both Core 1 and Core 2 exams from the same version.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

Career Growth

  • CompTIA Network+

    Develop the network-support specialization after foundational IT practice; CompTIA recommends A+ and 9 to 12 months of hands-on junior network administration or network-support experience.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY (1Z3X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY"; normalized cached text lines 5465-5492; explicit AFSC match for 1Z3X1

    Supports: Joint air and land effects integration, Reconnaissance and surveillance in contested environments, Distributed command and control network operations, Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  2. O*NET: Computer Network Support Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00)

  3. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA A+

    [3] 1Z3X1 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA A+

    [5]COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Network+ · 1Z3X1 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

  4. CompTIA: A+ Core 1 (V15) certification exam details

    [4] A+ Core 1 overview and Exam details; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: CompTIA A+

  5. CompTIA: Network+ (Plus) certification exam details

    [6] Exam details; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

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1C4X1Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)

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