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14G Air Defense (AD) Battle Management System Operator

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Overview

An Air Defense Battle Management System operator plans and coordinates airspace management, establishes connectivity with sensors and command networks, and provides airspace situational awareness and early warning. This specialist emplaces and initializes Air Defense Airspace Management Cell equipment, performs authorized maintenance and diagnostic checks, and coordinates air and missile defense and aviation requirements.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: MM 91 and GT 90

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: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Joint sensor and command network connectivity
  • Airspace planning and early warning coordination
  • Equipment diagnostics and replaceable unit maintenance
  • Air defense system emplacement and initialization

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Computer Network Support Specialists

Establishing connectivity among sensors, command networks, and airspace users provides a practical foundation for civilian network troubleshooting and support.

How to prepare: Build a small IP networking lab and document how you diagnose and resolve connectivity faults before applying for junior network support positions.

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

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Using embedded diagnostics, multimeters, technical references, and replaceable units to restore air defense equipment transfers to electronic equipment testing and maintenance.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on electronics troubleshooting training that extends your diagnostic work to commercial equipment. The documented military maintenance scope is limited to authorized operator and organizational tasks, including low-voltage checks and replaceable-unit work, rather than unrestricted electronics repair.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  • Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  • Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS

Training & Development

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

Getting Started

  • CompTIA Network+ · Funded · Promotion points

    Structure preparation for civilian network support; pair exam study with hands-on troubleshooting practice.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Support entry-level electronics preparation; use the optional hands-on component to complement existing equipment diagnostic experience.

    For: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Career Growth

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) · Funded · Promotion points

    Deepen network support skills in network access, IP connectivity, IP services, and security fundamentals.

    For: Computer Network Support Specialists

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 14G Air Defense (AD) Battle Management System Operator

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 14G (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Joint sensor and command network connectivity, Airspace planning and early warning coordination, Equipment diagnostics and replaceable unit maintenance, Air defense system emplacement and initialization, Computer Network Support Specialists (O*NET 15-1231.00), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  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. O*NET: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (O*NET 49-2094.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Network+

    [4] 14G cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

    [5]CompTIA: Network+ (Plus) certification exam details · Exam details; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: CompTIA Network+

  5. COOL credential mapping: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [6] 14G cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

    [7]Cisco: CCNA certification · How to earn your CCNA, Core exam 200-301 CCNA; updated 31 August 2026, retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

  6. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [8] 14G cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [9]ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician · CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 14G. Each history page explains the change.

14J1Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer14J2Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer14J3Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer14J4Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer

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