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7002 Expeditionary Airfield and Emergency Services Officer

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Overview

An Expeditionary Airfield and Emergency Services Officer plans and oversees the installation, operation, and maintenance of airfield surfacing materials, expeditionary visual landing aids, and aircraft recovery equipment. The officer also plans and directs structural and aircraft firefighting, rescue, salvage, and recovery operations.

Core Skills

  • Airfield surfacing installation and maintenance oversight
  • Expeditionary visual landing aid operations oversight
  • Aircraft recovery equipment installation and maintenance planning
  • Structural and aircraft firefighting operations direction

Civilian Career Paths

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Airfield Operations Specialists

Oversight of airfield surfaces, visual landing aids, and aircraft recovery equipment transfers directly to maintaining safe airfield operating conditions.

How to prepare: Build a sample civilian airfield inspection checklist covering surface conditions, visual landing aids, and emergency response coordination, then compare it with federal regulatory requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
  • Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
  • Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Firefighters

Planning and directing structural and aircraft firefighting, rescue, and recovery operations provides directly relevant fire-response experience.

How to prepare: Ask a target fire department to assess your documented military firefighting training against its entry process. Prospective firefighters must pass written and physical tests, complete interviews, and train at a fire academy; EMT and other licensing or certification requirements vary by locality.

What the civilian work involves
  • Rescue survivors from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards.
  • Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios.
  • Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Affiliated Computer Services ACS FIREHOUSE

Emergency Management Directors

Planning and directing firefighting, rescue, salvage, and recovery operations transfers to emergency response planning and coordination.

How to prepare: Prepare a portfolio showing your emergency plans and response leadership for comparison with director openings. These roles typically require a bachelor's degree and many years of relevant experience, although some small municipalities accept a high school diploma with extensive emergency management experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
  • Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Alert Technologies OpsCenter

Notes & Sources

  • Some jurisdictions require a commercial driver's license or firefighter endorsement to operate a firetruck.
  • Some states require emergency management directors to obtain certification within a specified period after hiring.
Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 7002

    [1] MOS 7002 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 16948; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Airfield surfacing installation and maintenance oversight, Expeditionary visual landing aid operations oversight, Aircraft recovery equipment installation and maintenance planning, Structural and aircraft firefighting operations direction, Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00), Firefighters (O*NET 33-2011.00), Emergency Management Directors (O*NET 11-9161.00)

    [2]NAVMC 1200.1L MOS 7002: Related SOC titles · MOS 7002 section "e. Related Standard Occupational Classification"

    Supports: Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

  2. O*NET: Airfield Operations Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

  3. O*NET: Firefighters

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Firefighters (O*NET 33-2011.00)

  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Firefighters

    [5] How to Become a Firefighter; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; page dated 2026-09-14, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Firefighters (O*NET 33-2011.00)

  5. O*NET: Emergency Management Directors

    [6] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Emergency Management Directors (O*NET 11-9161.00)

  6. Bureau of Labor Statistics: emergency management directors

    [7] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Emergency Management Directors (O*NET 11-9161.00)

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