715X Special Warfare Technician CWO

Core Skills

• Special operations mission planning and execution oversight
• Tactical communications and secure coordination
• Leadership in high-risk, time-sensitive operations
• Intelligence integration into mission planning
• Risk management and operational security (OPSEC)
• Training program design and delivery
• Interagency and joint operations coordination
• After-action analysis and lessons learned development
• Technical systems integration at the user level
• Policy and procedure development for sensitive operations

Civilian Career Paths

• Private Security
• Physical Security
• Emergency Management
• Project Management

Training & Development

What the Work Involves

• Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
• Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
• Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin.

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a four-year degree or equivalent experience.