Originally Posted by
Sputnik
I'm sure there are others here who can answer that better. But with every ODA in the field there is a USAF JTAC, and they do lots and lots of hunting down and killing bad guys.
Fortunately we haven't had many downed airmen, and not doing much ATC in the field--but there is a sh!tload of Forward Air Control.
It's true that all kinds of people are getting thrown into the fight at this point. Since this conversation was about a career path I was addressing typical historical utilization...who knows how much longer we will be operating at this intensity? I assume quit a while, but you never know after the elections...
At this time even skillsets which normally play a supporting role in special operations are getting plenty of trigger time...SWCC's for example are running around all over the desert, and their job is supposed to be boat driver.