14G Air Defense Management Systems Operator, what to expect?

What to expect really depends on the type of unit you get assigned too. Assignments can include PATRIOT, Sentinel Platoon, ADAM Cell, or C-RAM to name a few. It also depends on your units mission focus and how they use their Air Defenders. You could spend a lot of time in the field, or you could be working for the S3 SGM driving or making slides. Again, depends on your unit.

I've enjoyed my time in the MOS, but I've also worked for some outstanding Warrant Officers and NCOs. I've had a lot of opportunities to travel, work on some pretty cool projects. But I've also had my fair share of cleaning our CONNEX's, motor pool maintenance, and field time.

If you get some good training, schooling, and experience you can make a petty good amount of money in the civilian world. Most of your job opportunities are going to be with companies like Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. If you get some computer network experience you can also look for work with any company that had a computer network.

get experience and im sure civilian sector will be happy to consider you. set up your resume for success, make it look like its a piece of gold.

If your part of the sentinel team then expect to be tasked out for the field quite often and don't be surprised at how many people think your job is one thing when its not. 14G don't do patriot that's a 14H now if you came in as a 14J you might have been in patriot but they split the job into 14G and 14H I was part of a sentinel team for a little over 4 years and I was constantly having to not so much educate because not my job to do so but to remind officers that "no our radar can't do" yada yada and " no I cannot leave my radar to fix your FAAD" although they did improve those systems so your job should be easier but there are some federal laws you have to watch out for and nobody can tell you to break a federal law without written permission from the whatever agency yada yada. . . . lets just say I refused to turn it "on" when we were too close to an air port and they tried to hang me cause it didn't matter who said it and yes it was explained.. . . it took an actual lawyer for them to believe me but that's like the worst of the worst most the time you'll be to busy most units think you do nothing so you'll get tasked out a bit but if your lucky and you get to one that knows what you do you'll be fine. This whole thing was hard to type trying to remember opsec and all that