# Command and Control Center Specialists

> Operate and monitor communications, detection, and weapons systems essential for controlling air, ground, and naval operations. Duties include maintaining and relaying critical communications between air, naval, and ground forces; implementing emergency plans for natural and wartime disasters; relaying command center information to high-level military and government decisionmakers; monitoring surveillance and detection systems, such as air defense; interpreting and evaluating tactical situations and making recommendations to superiors; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/command-and-control-center-specialists
- SOC code: 55-3015.00
- Career family: Military
- Median annual pay: not reported
- Projected growth: not reported
- Openings a year: not reported
- Typical entry education: not reported
- Bright outlook: no

## Also called

ACDS Block 1 Operator, AEGIS Console Operator Track 3, Aegis Operations Specialist, Aerospace Control And Warning Systems, Aerospace Control And Warning Systems, Manuel Systems, Aerospace Control And Warning Systems, Sector Operations Control Center, Aerospace Control And Warning Systems, Theater Air Control System, Aerospace Control And Warning Systems, Weapons Director, Air Control Electronics Operator, Air Defense Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Tactical Operations Center Enhanced Operator/Maintainer

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/2902) (CIP 2902, 85 colleges)
- Military Systems and Maintenance Technology (CIP 2904, 8 colleges)

## Colleges with strong outcomes (College Scorecard, 2025)

| College | Program | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yrs | Median debt |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Mercyhurst University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/mercyhurst-university-1646) | Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | $52,770 | $86,597 | $25,000 |
| [Norwich University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/norwich-university-1970) | Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | $77,627 | $85,184 | not reported |
| [Maryville University of Saint Louis](https://www.collegesref.com/college/maryville-university-of-saint-louis-1610) | Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | $63,584 | $84,342 | $23,911 |
| [University of Advancing Technology](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-advancing-technology-2858) | Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | $57,428 | $78,068 | $31,000 |
| [Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach](https://www.collegesref.com/college/embry-riddle-aeronautical-university-daytona-beach-908) | Military Systems and Maintenance Technology | $58,318 | $72,903 | $25,500 |
| [Coastal Carolina University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/coastal-carolina-university-589) | Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations | $47,293 | $56,863 | $20,500 |

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.