What does a 14E actually do on deployment?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:08:01 -0400

I understand that they are trained in a lot of different skills regarding the PATRIOT system, but what is the day to day actually like?

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Mar 26 at 2018 5:44 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 05:44:10 -0400

From my understanding you're pretty much on alert 24/7, function checks, daily maintainence.

Response by SSG Steven McDanield made Mar 26 at 2018 6:16 PM

SSG Steven McDanield — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:16:52 -0400

Well, that varies. In my day, it was 24T. Your day to day depended on what platoon you were assigned to. If you were Maintenance, you spend your days in the BMG, repairing the system, coding out parts for return, and basically keeping the system ready for use. If you were in Fire Control, you pulled rotating shifts in the ECS (TCA) or the ICC (TDA). Performing operator level checks and running maintenance (MCC). These were usually Day on Day off shifts if you were deployed to the sandbox.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 16 at 2018 6:27 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:27:51 -0400

Think air traffick control mixed with a little do i have permission to shoot this thing out of the sky.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 20 at 2018 6:28 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 18:28:44 -0400

Trust me, unless your in the van, not a damned thing. Probably be on gate guard, and depending on the command team, probably busy work. Filling sand bags, or sweeping sand off the walkways. Typical ADA nonsense.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2018 1:23 PM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:23:34 -0400

I’m currently deployed at the moment, 14e and I’m a tca. You pretty much will pull a 24 hour shift, be off for 24, and then come back on the next day for 8 hours to do any sort of busy work around the pat site. During your 24 hours on shift, you’ll either be training, doing some sort of maintenance or running tests on the radar, making sure all paperwork is straight, and chilling in the crew shack watching movies with the tangos. And if you’re lucky enough to be a tca, any time they come at you with some pointless tasking you can just run off and say you have to do something in the ecs and they’ll take your word for it.