Marine Corps Reference Publication MCRP 3-20F.7 Marine Air Traffic Control Detachment Handbook May 2019 focuses on the details of the Marine air traffic control detachment (MATCD) and the role it plays in MAGTF, joint, and multinational operations. Intended for MAGTF, naval expeditionary force, and joint force commanders and their staffs, MCRP 3-20F.7 highlights MATCD fundamentals, systems, planning, operations, and training. By investigating these areas, MCRP 3-20F.7 provides commanders and their staffs with the information required for understanding and evaluating the operational principles and capabilities of various MATCD employment options. The Marine air command and control system (MACCS) provides the Marine Corps aviation combat element commander with the means to exercise control of the organic and nonorganic aviation assets necessary to support Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) operations. Marine Corps Tactical Publication (MCTP) 3-20F, Control of Aircraft and Missiles, addresses basic planning considerations for MACCS operations, employment, and interoperability among MACCS and joint service agencies.

The Marine air command and control system (MACCS) provides the Marine aviation combat element commander with the means to exercise control of those organic and nonorganic aviation assets that are necessary to support Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) operations.

The Marine air command and control system (MACCS) provides the Marine aviation combat element commander with the means to exercise control of those organic and nonorganic aviation assets that are necessary to support Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) operations. Marine Corps Warfighting Publication, addresses basic planning considerations for MACCS operations, employment, and interoperability among MACCS and joint Service agencies. MCWP 3-20F.7, Marine Air Traffic Control Detachment Handbook, complements and expands on the information in MCWP 3-25 by focusing on the details of Marine air traffic control detachment (MATCD) operations and the role it plays in MAGTF, joint, and multinational operations. Intended for MAGTF, naval expeditionary force, and joint force commanders and staffs, MCWP 3-20F.7 highlights MATCD- Organization. Equipment. Planning considerations. Operational fundamentals. Employment options. By investigating these areas, this publication provides the requisite information needed by commanders and staffs to understand and evaluate the operational principles and capabilities of various MATCD employment options.

The purpose of this order is to publish standards and regulations regarding the training of MATC Tactical user crews.

Corporal Schmuck felt good as he stretched his leg after the three- hour ride in the dark. He would have felt even better if he had thought he could hit the rack soon, but he knew there was a job to do first. The small Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron (MATCS) detachment had brought enough gear to establish a remote landing site. Lieutenant Hardcharger, the MATCS det officer, quickly selected, surveyed, and marked the site for sequencing arriving and departing aircraft within their assigned airspaces. He then proceeded to show Corporal Schmuck where to set up the remote site landing tower (RLST). Schmuck drove to the location, and because each person in the det knew his part thoroughly, set- up went without a hitch. The RLST and the AN/TPN-30B approach landing system were set up, and the radios were op-checked--all within 30 minutes. After he was done, Schmuck smiled to see his crew had beaten the engineers--they were still working on the last few improvements to the landing site.