David Cole

About David Cole

I am a Marine veteran and freelance writer. My drive and passions are writing, educating,…

Experience

1. Operations Chief and Training Manager

   Marine Corps Recruiting

   Sep 2004 — Present

   Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.Coordinate with agencies such as air traffic control, civil engineers, and command posts to ensure support of airfield management activities.Plan and coordinate airfield construction.Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.Train operations staff.Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.Maintain flight and events logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, and weather information.Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes and arrival and departure times.