What is the difference in a Combat Controller (enlisted) and an Special Tactics Officer?

A CCT's primary job is to support Special Operations in the field? Really? That will be news to them.





Combat Controllers are not ';Spec Ops Support.'; They are in fact, Special Operations themselves and when embedded with another SOF team they will function as a standard member while bringing their specific skills to the table.





For a description of what CCT does, go here:


http://www.specialtactics.com/cctdescrip鈥?/a>





A CCT is going to be the guy on the ground, always. He's the expert in his field .. he will have the most experience in the field. A STO, even with his team time will never be as experienced as the CCT at performing the mission requirements.





STOs are officers, they will get play time in the field with the CCTs .. esp. when they first get into the community. As rank increases so does administrative duties. Officers organize, train and equip their men .. a STO will be focused on this before anything. So while there is play time .. STOs will still focus on coordination and planning to prepare, train and send their men to war.





Search around the Specialtactics.com site and read through it .. read the forums as well. You'll find a lot of answers to questions you have and probably some you don't have.What is the difference in a Combat Controller (enlisted) and an Special Tactics Officer?
Their job.





A CCT primary job is to support spec op personal in the field.





The primary job of a STO is to support the CCT's who work for him.





IE: the main job of a STO, is not to go out in the field with spec ops units.





But to coordinate CCT's going out, and to provide the support those CCT's need,





IE: food, shelter, ammunition, equipment etc.





They are not just CCT's who happen to be Officers.