Faced with the increasing size, complexity and operational strains of the modern battlefield and a finite number of Marine Corps forward air controllers, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee is changing current service policy and opening up more FAC slots to non-aviators. Marine Corps policy restricts non-aviators from terminally controlling close-air support aircraft even if they have gone through the same training and met other criteria, Hagee states in a policy memorandum issued yesterday. "Even then, they can only control...
