Chief Sergeant Perrine is a female Joint Terminal Attack Controller in the French Army. The role of the JTAC on the battlefield is to direct airpower, artillery and naval assets in support of ground units. Perrine gives more specific details about what her job consists in and describes the different steps leading to an air strike. She also tells us about what she loves in her job. Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) is the term used in the United States Armed Forces and some other military forces for a qualified service member who directs the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations from a forward position. The term that is used in most other countries, as well as previously in the US and in the relevant NATO standard is Forward Air Controller.
