7234 Air Control Electronics Operator Question

[AlphaDeltaSigma]

I went in with a 7200 contract, hoping to get Air Traffic Controller. Instead I got Air Control Electronics Operator, just got out of Boot Camp. Now I'm trying to find out what it is I'm going to be doing. I've been to the about.com website where all the MOS's are listed and it's not making sense. I've talked to my recruiter and he said I'd be involved with Landing Zones for helicopters and that I do everything an Air Traffic Controller does and more. Is there any truth to this? If possible could someone break it down in laymen's terms what it is I'm going to be doing?

[irpat54]

7234 - Air Control Electronics Operator (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
Equivalent Civilian Occupations

Command and Control Center Specialists
Operate and monitor communications, detection, and weapons systems essential for controlling air, ground, and naval operations. Duties include maintaining and relaying critical communications between air, naval, and ground forces; implementing emergency plans for natural and wartime disasters; relaying command center information to high-level military and government decision makers; monitoring surveillance and detection systems, such as air defense; interpreting and evaluating tactical situations and making recommendations to superiors; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

hope it helps

[AlphaDeltaSigma]

Does this mean I still get some time in the tower like an Air Traffic Controller?