Portrait of Cristaly Garcia Ortiz

Cristaly Garcia-Ortiz

Transmission System Operator

Service Branch
Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal
Field
Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications

“If someone is in a dangerous situation, we’re there to make the call and ensure they get the support they need.”

Career Spotlight

Transmission System Operator

Cristaly Garcia Ortiz working as a Transmission System Operator

Do you know your VHF from your UHF? How about VSAT-E from SHF? Cpl. Garcia-Ortiz does and could probably tell you what all those abbreviations mean in her sleep. But that’s what you get with her role as a transmission system operator: expert-level knowledge of how to maintain advanced communications systems and, lucky for you, how to train others on how to master them, just like she did.