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Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Military Occupational Specialty: 170A – Cyber Operations Technician
Duty title: Cyber Warrant Officer Proponent
(NOTE: Rank and position are correct as of time of interview)
QUICK SKETCH:
-- Spent seven and a half years in the Marine Corps as an enlisted Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) specialist
-- Applied and was selected to transfer to Army as SIGINT warrant officer
-- Helped stand up Army Cyber Command in 2010
-- Current duties include recruiting, assessing and building training and career paths for Army cyber warrant officers
ON WHAT ATTRACTS SERVICE MEMBERS TO BECOMING ARMY CYBER WARRANT OFFICERS:
“I go on recruiting trips all the time -- at least once a month -- and the selling point I give to the NCOs that I brief, whether it's Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Air Force, is that there's only one place that you can remain technical in cyber for an entire career, and that's with us, in the Army. As an Army Cyber warrant officer. We are the only MOS, the only service that can offer that.”
“Our warrant officers … are very technical. We are hands on keyboard. We want you to … remain technical for an entire career. That is how we built the MOS and have set up the MOS.”
“In the Army, typically you make E7 (the rank of sergeant first class), and what do we do? Probably make you a platoon sergeant. That's kind of the rule, if you will, and there's nothing wrong with that. That's a vital function. We need that. But there are some guys and gals that want to remain hands on keyboard. And so those are the folks that we recruit, because they want to remain on a keyboard for an entire career.”
ON THE PACE OF ARMY CYBER:
“Things are changing fast and are changing every day. We're very busy. This really isn't going to be a career where you join and you get to kick back and relax. You are going to be busy.”
For information on the Army’s cyber warrant officer program, visit:
-- GoArmy.com: https://www.goarmy.com/army-cyber/army-cyber-training.html
-- U.S. Army Recruiting Command: http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/warrant/prerequ/WO170A.shtml
-- U.S. Army Human Resources Command (CAC access): https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/Welcome%20to%20HRC%20Cyber%20Branch%20Assignment%20Management
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ABOUT US: United States Army Cyber Command directs and conducts integrated electronic warfare, information and cyberspace operations as authorized, or directed, to ensure freedom of action in and through cyberspace and the information environment, and to deny the same to our adversaries.
| Date Taken: | 08.28.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2018 11:06 |
| Story ID: | 290583 |
| Location: | FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, US |
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