VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist pin is now available for Sailors within the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command communities.
The EIDWS Personnel Qualifications Standards for EOD and NEIC are a compilation of skills and knowledge relating to information dominance warfare doctrine, policy, history and warfare-fighting capabilities these sailors must be proficient in to complete the EIDWS pin requirements.
The EIDWS designation can be earned by sailors within the Information Dominance Corps ratings: information systems technician, cryptologic technician, intelligence specialist and aerographer’s mate; as well as non-IDC sailors who directly support the IDC mission.
“NEIC is an intelligence command, and about 95 percent of our billets are IS and CT,” said Master Chief Intelligence Specialist James Kesner, NEIC senior enlisted advisor. “Navy Cyber Forces Command is the awarding authority for EIDWS. We worked with Cyber Forces to get our program approved and started.”
EOD also met the criteria for the EIDWS program.
“Earning the EIDWS pin benefits our Information Dominance sailors because it represents a key milestone for their professional growth and development within their ratings,” said Cmdr. Joe J. Johnson, commanding officer of NEIC. “It also benefits our sailors in other ratings because they get a broader exposure to information dominance and why it is a critical warfighting discipline for maritime operations in the 21st century.”
In order to qualify for EIDWS, expeditionary sailors must first complete the primary qualification.
“Our IDC sailors are not eligible to complete the EIDWS qualification until after they complete the Expeditionary Warfare Specialist [EXW] qualification,” said Capt. John Coffey, deputy commander for EOD Group Two. “Completing both of these qualifications will result in a well-rounded, highly-qualified expeditionary sailor.”
To qualify for the pin, sailors are required to provide an understanding of specific knowledge pertaining to information dominance and the IDC ratings.
“Sailors are required to complete the EIDWS Common Core and Unit Specific PQS, successfully pass a written examination and, finally, pass an oral qualification board,” said Coffey.
The enlisted insignia is a two and three-quarter inches by one and one-eighth inches, silver oxidized metal pin showing a background of ocean waves, a crossed naval enlisted cutlass and lightning bolt with a fouled anchor and globe.
The EIDWS PQS is available on the NKO website through the Command Management page at https://wwwa.nko.navy.mil/portal/careermanagement/personalqualificationstandards
| Date Taken: | 09.27.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 09.28.2012 09:57 |
| Story ID: | 95444 |
| Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, US |
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