It is 10 weeks long, it is physically hard, stressful, and in the words of many graduates, a lot of fun and a great experience.ġ7C candidates attend Phase I, which is the six month long Navy Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC) at Corry Station (Pensacola), Florida. Communication with family and friends is by letter. No telephone, no access to telephones until after a few weeks. BCT is the most radical environmental change many young people will experience. It requires a five year enlistment, it also requires a Top Secret security clearance, which means your background must be squeaky clean, minus a minor traffic ticket.įirst, for any job in the Army, is basic combat training (BCT). If you are in high school or already out and a computer junky, and not yet reached the age of 34, but college is not in your immediate future, consider enlisting for this MOS. For the past couple years, the Army has been recruiting enlistees for MOS 17C. They had to have a Top Secret security clearance and be very computer savvy. Things are changing – fast.Īround four years ago, the Army created MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) 17C – Cyber Operations Specialist, and up until a couple years ago only active duty soldiers in the ranks of Specialist through Master Sergeant, could apply for that MOS. In May 2018 I wrote about new Army MOS’s (Military Occupational Specialties) 17C Cyber Operations Specialist and 17E Electronic Warfare Specialist, and in April 2019 I posted it on. The US Army Cyber Command, the US Army Intelligence and Security Command, the Navy Fleet Cyber Command, the Naval Network Warfare Command, the Air Force Cyber Command, and the Marine Corps Cyberspace Command all fall under the US Cyber Command. In other words, not only stop hacking attempts, but go on the offensive in cyberspace. Its official mission statement is To direct, synchronize, and coordinate cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests in collaboration with domestic and international partners. Its’ commander is also the Director of the NSA. It is an independent four star unified command collocated with the National Security Agency (NSA). Two years ago, the Department of Defense created the United States Cyber Command. The United States started creating cyber operations units 10 years ago, and has since been cyber attacked by foreign countries and we have conducted our own offensive operations. The Army is filled with really smart, good people, and its leadership the past few years has turned around that slow process mentality. The Army needs computer hackers, and it is creating them.įrom the end of World War II until a couple years ago, the military was turtle slow in making any change or in obtaining new things. Basic computer operation is the electronic storing of information by the presence of ones and zeros, something is there or it is not, but the technology has and is still advancing on a level almost incomprehensible to most of us. If you are familiar with the terms, HTML, Javascript, SQL, PHP, Perl, C, C++, Python, Ruby, Java, Lisp, and Assembly Language, or maybe you are not familiar with those terms, but would like to get into computer science, engineering, or technology at a fairly high level, and you don’t want to spend four years in college just to get a beginner job, this is something you may want to consider. This was originally published in The Belle Banner, Belle Missouri, on October 23rd 2019
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