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Great to see the Air Force is doing this. I was making this case almost ten years ago in the beltway one day to AF A1 and I think most people in the room thought I was way off. The Air Force would never go back to warrant officers and don't need to. My point as a commander was, "where in the rank structure are the seasoned technical professionals?" It doesn't exist formally. We have them in the Air National Guard because we let our NCOs and Senior NCOs continue to learn and touch the equipment, the code, the tools, always staying "rated" in a way. On active duty, NCOs and Senior NCOs have to administrate and manage, and aren't allowed to touch the equipment, code, tools. Will be reprimanded for doing so in some cases in what was supposed to be a plug and play to make it green world. It's not the Company Grade Officers (CGO), Captain and below. They don't have years and years of experience. Not the Field Grade Officers (FGO), Major and above because they do have to lead, manage and administrate all day. So who? The contractors? The civilians? That's not the military rank structure. During my FGO years I had the honor of working with some amazing warrant officers in the Army and Navy who knew their technology, their systems inside out, up and down. The go to "don't tell what the system was designed to do, tell me what it can do" guys and gals to use the famous Apollo 13 line. I knew then we needed these ranks in the Air Force for cyberspace so we too could have that level of expertise in the ranks. So good to see this. Entire Air Force careers can be built around being the leaders of highly complex and complicated technical systems as a career priority. It also provides new opportunities for our enlisted airmen to grow in their professional development and careers. Future airmen who will have some wrinkles and peppered hair will know how to push cyber to its limits for our nation.

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From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security: As a military veteran embarking on your civilian journey, you bring many skills and experiences that can seamlessly translate into a fulfilling and impactful career in the security industry. The discipline, attention to detail, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities you honed during your service are valued and in high demand by employers. At BOS Security, we […] The post From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security appeared first on BOS Security. https://bit.ly/3qHKrTZ

From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security: As a military veteran embarking on your civilian journey, you bring many skills and experiences that can seamlessly translate into a fulfilling and impactful career in the security industry. The discipline, attention to detail, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities you honed during your service are valued and in high demand by employers. At BOS Security, we […] The post From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security appeared first on BOS Security. https://bit.ly/3qHKrTZ

From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security: As a military veteran embarking on your civilian journey, you bring many skills and experiences that can seamlessly translate into a fulfilling and impactful career in the security industry. The discipline, attention to detail, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities you honed during your service are valued and in high demand by employers. At BOS Security, we […] The post From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security appeared first on BOS Security. https://bit.ly/3qHKrTZ

I agree with many of the points in this report. I think we will ultimately have a Cyber Force, a 7th military service. Of note, some of the keys to enabling such a service will be to: - understand more about what it means when the “front lines” are a keyboard - question whether we need discrete labor types (civilian, officer, enlisted)…probably need only one type - question the need to be in a uniform, wear boots, etc (May only need to take an oath) - provide specific developmental and professional military education opportunities for cyber - provide abundant remote work opportunities - provide special capability acquisition authorities and processes for IT/software (gotta stop building software like battleships!) Bartley Stewart Nate Schuler Jason Lamb

You can't start too early when too much “connectedness” becomes a weakness. The Army's cyber school is developing new training standards for all soldiers about electronic warfare threats, from battlefield radios to Bluetooth trackers on supplies and equipment. From Task & Purpose: https://lnkd.in/eb--ge_T #military #cyberschool #basictraining #electromagneticwarfare #EW #bootcamp #militarytech #militarycomms

From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security: As a military veteran embarking on your civilian journey, you bring many skills and experiences that can seamlessly translate into a fulfilling and impactful career in the security industry. The discipline, attention to detail, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities you honed during your service are valued and in high demand by employers. At BOS Security, we […] The post From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security appeared first on BOS Security. https://bit.ly/3qHKrTZ

From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security: As a military veteran embarking on your civilian journey, you bring many skills and experiences that can seamlessly translate into a fulfilling and impactful career in the security industry. The discipline, attention to detail, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities you honed during your service are valued and in high demand by employers. At BOS Security, we […] The post From Service to Security: How Veterans Can Leverage Their Skills to Build a Career in Security appeared first on BOS Security. https://bit.ly/3qHKrTZ