CWO_change
Well-Known Member
Chief,
That's awesome to hear! Will definitely PM you.
As for your Q. My background stems from work in the DCO side of the house. Much of my experience and desire to commission into the community comes from my interactions with network owners and seeing the diverse state of DCO in much of the DoD community.
I feel that CWs are spread to thin across multiple disciplines, which I guess works towards the big picture Naval Officer but I wanted to invest myself into Naval communication networks and the cybersecurity community developing within the Navy.
Currently, I think the Navy relies too much on Joint efforts to support Cyber. I believe that if the Navy were to ever position an Officer designator into taking ownership of Maritime cyber security and Naval cyber offensive efforts, it would lie upon IPs that own and leverage our existing infrastructure networks. I'd definitely advocate for more CMF billets for IPs as it just makes more sense due to our lack of a Cybersecurity designator that our sister branches currently have.
Good luck!