UNCLASSIFIED// ATTENTION INVITED TO ROUTINE R 071628Z OCT 13 PSN 148468H31 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO ZEN/CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS SUBJ: CHANGE TO THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM UNCLASSIFIED/ FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS//N01420// NAVADMIN 259/13 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/OCT// SUBJ/CHANGE TO THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM// REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/14DEC09// REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/171307ZSEP12// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/202357ZAPR10// NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1420.1B, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL. REF B IS NAVADMIN 281/12, ADVANCED CHANGE NOTICE TO OPNAVINST 1420.1B CHAPTER SEVEN, LIMITED DUTY OFFICER AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER APPLICATION. REF C IS NAVADMIN 139/10, ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER COMMUNITY.// RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. 2. IN ORDER TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR OFFICERS WITH SPECIFIC COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS FOCUSED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER DESIGNATOR IN 2010. DESIGNATED AS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS IN THE RANKS OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER-2 (W-2) THROUGH CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER-5 (W-5), THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A DELIBERATE MEANS OF IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, AND COMMISSIONING TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT SAILORS TO OPERATE, ANALYZE, PLAN, AND DIRECT FULL-SPECTRUM CYBER OPERATIONS. ALL PREREQUISITE CRITERIA FOR THE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM ARE APPLICABLE TO THE CYBER WARRANT OFFICER PROGRAM. SAILORS FROM THE CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN NETWORKS RATING, WITH DEMONSTRATED OPERATIONAL CYBER EXPERIENCE AND ACUMEN (I.E., CERTIFIED CYBER TARGETEER, CYBER FIRE SUPPORT PLANNER, CYBER FIRE SUPPORT COORDINATOR, CYBER WEAPONEER, AND ENDPOINT EXPLOITATION ANALYST) ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE CANDIDATES FOR THE CYBER WARRANT PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, SAILORS FROM THE INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICIAN RATING WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL WITH A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED CYBER OPERATIONS, ARE ALSO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE CANDIDATES FOR THE CYBER WARRANT PROGRAM. INITIAL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF FLEET CYBER COMMAND. 3. THE 9308 NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION (NEC) DUTIES REPRESENT ONLY ONE OF TEN WORK ROLES THE NAVY REQUIRES TO EXECUTE THE VITAL OFFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS AND DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS MISSIONS. FOR THIS REASON, THE 9308 NEC HAS BEEN REMOVED AS A DISCRETE REQUIREMENT FOR THE CYBER WARRANT PROGRAM. 4. ALL SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE VIA THE LIMITED DUTY OFFICER (LDO) AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER (CWO) IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT BOARD. 5. POINTS OF CONTACT: A. FOR GENERAL LDO/CWO CAREER PATH AND POLICY QUESTIONS CONTACT CWO5 MITCHELL R. ALLEN AT (901)874-3044/DSN 882 OR VIA E-MAIL AT MITCHELL.ALLEN(AT)NAVY.MIL OR LT LEO PETERSON AT (901)874-4714 OR VIA E-MAIL AT JULIO.PETERSON(AT)NAVY.MIL. B. FOR APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS CONTACT THE NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND BOARD SPONSOR CWO3 MITCH D. ALLEN AT (901) 874-3170/DSN 882 OR VIA EMAIL AT MITCHELL.D.ALLEN(AT)NAVY.MIL OR MR. JAY DELFOE AT (901)874-3849 OR VIA E-MAIL AT JOSEPH.DELFOE(AT)NAVY. MIL. C. FOR CYBER WARRANT OFFICER PROGRAM QUESTIONS CONTACT LCDR JOEL A. YATES AT (901)874-3123/DSN 882 OR VIA E-MAIL AT JOEL.YATES(AT)NAVY.MIL. 6. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL W. F. MORAN, N1.// BT #1290 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//