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Train Navy Officers for Cyber Lethality (Source: USNI Proceedings)

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Brandon’s USNI Proceedings article calls out the Navy’s lack of a tactical cyber career path and lays out a six-month training pipeline that would keep cryptologic warfare officers lethal.

Key topics

  • Cyber tours still don’t count as “tactical” billets, pushing top operators out of their specialty at the moment proficiency peaks.
  • Existing curricula devote only a week to cyber topics, leaving officers unprepared for U.S. Cyber Command and NSA assignments.
  • Brandon proposed a dedicated designator, new AQDs, and rigorous training modeled after the Air Force’s offensive cyber pipeline.