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It's not a recruitment problem (military side), it's a retention problem. Civilian side has both problems. Overall, the DoD cyber roles sit around a 75% fill r
by giantg2 2y ago
It's not a recruitment problem (military side), it's a retention problem. Civilian side has both problems.
Overall, the DoD cyber roles sit around a 75% fill rate. So yeah, they're having trouble filling those roles.
"Pardon my French, but that's bullshit. Only the newly created Cyber Warfare Officer in the Marines is at O-5"
Lol is it bullshit if you're acknowledging that it's happening?
- alephnerd 2y ago> Lol is it bullshit if you're acknowledging that it's happening Army, Navy, and Air Force all train their versions of CWO from enlistee all the way to civilian hire - they all send their enlistees to JCAC in Augusta GA or Penascola FL. The USMC has a fraction of the budget of the big 3 forces because it's from the same bucket as the Navy, and as such limits recruitment to those who need minimal training.
- giantg2 2y agoYour information may be outdated. Army does direct commissions up to O5 as well. https://www.arcyber.army.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article/2060387/army-cyber-direct-commissioning-program/ https://www.arcyber.army.mil/Resources/Fact-Sheets/Article/2...
- alephnerd 2y agoMost hiring is still done at the enlistee level with 170a [0]. The direct commission was added in 2019-early 2020s because there were a decent number of enlistees with Bachelors degrees but no direct path to a full officer position in a Cyber MOS. [0] - https://recruiting.army.mil/ISO/AWOR/170A/ https://recruiting.army.mil/ISO/AWOR/170A/
- giantg2 2y agoThe only reason they'd make that an option is if they were having trouble with their fill rate.