The Army announced that its HR Command has established a provisional Cyber Branch to provide career management, development and readiness to the Army’s cyber forces.
It said the idea is to keep track of personnel with unique cyber skills and talents, and that the new branch would perform career management services and provide soldiers with cyber skills a focal point within HRC.
“While there are a significant number of decisions yet to be made on the future of the Army cyber force, we must establish an element dedicated to the assignment and career management of cyber soldiers,” explained Col. Robert Duke, chief of the Operations Support Division in the HRC’s Personnel Management Directorate.
“As the Army develops cyber capability and establishes a Cyber Electromagnetic Branch, HRC remains aligned by providing capable and dedicated personnel support to this emerging workforce,” he said, adding that the branch consolidates enlisted, warrant officer and officer management (where typically there would be a separate branch for each).
The Army also announced that a new military occupational specialty, 25D Cyber Network Defender, is now open to staff sergeants, sergeants first class and master sergeants in the active component.
