Signal Regiment Personnel Structure Evolving to Support Changing Operations
Abstract
This article is about the "Personnel" domain and the Regiment's work in ensuring that our Personnel structure is in full support of Army operations. A significant driver of change in all of the DOTMLPF areas is cyberspace operations. Beginning with our Branch 25 Signal Officer, we are pushing forward with a concept that will provide additional technical education. Today, our Functional Area 24 telecommunications engineers, and Functional Area 53 information systems managers perform most of the complex planning and engineering of the network within the officer cohort. We want to create a course that provides the right knowledge, skills, and abilities Signal Officers require to oversee the planning, engineering, installation, operation, and defense of friendly cyberspace. To drive more technical training for Branch 25, a new Area of Concentration (AOC) would be created, 25G, network integration officer. The intent is to ensure that all of our branch 25 officers receive this training while en route to an assignment requiring those skills. Our Functional Area officer structure also will undergo a significant change. We will create a new Functional Area 26 cyberspace systems engineering, within which we will have three AOCs: AOC 26A, network systems engineer; AOC 26B, information systems manager; and AOC 26C, security systems engineer. The transformation of our warrant officers is virtually complete. Effective 1 October 2012, a new warrant officer Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) structure appeared in Army authorization documents. This transformation aligned a warrant officer with each component of NetOps. Finally, our enlisted cohort will also undergo changes. An action has been submitted to TRADOC that will create the MOS 25D cyber network defender MOS. This enlisted Soldier will provide the backbone of support beginning at the BCT through to the highest echelons within the Army and joint level, DoD, and national agencies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA577755