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Army to begin transitioning EW personnel to cyber in January

Fifth Domain: The Army’s electronic warfare professionals will begin their transition to the cyber branch in January.

Announced last year by Maj. Gen. Patricia Frost, who heads the Army’s cyber directorate within the Pentagon, the Army plans to transition their 29 series electronic warfare personnel to 17 series cyber professionals, the Army’s cyber branch.

“Effective 1 October, 2018 our electronic warfare force, which we call our 29 series career field will now become 17s, meaning that is the career field that is the baseline of cyber,” she said late last year. “We will start training the 29 series this year with a foundation in cyber, signals intelligence and electronic warfare. And then we’ll talk about kind of where the Army’s going with reorganization and operational capability.”

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