The changes are part of a congressional mandate in the 2023 NDA Act.

About 300 officers focusing on offensive and defensive cyberspace operations.

The U.S Navy will replace its Cryptologic Technician-Networks (CTN), rating with that of « cyber warfare technician ». But though the name is changing, job duties will stay the same.

Our cryptologists historically have been focused on signals intelligence, electronic warfare, maneuver and the electromagnetic spectrum, information operations. And when we first expanded into the cyber role, we aligned a lot of cyber responsibility with them because of their electronic and signal savvy ( Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach )

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