Deadline for new cyber military occupational specialty applications looms

The Army is looking for Soldiers, who want to sign on as part of the cyber branch.

An Army Military Personnel, or MILPER, message published in June notified Soldiers of the opportunity to reclassify into the 17C military occupational specialty, which is called cyber operations specialist. Soldiers have until Aug. 31 to submit their packet for the first school date. Those who miss it will have to wait until the next course announcement.

"It's on the individual," said Master Sgt. Mike Perry, Cyber Protection Brigade career counselor on Fort Gordon, Georgia. "I always believed that if you want to get something, you'll motivate yourself to get it."

Highly-motivated individuals are precisely what the cyber branch is seeking, he said.

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