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Shaping the Future of Cyber and

Electronic Warfare

Mr. Todd M. Boudreau; Deputy Commandant

COL David Haines; Assistant Commandant

CW5 Jose Cardenas; Regimental Chief Warrant Officer – Cyber

CSM Julie Guerra; Regimental Command Sergeant Major – Cyber

Mr. Shawn Bova; Director, Office Chief of Cyber

Dr. Scott Smith; Director, Cyber Training and Education Directorate

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Accessions

Development

Employment

Retention

Agenda

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Mission: The USACyS, as the Army school proponent for Cyber Warfare and

Electronic Warfare, acquires America’s most talented and innovative citizens and

develops them into the world’s most lethal, professional, ethical, and technically

competent Cyber Warfare and Electronic Warfare workforces.

Vision: to become the world’s leading organization in educating, training, and

developing DoD’s Cyber Warfare (CW) and Electronic Warfare (EW) forces of

choice is focused on building purposeful career paths and academic programs

with four core strengths: intellectual curiosity, operational competency, mental

agility, and persistent collaboration.

What we are currently working on: As the USACyS continues to shape its CW

workforce and courses to meet Army Cyber Mission Force and Joint

requirements, it has also initiated a complete revamp of Army EW, moving from

a heavy focus on operating Counter Improvised Explosive Device (CIED)

Systems (e.g., DUKE) during Counter Insurgency (COIN) operations to a focus

on theory, day and night tactical operations, and mounted and dismounted EW

Operations to prepare EW Soldiers to out-maneuver and out-think the adversary

during intense Joint, Multi-Domain, and Large Scale Combat Operations.

U.S. Army Cyber School (USACyS)

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Accessions

Enlisted accessions criteria and current efforts/results

• 17C

• 17E

Officer accessions criteria and current efforts/results

• 17A

• 17B

• 17D (provisional)

• CyDCPP

Warrant Officer accessions criteria and current

efforts/results

• 170A

• 170B

• 170D (provisional)

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Growth in Force Structure =

Workforce Growth and Grade Plate Projections

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Additional Force Structure

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Growth in Workforce

17A/B= @ 25% growth

170A = @ 9% growth

170B = @ 10% growth

17C = @ 15% growth

17E = @ 30% growth

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Development

Current Cyber Warfare education and training efforts/results

• Meeting Joint standards

Future Cyber Warfare education and training efforts/results

• Adding Title 10 Operations and EA courses

Current Electronic Warfare education and training efforts/results

• Transforming EW education and training

Future Electronic Warfare education and training efforts/results

• Train-the-Force

• Shaping the Home Station Training Environment

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Current EW Training: FSOK

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Education prepares operators

to plan & deliver effects in the

electromagnetic spectrum ISO

large scale combat operations

on a multi-domain battlefield

against our pacing threats.

August:

17E AIT

September:

17E ALC

Training prepares

planners to succeed in

a counter-insurgency

fight with a focus on

counter RCIED.October:

17E SLC

June:

17BJanuary:

170B WOBC

& WOAC

EW Training is not just

transitioning to Fort

Gordon, education and

training will be transformed

to meet the needs of MDO.

EW Tasks integrated

into IEWTPT

TLS as POR

CEWTS PublishedCEWTS Draft

Future EW Education: FGGA

Moran Hall Available MCA1 Available

Educating and Training

the Modern EW Workforce

17E AIT Classes By the Numbers

Two initial classes FY’19

First: August 19 (60% off-the-street)

Second: September 19

Six classes in FY’20

Up to 24 classes in FY21

Average 500-800 EW personnel on-hand at FOC

17E Labs and Ranges

Exponential training footprint increase

Software Defined Radio Labs

EW Systems Labs

Basic Electronics Training Labs

Range Facilities

Hours Delivery

363 Instruction and Discussion

103 Practical Exercise

40 Software Defined Radio Lab

180 Basic Electronics Lab

88 EWPMT Lab

97 Radio Controlled IED Lab

150 CEMA RF Range

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Theory

HSTIET

PME

Technical

Competency

Understand the EMS

& Effects in the EMS

Application of

Force in the EMS

Tactical

Competency

Presentation of

Capability during

LSCO/MDO

CTC/MCTP

Leader

Competency

FY19-21

FY20-21

FY20-22

Integration of

MDO during

Competition/Conflict

Leading Teams

During

LSCO/MDO

TRADOC/CCoE

FORSCOM

CAC

TRADOC/CCoE

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Observations, Insights, and Lessons Learned

Training the EW Workforce

Continuum of Learning

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• Must congeal learning

• Purposeful connection from education at schoolhouse to hands-on

training with unit equipment

• Must be led by unit leaders

• Supported by schoolhouse Training Support Packages

• Must build sets and reps

• Enable Soldiers to learn asynchronously

• Use of technology

• Instantiation and/or connecting to system-software on/to various

platforms (PC, mobile, etc.)

• Enable live, virtual, and constructive, and, draft into the synthetic and

persistent cyber training environments

• Use of Foundry classrooms, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

Tactical Proficiency Trainer, and unit equipment in “trainer mode”

Training the Force

Thoughts on Home Station Training

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Employment

Cyber Mission Force Teams

Cyber Warfare Battalion

OCO Signal Battalion

CEMA Sections

EW Platoons

Ranger Regiment CEMA Company

E-MIB EW Companies

MDTF – I2CEWS Detachment

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SIGINT/EW/CO Integrated Framework(Enhancing Soldier Lethality by Building Capability at Echelon)

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Retention

Monetary

• Special Duty Assignment Pay

• Assignment Incentive Pay

• Skills Incentive Pay (future)

• Written Bonus Agreement

Non-Monetary

• Merit Based

• Choice of Assignment

• Choice of Training

• Recognition

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Discussion

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Q&A

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Current Cyber Warfare Courses

• 17C (Cyber Specialist) Advanced Individual Training (AIT) Phase 2 (20w)

• 17C Advanced Leader Course (ALC) (3w, 3d)

• 17C Senior Leader Course (3w, 3d)

• 17A (Cyber Officer) BOLC (37w) and CCC (22w) (Phased & Unphased)

• 17A Cyber Operations Officer Course (26w, 3d) (Phased & Unphased)

• 170A (Cyber WO) WOBC (19w, 4d) & WOAC (16w)

• Cyber Common Technical Core (ICC equivalent) (9w)

• Cyber Operations Planners Course (COPC) (2w)

• Army Leaders Cyber Operations Course (1w)

• Senior Leaders Cyber Operations Orientation (2d)

• Offensive Cyber Operations Analyst (4w)

• Joint Advanced Cyber Warfare Course-Georgia (JACWC-G) (2w)

• Title 10 Operator (Intermediate) Course (5w)

• Mission Commander Course (2w)14

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Future Cyber Warfare Courses

• 17C AIT Phase 1 (16w alternative at FGGA to 24w JCAC at NASP)

• 17D (Tool Developer) BOLC (47w) and CCC (17w, 3d)

• 170D (Tool Developer) WOBC (72w) & WOAC (19w, 4d)

• Cyber Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education (5w)

• FA30 Information Operations (13w; Pending)

• Coalition Cyber Operations Planner Course (UNCLASS) (2w)

• CPT Squad Methodologies – Discovery & Counter Infiltration (DCI) (5w)

• CPT Squad Methodologies – Cyber Threat Emulation (CTE) (5w)

• Cyber Effects Application Course (CEAC) (2w)

• Exploitation Analyst (EA) Course (TBD)

• T10 Operator Foundations Course (TBD)

• CMF Leadership (TBD)

Submitting as growth in FY20 for FY2315

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Electronic Warfare Courses

EW Course Current Future

17E10 Advanced

Individual Training (AIT)

Did not exist At FGGA (FY19); 28w, 3d

17E20/30 Enlisted Course Serves as both 17E

Accessions and ALC; 9w

Bill payer for 17E ALC

17E30 Advanced Leader

Course (ALC)

Does not exist 16w, 4d

17E40 Senior Leader

Course (SLC)

At FSOK; 8w At FGGA (FY21); 8w

170B Warrant Officer

Basic Course (WOBC)

At FSOK; 15w At FGGA (FY21); 28w, 2d

170B Warrant Officer

Advance Course (WOAC)

At FSOK; 8w At FGGA (FY21); 11w, 4d

17B EW Officer

Qualification Course

At FSOK; 13w At FGGA (FY21); 13w

Company CREW

Specialist

At FSOK; 2w Army installations; 2w

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