{"id":15972,"date":"2018-04-30T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/30\/push-button-captains-in-the-navy-now-one-step-closer-to-reality\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:59:17","slug":"push-button-captains-in-the-navy-now-one-step-closer-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/04\/30\/push-button-captains-in-the-navy-now-one-step-closer-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Push button\u2019 captains in the Navy now one step closer to reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy is one step closer to recruiting officers with much-needed skills into the service and immediately promoting them to a pay grade up to captain \u2015 O-6 \u2015 without any prior military experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a move the Navy has been asking Congress to allow for the past couple years, specifically in the hope of adding high-powered cyber experts to expand the service\u2019s uniformed information warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it\u2019s not a done deal, the move has passed its first hurdle in the approval process and was announced by the House Armed Services Subcommittee as one of its personnel proposals included in the latest mark-up of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being rocketed up the ranks, these officers won\u2019t be commanding ships. Instead, the skillful software engineers will serve the critical role of ensuring the military\u2019s ability to fight and wage cyber war, both on offense and defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\t