{"id":29175,"date":"2024-02-28T20:10:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/28\/meet-the-navys-first-robotics-warfare-specialist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:57:42","slug":"meet-the-navys-first-robotics-warfare-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2024\/02\/28\/meet-the-navys-first-robotics-warfare-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Navy\u2019s first robotics warfare specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy pinned the service\u2019s very first robotics warfare specialist on Tuesday \u2013 less than a week after the service unveiled<\/a> the new rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman and the Navy\u2019s Personnel Plans and Policy Division Director Rear Adm. Jim Waters pinned the new rating insignia on Master Chief Christopher Rambert at Naval Support Facility Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rating symbol for the newly established Navy Robotics Warfare Specialist (RW) rating includes an airplane propeller and lightning bolt crossed over a treaded wheel, all layered over a single wave, according to the Navy. (Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rating, referred to as RW, operates both active and passive payload systems and sensors, while maintaining these robotics systems, according to a naval administrative message, or NAVADMIN<\/a>, released this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy hailed the rating as a \u201cmajor milestone\u201d for the service as it pursues a hybrid fleet, and has been in the works for more than three years. Additionally, the rating\u2019s creation means the Navy is the first branch of the military to create a specific enlisted workforce that oversees unmanned and autonomous technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really an awesome feeling to be the first one to represent the rating,\u201d said Rambert, who previously served as an aviation electrician\u2019s mate, said in a Navy press release. \u201cAnd to see this rating finally come to fruition, you can see the level of excitement, and passion from the other Sailors that are out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t