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Lol I just realized this thread was started a year ago and someone just commented on this making it seem knew. But if @AFSPC_USAF or anyone else can still answer these questions it'd be appreciated.
I also just received 17D as my AFSC. It was #3 on my list so there's still so much I don't know about it. First of thank you for offering up your experience to us.
1) Is there anything I should do to prepare for UCT? I'm an Engineering major and have minimal, but not super functional knowledge of CS.
2) How long is UCT? Are there different phases? What's the pipeline like (i.e. how long are people's EAD's from the time they graduate?)
3) Where can you go as a 17D? What are the big cyber bases that people get sent to....is getting stationed in Washington State a possibility? Are there opportunities to get stationed abroad?
4) What's the big difference between Delta and Sierra classifications? Is 17S where the top performers go?
5) As much as you can tell us, what is your typical day/week like? What do you spend most of your time doing, as an officer is there more managing people, briefing others, do you do any technical work yourself?
Hello everyone, just joined this site just so I could comment on this post!
Just got 17D 2 days ago and am curious about everything in this career field!
Well unfortunatelyI can't PM but I'll just ask on here! Is cyber part of space command? Also I heard/read something about USCyberCOMM coming into place, do you anything about this??
As you know the Army created the Cyber Branch around two years ago and an Army Cyber Command not too long ago.
Does each service (Army, Navy and Air Force) have different roles?
If you had to choose a service if you wanted to do cyber, which one would you recommend?
Thanks for the response.From my understanding, each branch overall mission is to defend their respective networks within the DISA enclave. Each branch has their own "red & blue" cyber teams to carry out taskers given out from their commander. If I had to choose I would stick with the AF. Keep in mind that if your are in the Army, you are a soldier first and your "job" is second. I've seen a lot of cyber officers in the Army partake in the standard field exercises like all Army soldiers, some people has desk jobs (which is cool) and some are doing "tactical" cyber jobs (which is also cool). Although, there are plenty of joint jobs you can apply for to be more tactical regardless of which branch you are in (i.e. JCU, JSOC, JCSE). Thankfully, the DoD relies heavily on the NSA for cyber expertise and they are pretty bad *** when it comes to cyber.