> Lol is it bullshit if you're acknowledging that it's happening
Army, Navy, and Air Force all train their versions of CWO from enlistee all the way to civilian hire - they all send their enlistees to JCAC in Augusta GA or Penascola FL.
The USMC has a fraction of the budget of the big 3 forces because it's from the same bucket as the Navy, and as such limits recruitment to those who need minimal training.
Most hiring is still done at the enlistee level with 170a [0].
The direct commission was added in 2019-early 2020s because there were a decent number of enlistees with Bachelors degrees but no direct path to a full officer position in a Cyber MOS.
Overall, the DoD cyber roles sit around a 75% fill rate. So yeah, they're having trouble filling those roles.
"Pardon my French, but that's bullshit. Only the newly created Cyber Warfare Officer in the Marines is at O-5"
Lol is it bullshit if you're acknowledging that it's happening?