Navy

The Navy wants to hire chiefs and captains – off the street – to fill cyber roles

Now hiring: Navy captain, cyber warfare expert, no previous military experience necessary.

Military branches like the Navy want to hire talented individuals and bring them in at senior ranks to lead specialized teams and operations. No need for them to work their way up the ranks; these direct commissions and enlistments are like the doctors, lawyers and musicians the service brings in at more senior ranks, and the Navy wants expanded authority from Congressfor new specialties, like the murky and evolving world of cyber war.

“We're seeking the authority to bring somebody in at the E-7 level or up to the O-6 level,” said Rear Adm. Robert Burke, head of the chief of naval operations’ personnel plans and policy office.