ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 302140Z OCT 01 ZYB MIN PSN 596763J36 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 288/01 MSGID/GENADMIN/N1// SUBJ/CTT AND EW POST-MERGER CAREER PLANNING GUIDANCE// REF/A/RMG/CNO/031840ZMAR2000// AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 045/00, WHICH ANNOUNCED SECNAV APPROVAL OF THE MERGER OF THE CTT AND EW RATINGS.// RMKS/1. AS DIRECTED BY REF A, THE ELECTRONICS WARFARE TECHNICIAN (EW) RATING WILL MERGE INTO THE CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN (TECHNICAL) (CTT) RATING ON 1 OCT 03. THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE MERGER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL IS 1 OCT 04. THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO POST-MERGER CTTS. THIS INFORMATION WILL ASSIST PERSONNEL IN PLANNING A DIVERSE CAREER THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR PROFICIENCY, ENHANCE THEIR ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND PROVIDE A CHALLENGING, SUCCESSFUL, AND DIVERSE CAREER PATH. 2. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER PROGRESSION FOR CTTS: A. PROPER AND TIMELY TRAINING IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL DAY-TO-DAY ELECTRONIC WARFARE/ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (EW/ELINT) OPERATIONS. A TRAINED AND SKILLED WORKFORCE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND REPORT ELINT IS ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT BATTLE GROUP COMMANDERS AND NATIONAL LEVEL AUTHORITIES. WITH EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AND DIVERSE THREATS, A HIGH DEMAND IS PLACED ON CTT OPERATORS AND ANALYSTS TO DELIVER TIME SENSITIVE ELINT. FUTURE CTTS MUST RECEIVE THE HIGHEST-QUALITY TRAINING AND EDUCATION, TAILORED TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND DELIVERED VIA COST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PERSONNEL ASSIGNED WORLDWIDE. B. TRAINING FOR CTTS BEGINS WITH THE ENTRY LEVEL ELINT COURSE AT NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (NTTC) CORRY STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. UPON COMPLETION, SAILORS RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC TRAINING TO MEET OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR ASSIGNED BILLET MANDATED BY PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ORDERS. SAILORS WITH PCS ORDERS TO SHIPS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING ON SLQ-32, SLY-2, OR WLR-1H DEPENDING ON EQUIPMENT(S) INSTALLED ON THEIR ASSIGNED SHIP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DESIGNATED FOR THE ADVANCED ELECTRONICS FIELD (AEF) AS SLQ-32, SLY-2, OR WLR-1 TECHNICIANS ATTEND ELECTRONICS SCHOOL PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE TRAINING FOR THAT PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT. CTTS ON FLIGHT ORDERS ATTEND NAVAL AIRCREW CANDIDATE TRAINING AT NAS PENSACOLA; SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE (SERE) AT NORTH ISLAND, CA OR NAS BRUNSWICK, ME; AND EP-3E CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN OPERATOR/ANALYST TRAINING AT NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA. SUBSURFACE AUGMENTEES ATTEND SUBSURFACE ELINT OPERATOR TRAINING AT CORRY STATION. FIRST TOUR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND OPERATORS MAY ATTEND VARIOUS "F" SCHOOLS AVAILABLE AT THE FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS (FCTC) AND MAINTENANCE TRAINING AT FLEET TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTERS (FTSC). FOLLOW-ON TOURS INCLUDE SHIPS, VQ SQUADRONS, SURFACE/SUBSURFACE DIRECT SUPPORT (DIRSUP), AND SPECWAR COMMANDS. CTT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN DESIGNATIONS AS ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALIST (ESWS), AVIATION WARFARE SPECIALIST (EAWS) OR SUBMARINE (SG). C. BETWEEN THE SECOND AND FOURTH TOURS CTTS WILL NORMALLY ATTEND FURTHER TRAINING AS A NATIONAL OPERATIONAL ELINT ANALYST (OPELINT), TECHNICAL ELINT ANALYST (TECHELINT), OR AS A SLQ-32, SLY-2, OR WLR-1H MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN. THOSE PURSUING FURTHER TECHELINT TRAINING REQUIRE A STRONG MATH BACKGROUND. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS ARE: (1) NATIONAL OPELINT (NEC 9102) IS AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATED AT CORRY STATION. THIS COURSE PROVIDES JOURNEYMAN LEVEL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF ALL-SOURCE INFORMATION TO TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC COMMANDERS. THE COURSE IS FOCUSED AROUND SCENARIOS AND COURSEWARE TAILORED OVER A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR). FOLLOW ON TOURS MAY INCLUDE NATIONAL COMMAND WATCH FLOORS OR DIRSUP COMMANDS. (2) INTERMEDIATE ELINT ANALYSIS (EA-279/280) IS CURRENTLY TAUGHT AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA) AND THE AEROSPACE DATA FACILITY (ADF). EA-279 IS COMPUTER BASED TRAINING WITH A WORKBOOK, OR MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH WEBTRAIN ON NSANET. THE COURSE INTRODUCES THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELINT COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS. IT COVERS MODULATION AND RADAR FUNDAMENTALS, RADAR APPLICATIONS, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT. EA-280 IS AN INTERMEDIATE ANALYSIS COURSE (NEC 9141) THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS THE SKILLS TO DERIVE PRECISE PARAMETERIC MEASUREMENTS AND VALUES FROM ELINT SIGNALS. STUDENTS ANALYZE ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELINT SIGNALS AND PREPARE WRITTEN REPORTS BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS. THE COURSE ENHANCES ANALYSIS SKILLS OF PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ELINT COLLECTION SITES OR TECHELINT ANALYSIS CENTERS. FOLLOW ON TOURS INCLUDE ASSIGNMENTS TO SIGNALS ANALYSIS LABORATORIES (SAL), VQ SQUADRONS, OR DIRSUP COMMANDS. (3) THE MILITARY ELINT SIGNALS ANALYSIS PROGRAM (MESAP) AT NSA FORT MEADE IS A THREE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TEACH ADVANCED ELINT SIGNALS THEORY AND STATE-OF-THE-ART SIGNALS ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. THE PROGRAM AWARDS AN ADVANCED ELINT ANALYST NEC. IT COMBINES OVER 1,300 HOURS OF FORMAL CLASSROOM STUDIES AT THE NATIONAL CRYPTOLOGIC SCHOOL (NCS), COMBINED WITH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT NSA AND OTHER INTELLIGENCE FIELD SITES. TO BE ELIGIBLE, CTTS MUST BE A JUNIOR E6 OR E5 (WAIVERS FOR EXCEPTIONAL E4S WILL BE CONSIDERED). ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA INCLUDE: AT LEAST FOUR, BUT NO MORE THAN 12 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE; HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONVENTIONAL ELINT TOUR OR A TOUR INVOLVING PROCESSING OF SIGNAL PARAMETERS; AND BE WILLING TO INCUR OBLIGATED ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE COMMITMENT OF SIX YEARS. THIS COMMITMENT IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR COMPLETING BOTH THE MESAP PROGRAM AND AT LEAST ONE FOLLOW-ON TOUR AT A SAL, OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (ONI), OR NATIONAL LEVEL TECHNICAL ELINT LABORATORY. (4) SLQ-32 (NECS 1734, 1735, OR 1736), SLY-2 (NEC TBD), AND WLR-1H (NEC 1743) MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED AT CORRY STATION. SAILORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEM. FOLLOW ON TOURS WOULD BE PCS TO SHIPS TO MAINTAIN SLQ-32, SLY-2, OR WLR-1H SYSTEMS. (5) SLQ-32 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN JOURNEYMAN TRAINING (NEC 1738) IS LOCATED AT CORRY STATION, AND PROVIDES TRAINING IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND/OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ON THE ELECTRONIC, HYDRAULIC, AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF THE SLQ-32. FOLLOW ON TOURS MAY INCLUDE SHORE INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY (SIMA) OR FTSC. (6) BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FIFTH TOURS CTTS WILL RECEIVE FURTHER TRAINING IN OPELINT, TECHELINT, OR MAINTENANCE DISCIPLINES. (7) ADVANCED ELINT ANALYSIS (EA-380) PROVIDES STUDENTS ADVANCED TECHELINT ANALYSIS SKILLS AND WILL AWARD AN ADVANCED ELINT ANALYST NEC. TOPICS INCLUDE: MODULATION METHODS, MICROWAVE PROPAGATION, MICROWAVE RECEIVERS, ANTENNAS, SIGNAL WAVEFORMS, RADAR RANGE CALCULATIONS, RADAR SIGNAL MODULATIONS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS. STUDENTS PERFORM ANALYSIS ON STATE-OF-THE ART, NEW GENERATION RADARS/WEAPONS SYSTEMS. THIS COURSE BEST SUITED TO CTTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED EA-279/280 AND HAD AT LEAST ONE TOUR AT A TECHELINT SIGNAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY. (8) COMMAND AND CONTROL TACTICAL ANALYSIS COURSE (C2TA) (NEC 9105) PROVIDES CTTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO PERFORM TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF THE AFLOAT COMMANDER'S INFORMATION WARFARE (IW) REQUIREMENTS. HEAVY EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODELING USING THE GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM MARITIME (GCCS-M)/ADVERSARY SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF ELECTRONIC ATTACK, STRIKE PLANNING, ELECTRONIC SUPPORT, AND SIGINT BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (BDA). DETAILED SCENARIOS ARE DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT WARFARE COMMANDERS IW REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONAL TRAINING INCLUDES GCCS-M/CRYPTOLOGIC MANAGEMENT, RADIO FREQUENCY MISSION PLANNER, NSANET, INTELINK, AND SIPRNET. FOLLOW ON TOURS ARE NORMALLY TO COMMAND AND CONTROL SHIPS. (9) THE EW ADVANCED APPLICATIONS COURSE (NEC 1781) IS TAUGHT AT CORRY STATION. IT IS A MASTER LEVEL COURSE FOR SENIOR PERSONNEL THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR DUTIES AS RESIDENT AUTHORITY IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF EW EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING SURFACE, SUBSURFACE, AIR, AND SATELLITE PLATFORMS) AND FOR THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE DATA RELATED TO ENEMY USE OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. FOLLOW ON TOURS WOULD BE AS EW ADVISOR TO A BATTLE GROUP STAFF OR AS THE SENIOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE EXPERT ON A SHIP. (10) THROUGHOUT CTT'S CAREERS, BASIC ELINT ANALYSIS SKILLS ARE SHARPENED THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONAL FLEET AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TRAINING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH FCTCS. ON BOARD TACTICAL TRAINING IS ACCOMPLISHED USING THE BATTLE FORCE ELECTRONIC WARFARE TRAINER (BEWT). BEWT PROVIDES SCENARIO-BASED SIMULATIONS TO ENHANCE INTEGRATED COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING UTILIZING SHIPBOARD EW EQUIPMENT. 3. QUESTIONS REGARDING TRAINING, MANNING, AND CAREER OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORS, RATE TRAINING MANAGERS, OR DETAILERS AS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 4. 4. TECHNICAL ADVISOR POCS FOR THE EW AND CTT RATINGS IN THE CNO'S ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE ARE CTTCM J. S. WILSON, N132, AT (703) 695-3320/DSN 225, E-MAIL: N132D8F@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL AND EWCS P. B. MCCORMICK, N132, AT (703) 695-3051/DSN 225, E-MAIL: N132D8G@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL. THE RATE TRAINING MANAGER POC FOR THE EW AND CTT RATINGS AT COMNAVSECGRU IS CTTC C. A. CONNER, CNSG (N7) AT (240) 373-3034/DSN 685, E-MAIL: CACOONE@HQCNSG.NAVY.MIL. THE SENIOR DETAILERS FOR THE EW AND CTT RATINGS ARE EWCS R. S. LANHAM, PERS-408, AT (901) 874-3842/DSN 882, E-MAIL: P408CL@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL, AND CTTC J. C. ROMANO, PERS-408, AT (901) 874-3842/DSN 882, E-MAIL: P408CJ@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL. 5. RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.// BT