Restricted Line Officer
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Restricted Line Officers in the United States Navy
and Navy Reserve are line officer
s who are not eligible for Command at Sea. There are many different types and communities, including Engineering Duty Officer
s, Aerospace Engineering Duty Officers, Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officers, Naval Intelligence Officers, Information Warfare Officers, Information Operations Officers, Public Affairs Officers, Naval Oceanographers, Information Professionals, and Human Resources.
apply technical expertise, practical engineering judgment, and business acumen to the research, development, design, acquisition, construction, life cycle maintenance, modernization, and disposal of ships and submarines and their associated warfare support systems. EDOs work in Fleet Maintenance & Industrial Management (50%), Acquisition (20%), and Systems Engineering (30%).
Officers, there are over 800 Navy Information Warfare officers, who perform Naval Information Operations functions as directed by the Chief of Naval Operations afloat and ashore, and National Signals Intelligence tasks assigned by the Director, National Security Agency at NSA facilities ashore. These functions include:
-Information Operations (IO, composed of Electronic Warfare-EW, Operational Security-OPSEC, Military Deception-MILDEC, Computer Network Operations-CNO, and Psychological Operations-PSYOP) support on board ships, submarines and aircraft and ashore
-Signals Intelligence/EW tasks assigned under CNO authority (generally afloat) and DIRNSA (ashore)
-Information Operations to maximize friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum and to minimize adversary IO efforts
PAOs serve at sea, ashore, and in joint assignments, and are always deployed where Navy news is being made. All PAOs join the community through lateral transfer. Today there are about 204 officers in this community, the smallest in the Restricted Line.
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and Navy Reserve are line officer
Line officer
In the United States armed forces, the term line officer or officer of the line refers to an officer who is trained for command — that is, to be the commanding officer of a warship, ground combat unit, combat aviation unit, or combat support unit....
s who are not eligible for Command at Sea. There are many different types and communities, including Engineering Duty Officer
Engineering Duty Officer
An Engineering Duty Officer is a Restricted Line Officer in the United States Navy, involved with the design, acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, conversion, overhaul, or disposal of ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, and the systems on those platforms...
s, Aerospace Engineering Duty Officers, Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officers, Naval Intelligence Officers, Information Warfare Officers, Information Operations Officers, Public Affairs Officers, Naval Oceanographers, Information Professionals, and Human Resources.
Engineering Duty Officers
EDOsEngineering Duty Officer
An Engineering Duty Officer is a Restricted Line Officer in the United States Navy, involved with the design, acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, conversion, overhaul, or disposal of ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, and the systems on those platforms...
apply technical expertise, practical engineering judgment, and business acumen to the research, development, design, acquisition, construction, life cycle maintenance, modernization, and disposal of ships and submarines and their associated warfare support systems. EDOs work in Fleet Maintenance & Industrial Management (50%), Acquisition (20%), and Systems Engineering (30%).
Aerospace Engineering Duty Officers
AEDOs provide professional management and technical direction in the entire air weapon system acquisition process from design to production and later product improvements of Naval aircraft, spacecraft, and weapons. Over one-third of AEDO billets are flying billets. AEDOs test and evaluate new aircraft, weapons systems, and weapons in various stages of development. Throughout a career, the AEDO will have billets in: (1) operational support activities; (2) headquarters; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (4) manufacturing and production.Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officers
AMDOs provide full time direction in the development, establishment, and implementation of maintenance and material management policies and procedures for the support of naval aircraft, airborne weapons, attendant systems and related support equipment. The community includes approximately 500 officers. In addition to working in fleet maintenance organizations throughout the fleet, AMDOs are very much involved in all aspects of material acquisition and support as top-level Program Managers in NAVAIR and as Commanding Officers of the Naval Aviation Depots. AMDOs and AEDOs are combined into a new, single competitive category at the Captain level.Naval Intelligence
Naval Intelligence provides tactical, operational and strategic intelligence support to U.S. naval forces, joint services, multi-national forces, and executive level decision-makers. Naval Intelligence Officers have a wide variety of technical and non-technical academic backgrounds, including political science, modern history, physical and natural sciences, and the liberal arts. There are approximately 1,350 Naval Intelligence Officers.Information Warfare
Formerly known as Naval CryptologicCryptologic
Cryptologic can refer to:*CryptoLogic Inc, a provider of online gambling software*Cryptography, the study of message secrecy....
Officers, there are over 800 Navy Information Warfare officers, who perform Naval Information Operations functions as directed by the Chief of Naval Operations afloat and ashore, and National Signals Intelligence tasks assigned by the Director, National Security Agency at NSA facilities ashore. These functions include:
-Information Operations (IO, composed of Electronic Warfare-EW, Operational Security-OPSEC, Military Deception-MILDEC, Computer Network Operations-CNO, and Psychological Operations-PSYOP) support on board ships, submarines and aircraft and ashore
-Signals Intelligence/EW tasks assigned under CNO authority (generally afloat) and DIRNSA (ashore)
-Information Operations to maximize friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum and to minimize adversary IO efforts
Public Affairs Officers
The Public Affairs community is responsible for "Telling the Navy Story." Navy Public Affairs comprises three functional areas:Internal Communications
PAOs produce publications, briefings and video news programs to communicate with Sailors, their families, reservists, retirees and civilian employees.Community relations
PAOs reach out to the American public through "hands-on" programs like public tours, Congressional and VIP visits and embarks, speaking engagements, open houses and special events.PAOs serve at sea, ashore, and in joint assignments, and are always deployed where Navy news is being made. All PAOs join the community through lateral transfer. Today there are about 204 officers in this community, the smallest in the Restricted Line.