Sunday, March 1, 2009

Defenselink: Col. Laurie G. Moe Buckhout, Chief Electronic Warfare Division, discusses 29-series career field for US Army E W F - Under G-3 Policy

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Army Announces New Career Field
Colonel Laurie G. Moe Buckhout, Chief, Electronic Warfare Division
Colonel Laurie G. Moe Buckhout, Chief, Electronic Warfare Division
Colonel Laurie G. Moe Buckhout, Chief, Electronic Warfare Division, Army Operations, Readiness and Mobilization (HQDA G3/5/7) joined bloggers and online journalists to discuss the Army’s new Electronic Warfare (EW) 29-series career field for officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel. “The war in Iraq began to make us understand better that there are a lot of targets that we need to go after…IEDs were just the tip of the iceberg,” explained Buckhout. “The new career field gives the army one of the largest professional electronic warfare cadre of all the services.” Story | Audio(Mp3)

NOTES: This will be under G-3 and the Warfighter, she said. The office was stood up in May, 2006

Full time cadre electronic warfare here 1,619 professionals will be included in largest professional cadre.

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