Spec Warfare seeks enlisted apps

WASHINGTON – The Navy Special Warfare enlisted community manager at the Chief of Naval Personnel announced that the Navy is seeking E-1 through E-5 applicants for conversion to Special Warfare Operator (SO) and Special Warfare Boat Operator (SB) ratings, according to NAVADMIN 224/18, which was released Sept. 10. SOs perform maritime and land-based special operations with duties that include combat diving, para-drop operations, small boat operations, tactical ground mobility, small arms and crew-served weapons, fast roping, rappelling, explosives, communications, trauma care, intelligence gathering and interpretation, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Explosive (CBRNE) defense measures. SBs conduct maritime special operations in open ocean, littoral, and riverine environments. They provide maritime insertion and extraction of Special Operations Forces and others. SBs also possess unique skills in the operation, maintenance, and repair of specially configured combatant/non-standard craft, operate and maintain small arms and crew-served weapons, tactical communications equipment, Unmanned Aerial System/Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, and use air delivery techniques to insert combatant craft. Other skills include small boat tactics, tactical ground mobility, call for fires, trauma care, intelligence gathering, interpretation, and CBRNE defense measures. For more information on conversion opportunity read NAVADMIN 224/18 at www.npc.navy.mil/. (Source: Chief of Naval Personnel 09/10/18)