35Q a good option?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:22:06 -0400

I'm getting my TS and wanted to know if 35Q lines up with my cybersecurity interests. I want to be on the Frontline fighting in cyberspace. I'm currently 11B1P and want to reclass to it.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 27 at 2020 5:44 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:44:52 -0400

35Q is being phased out. Are you sure you’re getting a TS? Without a valid reason for requesting one you will be denied. If you’re interested in cyber look into 17C

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Jun 27 at 2020 6:14 PM

CSM Darieus ZaGara — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:14:25 -0400

Why would you be getting a TS? They don’t just randomly issue them, they cost a lot of money.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2020 10:50 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:50:15 -0400

As SFC Boyd pointed out; 35Q is history, we are all reclassing to 35N. Some of us who attended JCAC will carry an identifier C2 (when fully qualified as a N) which basically represents that we have cyber academic/work knowledge. As for the time being, we will be 35N Y2. The army is streamlining the Q duties over and creating the 35N Cryptologic Computer Network Analyst channel per say. We will have 36 months to fully qualify as a N or put in a packet for 17C. From what I hear, the 17C duties are yet to be refined to what it should be. In the field those duties overlap with those of the soon to be extinct Q and the newly created N C2 ASI. It all depends on what kind of work you want to do, collecting? Active exploit? Analyzing/mapping networks? Defensive? Take it all in and savor it, then decide what you want your meal to be.... INSCOM and NSA? Cyber? Up to you! ANd the NEEDS of the army of course!