SIGNAL Media’s Disruptive by Design: The Reestablished Roles of USAF Chief Warrant Officers in Cyber and Communications

The U.S. Air Force is making history with an initiative thatbrings back the warrant officer role in the cyber space domain. Podcast host Kimberly Underwood speaks with Lt. Col. Justin Ellsworth, the division chief, Cyber Force Management & 17X Career Field Manager assigned to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations,on the decision and what it means for the service and its airmen during a time of great global power competition and significant shifts in the strategic environment. The service’s warrant officer program focuses on maintaining technical leadership and highly perishable skills in the cyber domain.