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17E Electronic Warfare Specialist

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Overview

An Electronic Warfare Specialist advises commanders and plans, coordinates, integrates, and executes electronic warfare during military operations. The specialist conducts electronic attack, develops and executes electronic protection for friendly systems and personnel, and plans and performs electronic warfare support.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Minimum ASVAB: SC 105 and ST 105 and EL 105

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Electronic attack planning and coordination
  • Electronic protection of friendly systems
  • Electronic warfare integration into command decisions

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Electronic attack planning and friendly-system protection provide operational context for evaluating military electronic systems.

How to prepare: Ask a bachelor's program in electrical or electronics engineering to evaluate your prior learning and map the remaining coursework. These roles typically require that degree or an employer-accepted equivalent.

What the civilian work involves
  • Design electronic components, software, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, or scientific applications.
  • Evaluate project work to ensure effectiveness, technical adequacy, or compatibility in the resolution of complex electronics engineering problems.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • The MathWorks MATLAB

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    Build technician-level electronics foundations before engineering coursework, rather than establish engineering-level qualification.

    For: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 17E Electronic Warfare Specialist

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 17E (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Electronic attack planning and coordination, Electronic protection of friendly systems, Electronic warfare integration into command decisions, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (O*NET 17-2072.00)

  2. O*NET: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (O*NET 17-2072.00), Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

  3. COOL credential mapping: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [3] 17E cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

    [4]ETA International: Associate Certified Electronics Technician · CETa description and CETa Exam Info; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Associate Electronics Technician (CETa)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 17E. Each history page explains the change.

29E1Electronic Warfare Specialist29E2Electronic Warfare Specialist29E3Electronic Warfare Specialist29E4Electronic Warfare Specialist29E5Electronic Warfare Specialist29E6Electronic Warfare Specialist

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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