Navy NEC · IT & Cyber

841B Activity Command Technology Representative (ACTR)

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

An Activity Command Technology Representative provides technical and administrative assistance to an assigned Navy Reserve Activity, Navy Reserve Center, or Reserve Command. The representative manages technology programs, information technology architecture and assets, Navy Reserve networks, key management infrastructure, message traffic, information security, and administrative requirements without IT oversight.

Core Skills

Key management infrastructure administration
Information technology asset management
Reserve command message traffic management
Independent journeyman-level Reserve network management

Civilian Career Paths

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Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Managing Navy Reserve networks, IT architecture, information security, and technology assets without IT oversight provides directly transferable experience for civilian network and systems administration.

How to prepare: Build a small Linux network lab and document its configuration, a backup-and-restore test, and resolution of a simulated connectivity problem.

What the civilian work involves

Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Linux
Microsoft Active Directory

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 841B
[1] NEC entry "841B - Activity Command Technology Representative (ACTR)"; cached text line 21989; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Key management infrastructure administration, Information technology asset management, Reserve command message traffic management, Independent journeyman-level Reserve network management, Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00)
O*NET: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Network and Computer Systems Administrators (O*NET 15-1244.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 841B

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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