Navy NEC · Intelligence
9SID Sidamo
Current service use not established
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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.
Overview
A sailor in the SIDAMO specialty is proficient in an identified foreign language. This Navy Enlisted Classification identifies the language in which the sailor is proficient.
Notes & Sources
- NEC 9SID is a language capability code for Sidamo. The Navy Enlisted Classification manual lists 9SID in the language table under '9ACH-9ZUN - Language Capability (Personnel Only)', which identifies a foreign language in which an individual is proficient.
- The code records measured language proficiency (Interagency Language Roundtable scale, with annual recertification), not interpreter, translator or cryptologic-linguist duties, so occupation-specific skills, career paths and credentials are not published from this identifier alone.
Evidence for this guidance (1 document)
- NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): Language Capability (Personnel Only), NEC 9SID (Sidamo)
[1] Family entry '9ACH-9ZUN - Language Capability (Personnel Only)' at normalized cached-text line 22768 (raw file line 22411); language table row '9SID SIDAMO' at normalized cached-text line 23062 (raw file line 22699); Note 2 awarding criteria at normalized cached-text lines 22747-22761 (raw file lines 22390-22404)
Supports: Specialty definition
Source review recorded September 24, 2026.
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