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W24A Interface Control Officer (ICO)

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

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Overview

An Interface Control Officer plans, implements, and monitors single-link or multi-link architectures for naval exercises and operations. The officer prepares link-planning documents, supervises Link 11 and Link 16 initialization and troubleshooting, maintains tactical pictures, adjusts system configurations, and monitors link and voice communications.

Core Skills

  • Multi-link tactical network architecture planning
  • Link-11 and Link-16 initialization and troubleshooting
  • Link authorization and satellite access documentation
  • Tactical picture maintenance across data links

Civilian Career Paths

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Computer Network Architects

Planning multi-link architectures and supervising link initialization, configuration changes, and troubleshooting transfer to network design and operational problem-solving.

How to prepare: Build a civilian IP-network lab and document its topology, routing configuration, and recovery from a simulated link failure to demonstrate skills beyond tactical data links.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop and implement solutions for network problems.
  • Coordinate network operations, maintenance, repairs, or upgrades.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Border Gateway Protocol BGP
  • Linux

Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

Assessing link-capable units' capabilities and limitations and planning communications architectures transfer to evaluating telecommunications needs and system modifications.

How to prepare: Create a sample telecommunications modification proposal with user requirements, equipment constraints, and a Microsoft Visio system diagram.

What the civilian work involves
  • Consult with users, administrators, and engineers to identify business and technical requirements for proposed system modifications or technology purchases.
  • Review and evaluate requests from engineers, managers, and technicians for system modifications.
  • Assess existing facilities' needs for new or modified telecommunications systems.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Visio

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC W24A

    [1] NEC entry "W24A - Interface Control Officer (ICO)"; cached text line 16300; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Multi-link tactical network architecture planning, Link-11 and Link-16 initialization and troubleshooting, Link authorization and satellite access documentation, Tactical picture maintenance across data links, Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00), Telecommunications Engineering Specialists (O*NET 15-1241.01)

  2. O*NET: Computer Network Architects

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Computer Network Architects (O*NET 15-1241.00)

  3. O*NET: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Telecommunications Engineering Specialists (O*NET 15-1241.01)

Defense contractor jobs for W24A

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