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NAVADMIN 189/24 
 
MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/SEP// 
 
SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/26 ENLISTED CYBER MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE 
OPPORTUNITY AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL// 
 
REF/A/INST/OPNAV/30JAN07// 
REF/B/INST/OPNAV/07JAN15// 
 
NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1160.8B, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM.   
REF B IS OPNAVINST 1520.23C, GRADUATE EDUCATION.// 
 
RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN solicits enlisted Sailor applications for enrollment 
in the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) 15-month Master of Science in Applied 
Cyber Operations (MACO) program.  This opportunity is one of many efforts to 
increase Cyber capabilities for the Navy by building a professional Cyber 
workforce. 
 
2.  This program is available to E-6 and above shore duty eligible Active 
Duty and Training and Administration of the Reserves members in the 
Information Systems Technician and Cyber Warfare Technician ratings.   
Eligibility criteria and nomination process are located at the Navy 
Information Warfare Outreach Page on milSuite 
at: https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-526186 
(common access card email certificate login required).   
NPS applications must be submitted to NPS no later than 31 December 2024. 
 
3.  Selectees will be assigned to Navy-funded education as full-time students 
under permanent change of station orders to Monterey, CA, with either a 
January 2026 or July 2026 start.  As full-time students, Sailors will be 
required to carry a full academic load year-round.  Degree requirements shall 
be completed in 15 months. 
 
4.  Applications must be sent via encrypted email or DOD SAFE (https 
://safe.apps.mil/) to navifor_maco@us.navy.mil within two weeks of 
notification of conditional acceptance by NPS. 
 
5.  Selection results will be disseminated via official email from a Naval 
Information Force (NAVIFOR) MACO Program Officer.  Due to the highly 
competitive nature of this program, notification of selection via official 
email is a binding commitment which selectees must accept or decline within 
five working days of receipt. 
 
6.  The point of contact for this program can be contacted via email at 
navifor_maco@us.navy.mil. 
 
7.  This message will remain in effect until superseded, or 1 September 2025, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
8.  Released by VADM Karl O. Thomas, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations For 
Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// 
 
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