| Information Systems Technician United States Navy | |
|---|---|
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| Issued by | United States Navy |
| Type | Enlisted rating |
| Abbreviation | IT (Surface), ITS (Submarine) |
| Specialty | Technical |
| Information systems technician United States Coast Guard | |
|---|---|
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| Issued by | United States Coast Guard |
| Type | Enlisted rating |
| Abbreviation | IT |
| Specialty | Technical |
Information systems technician (IT) is a rating for United States Navy and United States Coast Guard enlisted personnel, specializing in communications technology. Information systems technician submarines (ITS) is a rating for U.S. Navy submariners. The Information systems technician (IT) rating corresponds to the new Navy Occupational Specialty (NOS) code B460 while the information systems technician submarines (ITS) rating corresponds to NOS code C260.[1]
Information systems technician is a U.S. Navy and Coast Guard specific job, also known as an enlisted rating (often called MOS by other armed services). The other U.S. Armed Forces have similar positions, but with different titles utilized (information technology specialist in the U.S. Army, data network specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps)
Information systems technicians design, install, operate, and maintain state-of-the-art information systems. This technology includes local and wide area networks, mainframe, mini and microcomputer systems and associated peripheral devices. They also write programs to handle the collection, manipulation and distribution of data for a wide variety of applications and requirements. They perform the functions of a computer system analyst, operate telecommunications systems including automated networks and the full spectrum of data links and circuits.[2]
The IT rating is one of the most diverse ratings in the US Navy. The IT rating was created in 1996 with full implementation and funding in 1998 from a combination of two previous Navy ratings - radioman (RM) and data processing technician (DP). A third rating, cryptologic technician communications (CTO) merged with IT in October, 2005. In February 2010, the IT rating was incorporated into the Information Dominance Corps.
- ^ "Information Systems Technician (IT)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Navy Enlisted Rating Descriptions Information System Technician (IT)". U.S. Military about.com. United States Navy. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2006.