North Little Rock, Ark. – Two range warriors from the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center (NGMTC) are transitioning to the cyber warfare technology field and have already put their range and competition skills to work developing a national-level cyber warfare technology recruiting and retention program which started with a local beta test March 13, 2020.Sgt. Chris Marra and Staff Sgt. Robin Nunn, both former full-time NGMTC members, utilized their knowledge and skills gained during their time working for the NGMTC to plan, develop and execute an Interactive War Games cyber technology recruiting drive.The cyber technology recruiting drive was held at the Information Technology Training Center (ITTC), National Guard Professional Education Center located at Robinson Maneuver Training Center, North Little Rock, Arkansas."We hosted an Interactive War Games cyber recruiting event designed to captivate and encourage service through cyber warfare technology utilizing video games as a pastime and had 20 students in total present," said Marra."Marra took his knowledge from working in the automated data processing section, managing regional and national level competitions, and thought to apply it to cyber. He saw how lethal and knowledgeable service members were who participated in the higher-level marksmanship competitions and teams that NGMTC offers. He thought it best to apply it to cyber to recruit and retain talent.Nunn, a former NGMTC small arms instructor and infantryman, has operational-level training needed to tie in the boots-on-ground knowledge to the training aspect of this program.Both Marra and Nunn have a personal interest in cyber and are actively in transition to the cyber field and now work for the Information Technology Training Center (ITTC), National Guard Professional Education Center located at Robinson Maneuver Training Center, North Little Rock, Arkansas.For this event, they partnered with Staff Sgt. Josh Hines, the former NGMTC supply sergeant who is ..
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