Foreign Area Officer Navy

Naval officers selected for fao are assigned a region of specialization provided language and graduate education on an as required basis and detailed to fao coded billets in.

Foreign area officer navy. For more information click on the links below. A foreign area officer fao is a commissioned officer from any of the five branches of the united states armed forces who is a regionally focused expert in political military operations. The navy currently has 212 faos either fully qualified or in training. Foreign area officer fao active component only.

Navy faos are assigned the following designators. I m currently an information warfare officer and keep looking at this program. 9059 staff liaison officer. The navy foreign area officer fao community is a stand alone restricted line community offering world wide assignment opportunities to qualified naval officers.

Foreign area officer fao in training active component only. Foreign language proficiency is necessary in. The following navy officer billet codes nobc are associated with 171x foreign area officer. 1710 also known as fao under instruction.

The fao foreign area officer community is adding about 50 positions over the next three years to serve as naval attaches and security experts overseas growing from 360 in 2016 to 405 in 2019 and. The navy fao branch is a restricted line community of the navy. 9462 civil affairs officer. Anyone ever do it or considering it.

Posted by u deleted 4 years ago. Foreign area officers faos are the navy s maritime international engagement professionals providing a unique combination of operational experience cultural knowledge and language expertise to the fleet. A foreign area officer fao is a commissioned officer from any of the four branches of the united states armed forces who are regionally focused experts in political military operations possessing a unique combination of strategic focus regional expertise with political cultural sociological economic and geographic awareness and foreign. 9635 naval attache assistant 9942 international affairs officer.

I ve thought about it and am still considering it. 9052 military assistance programs officer. Such officers possess a unique combination of strategic focus and regional expertise with political cultural sociological economic and geographic awareness.