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NPS Enlisted Cyber Student Promotes to Warrant Officer
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Brian H. Abel

NPS Enlisted Cyber Student Promotes to Warrant Officer

By MC2 Brian H. Abel

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert LaBrenz is pinned by his wife during his promotion ceremony in Herrmann Hall, Feb. 3. LaBrenz is in very rare company, being one of the only enlisted Sailors ever to be commissioned as an officer while enrolled at NPS.

"This is just the beginning of a whole new chapter," said LaBrenz, currently studying in the university's Master of Applied Cyber Operations (MACO) program. "It represents for me an attainment of a certain level of experience, and even a certain saltiness I'd like to think that I now embody."

LaBrenz spent nine years climbing trough the ranks as a junior Sailor, followed by more than nine years as a Chief. He looks forward to what this next step in his Navy career will bring.

"It depends on what happens over the course of the coming years," said LaBrenz. "I think that it's kind of cool, and that right there will give me, personally, a good perspective on the different facets of the Navy."

LaBrenz also expressed his enthusiasm on being part of such a rare feat among his fellow and past NPS graduates.

"It's absolutely fantastic because it's a matter of the stars aligning for me to come here," said LaBrenz. "Everything worked out perfectly … For me to be able to come here was a happy coincidence where everything fell into place."
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