A Cyber Force Is Not the Only Solution
Recent calls to create a Cyber Force are only the latest response to the U.S. military’s years-long struggle to train and retain talented cyber personnel. In 2019, for example, an instructor at the Cyber Center of Excellence noted the difficulty of rotating soldiers through assignments executing offensive or defensive cyber operations given the need for specialization within those fields. In 2021, then-Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general of the Cyber Center of Excellence, observed that graduates of the Cyber School weren’t ready to execute those missions due to a lack of job-specific training. A 2022 article for the Modern War The post A Cyber Force Is Not the Only Solution appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Recent calls to create a Cyber Force are only the latest response to the U.S. military’s years-long struggle to train and retain talented cyber personnel. In 2019, for example, an instructor at the Cyber Center of Excellence noted the difficulty of rotating soldiers through assignments executing offensive or defensive cyber operations given the need for specialization within those fields. In 2021, then-Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general of the Cyber Center of Excellence, observed that graduates of the Cyber School weren’t ready to execute those missions due to a lack of job-specific training. A 2022 article for the Modern War
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