cyber force Archives

U.S. Cyber Command operators participate in Cyber Guard 25-2 exercise on June 3, 2025, at Fort George G. Meade, MD. The exercise, in coordination with the Joint Staff, simulates scenarios that test response protocols and defensive and offensive techniques across geographic areas of responsibility. (Photo credit: U.S. Cyber Command)

New commission to examine how to create an independent Cyber Force

The new commission was established by CSIS in partnership with the Cyber Solarium Commission 2.0 project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Aug 4, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in cyber operations room at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020. (Photo illustration source: DVIDS)

The Pentagon knows its cyber force model is broken. Here’s how to fix it

More than two decades after declaring cyberspace a warfighting domain, the U.S. military relies on an inefficient and ineffective solution to generate the capabilities needed to defend…

Jun 20, 2025 By Erica Lonergan Jiwon Ma

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Communication Flight stand in formation at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York National Guard, during their unit’s redesignation ceremony to become the 106th Communications Squadron, February 4, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Donaldson)

Despite softened bill language, observers still optimistic about independent cyber force assessment

While language directing an independent assessment for a potential cyber force was weakened, observers are still feeling positive about the provision in the NDAA.

Dec 13, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Army soldiers trained closely with members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, or JGSDF, during Cyber Blitz 2019. (Photo by Edric Thompson)

House and Senate defense committees agree on independent cyber force assessment

The potential for an independent cyber service just got a boost.

Dec 7, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service visited Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 3, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)

Cybercom chief to Congress: Let us finish our study before directing an examination for a Cyber Force

A DOD study for force generation will be briefed to the secretary of defense soon, Gen. Timothy Haugh said.

Aug 27, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Airmen from the 67th Cyberspace Wing review daily tasks at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland’s Medina annex, Sept. 5, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Jason W. Edwards)

The case for an independent U.S. Cyber Force

An independent U.S. Cyber Force is not just a strategic necessity but an inevitable progression in the evolution of military operations, Daniel Van Wagenen and Kim Irving…

Aug 16, 2024 By Daniel Van Wagenen Kim Irving

Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

An argument against establishing a U.S. Cyber Force

"Some academics, military leaders and politicians believe that establishing a U.S. Cyber Force will address challenges faced by the DOD cyberspace operations community. We disagree," Alan Brian Long…

Jul 11, 2024 By Alan Brian Long Jr. Maj. Alex Pytlar

Assessment for independent cyber force passes House, Senate defense committee

DOD has been conducting its own examinations of the future of how cyber forces are presented, as directed by Congress.

Jun 14, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo)

US must establish independent military cyber service to fix ‘alarming’ problems — report

A new report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies aims to make the case for the creation of an independent military service for cyber.

Mar 25, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Congress axes independent cyber force study

The reconciled version of the 2024 NDAA didn't include a major cyber provision that was in the Senate's bill.

Dec 7, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau