...At least 15 different sites are competing to become the headquarters for the Air Force's new Cyber Command... But no matter which base ultimately gets picked, the flyboys are looking to spread the digital wealth. I mean really spread it, with a "a cyber unit in every state," GovExec.com's Bob Brewin reports. It's a time-honored technique for "secur[ing] the Hill's backing -- and bucks -- for any new program."
...All told, the service said in a recent letter to governors, Cyber Command is supposed to have "a headquarters of approximately 550 personnel; a Numbered Air Force (NAF) of approximately 275 personnel; and four wings... with more than 65 subordinate squadrons assigned to those wings collectively, to include units from the Reserve and Air National Guard..."
Beats Hell out of Iraq. Kudos to the desk jockeys that avoid the Sandpit. Now, if they only gave a damn about weaseling the rest of the soldiers out of there, too.
...Those folks won't just be there to shore up military networks, the letter goes on to say. Cyber Command's troops will use "electromagnetic and directed energy to... attack the enemy Computer Network Operations." And they'll engage in "psychological operations, military deception and operations security... to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting our own."
But no. The Pentagon's elite are much more interested on playing Battlestar Erotica right here at home, getting the Big Bucks in the War on Terra, and watching all those insurgents in the ACLU.
Because there are so many automated decision makers out there to fight with our directed energy weapons in all 50 states.
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