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In a cyberattack disaster, DoD needs backup squad to fix networks, restart critical systems Mark Pomerleau (Capt. Benjamin Hughes/Maryland National Guard) WASHINGTON — With a growing number of cyber breaches, lawmakers and outside experts are pushing to increase the role of the National Guard and National Reserve if a catastrophic cyberattack were to occur. The idea is to create a special cyber reserve force for crises, and to do a better job of using the cyber expertise of Guard members. These recommendations come from the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission, created by Congress i...

National Guard task force that supports Cyber Command changes over February 12 The 123rd Cyber Protection Battalion is taking its turn to support Task Force Echo V and U.S. Cyber Command.(Army Cyber Command) WASHINGTON — The Army recently announced a new tranche of National Guard units to staff a critical and ongoing task force for U.S. Cyber Command. Members of the 123rd Cyber Protection Battalion — made up of guardsmen from Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia and Wisconsin – relieved the 15-month deployment of the 124th Cyber Protection Battalion for Task Force Echo, an Army announcem...

The military must learn to operate more in the gray zone November 4, 2020 While not necessarily postured to operate daily below the level of armed conflict, the military must learn how to do so in order to defeat adversary advances. (Lance Cpl. Andrew Skiver/Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — As nations are increasingly more active in operations that fall below the threshold of traditional conflict, the U.S. military needs to learn how to respond in kind, contends one Marine Corps commander. Being more active in this competition, or gray zone space, is somewhat unfamiliar territory for the U....