Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published November 26, 2024
The Army has sought to improve the training of cyber mission force members it provides to U.S. Cyber Command such that they require less on-the-job instruction.
Since the creation of the cyber mission force — the teams each military service is responsible for providing a set number to Cybercom to employ for operations — over 10 years ago, personnel often wouldn’t get all the training they would need at their schoolhouse prior to arriving at their operational units. Rather, digital warriors would get additional on-the-job training upon arriving at their unit. This was a contributing factor to readiness issues that have plagued the cyber mission force across all the services.