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  • Last year the term cyberspace was officially defined (Defense Department adopts new definition of 'cyberspace', May 2008) and last fall elevated to a new domain:


    cyberspace - A global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the
    Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. (CJCS CM-0363-08)
    REF: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (JP 1-02) (12 April 2001 - As Amended Through 17 October 2008)


    To further the discussion, it is also necessary to present the definition of another domain medium from the same publication:


    space - A medium like the land, sea, and air within which military activities shall be conducted to achieve US national security objectives. (JP 3-14)


    With all of the redundancies across the various services, why not consolidate them into a new service?  Analogous to the National Security Act of 1947, which created the Air Force from the Army Air Force, a 21st century reorganization could create a CyberSpace Force. (The exact name is not significant, using CyberSpace Force as a generic moniker.) This new force, formed from components in all of the services, would concentrate the existing disparate and duplicative efforts into one organization.  No service would lose capabilities, because we fight as a Joint team now.  Personnel from the newly created force would join operations and command structures as dictated by mission requirements.

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    cyber command cyberwar

    • Last year the term cyberspace was officially defined (Defense Department adopts new definition of 'cyberspace', May 2008) and last fall elevated to a new domain:


      cyberspace - A global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the
      Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. (CJCS CM-0363-08)
      REF: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (JP 1-02) (12 April 2001 - As Amended Through 17 October 2008)


      To further the discussion, it is also necessary to present the definition of another domain medium from the same publication:


      space - A medium like the land, sea, and air within which military activities shall be conducted to achieve US national security objectives. (JP 3-14)


      With all of the redundancies across the various services, why not consolidate them into a new service?  Analogous to the National Security Act of 1947, which created the Air Force from the Army Air Force, a 21st century reorganization could create a CyberSpace Force. (The exact name is not significant, using CyberSpace Force as a generic moniker.) This new force, formed from components in all of the services, would concentrate the existing disparate and duplicative efforts into one organization.  No service would lose capabilities, because we fight as a Joint team now.  Personnel from the newly created force would join operations and command structures as dictated by mission requirements.