[Infowarrior] - USCYBERCOM: The Need for a Combatant Command versus a Subunified Command

[Richard Forno]

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USCYBERCOM: The Need for a Combatant Command versus a Subunified Command

By David M. Hollis

Lieutenant Colonel David M. Hollis, USAR, is a Joint Plans Officer with U.S. Strategic Command and a Senior Policy Analyst with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is a subunified command under United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). It was scheduled for an October/ November 2009 initial operating capability (currently delayed) and an October 2010 full operational capability. There are some excellent reasons why the Secretary of Defense chose to initiate a subunified warfighting command for the cyberspace domain, but the situation facing the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Federal Government will require USCYBERCOM to develop into a full combatant command (COCOM) in the next 5 years.

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