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Cyber Command Wants Round-The-Clock Virtual Training Environment

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, October 9th, 2015

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Cyber Command Wants Round-The-Clock Virtual Training Environment

U.S. Cyber Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. James "Kevin" McLaughlin. Photo: Air Force

The Defense Department is aiming toward developing the capacity for around-the-clock virtual training for its Cyber Mission Forces and is working to put funding into the FY ’17 budget request for this purpose, the deputy chief of United States Cyber Command said on Friday.Ranges for training the cyber forces exist but “what we’re resourcing now is the ability to do that 7-by-24,” Air Force Lt. Gen. James “Kevin” McLaughlin, deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, said in a speech at…

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