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Army’s Cyber Directorate Looks To Deploy Cyber Troops And Tools Within Two Years

Thursday, December 1st, 2016

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Army’s Cyber Directorate Looks To Deploy Cyber Troops And Tools Within Two Years

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A new cyber and electronic warfare directorate within the Army staff held a kickoff meeting Dec. 1 and its new leader plans to have a force staffed, trained and able to deploy within two years.Brig. Gen. Patricia Frost, former deputy commanding general for operations at Army Cyber Command, now leads the new directorate overseeing integration of electronic warfare and cyber capabilities.She has established an ambitious timeline for staffing and training the soldiers that will become career cyber warriors. Equipping them…

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