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Hyten Calls for Loosening Classification Standards, All in on JACD2

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

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Hyten Calls for Loosening Classification Standards, All in on JACD2

Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, testifies for the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. March 20, 2018. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

The new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is looking for “significant improvement” in the way the Pentagon classifies information, he said Jan. 29. “In many cases in the department, we’re just so overclassified, it’s ridiculous, just unbelievably ridiculous,” said Air Force Gen. John Hyten at a Wednesday breakfast event sponsored by the Air Force Association on Capitol Hill. Senior defense officials including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Mark…

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