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Does the military need a separate service for cyber? Some lawmakers think so; DoD isn’t sure

April 3, 2023

It’s been a little over three years since Congress created a dedicated military service to focus on space. Lawmakers are wondering whether it’s time to do the same thing for cyber.

The Defense Department hasn’t yet taken a position on that question — officials say they’re still studying the topic of military cyber force design. But some members of Congress are getting impatient.

Lawmakers have asked DoD for its recommendations on whether there ought to be a separate military services just for cyber forces more than once. In the 2020 Defense authorization bill, Congress explicitly required the department to include an assessment of the costs, benefits and value of setting up a separate cyber force in its 2022 cyber posture review.

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