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Air Force Suspends Cyber Command Program

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the less-qq-more-pewpew dept.

AFCyber writes "The Air Force on Monday suspended all efforts related to development of a program to become the dominant service in cyberspace, according to knowledgeable sources. Top Air Force officials put a halt to all activities related to the establishment of the Cyber Command, a provisional unit that is currently part of the 8th Air Force at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, sources told Nextgov. An internal Air Force e-mail obtained by Nextgov said, 'Transfers of manpower and resources, including activation and re-assignment of units, shall be halted.' Establishment of the Cyber Command will be delayed until new senior Air Force leaders, including Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz, sworn in today, have time to make a final decision on the scope and mission of the command."

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  1. profit! by n3tcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step 1) Release public statement regarding creation of cyber command to all nerd websites
    Step 2) Recruit all the nerds that got interested in step 1
    Step 3) Publicly announce the cancellation of the project
    Step 4) Continu.......

    (Connection Terminated)

  2. disaster by Peter+La+Casse · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a potential disaster. Millions, or even billions, of cyber warfare dollars are at stake that cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Army or Navy.

    1. Re:disaster by drspliff · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, leave some of those monies for poor little phishers and hacking groups like us :)

  3. they disbanded due to laughter by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 5, Funny
    They would walk around the halls with their fist at their waists, and heads looking upward and off to the side and periodically bark nonsense like:

    I'm Captain John Doe of... (then look off in the other direction) THE CYBER COMMAND!!!!

    When people from other parts of the building would ask them - "hey where do you guys work?" They would, in unison, put their fist at their waists, look up to the left and say "We work for..." and then look in the other direction and shout "CYBER COMMAND!!!!"

    And then promptly burst into fits of giggling...

    The whole idea was so stupid they couldn't stand themselves - it was like Buck Rogers without the cool costumes. They all knew the Real Heavy Lifting was being done at the NSA, and this was just an offshoot of the White House being a bunch of paranoid dicks who didn't trust the Pentagon brass, especially after they consistently scolded the WH upon retiring - combined with forces within the Air Force looking for relevance when clearly the future belongs to drones.

    Other than mobile airbases (ACC's) I don't even understand why you need people on boats, for the most part... The only military than can't be replaced with machines and "at a distance" command is infantry.

    CYBER COMMAND!!!!

    BWAHAHAAAAAA...

    RS

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  4. Re:What a waste! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they ask any of the five people running for President what their opinion on it was?

    Five people? Did your reality filter break again or do you just need new glasses?

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  5. Outsourcing by robmv · · Score: 5, Funny

    they will announce tomorrow the outsourcing of the Cyber Command operations to India

  6. They need them to help with the Stargate program by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    and this is a cover