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Why Warriors, Not Geeks, Run US Cyber Command Posts
koterica writes "The Washington Post explains why the military prefers to have combat veterans rather than geeks running network security. '"It was supposed to be a war fighter unit, not a geek unit," said task force veteran Jason Healey, who had served as an Air Force signals intelligence officer.
A fighter would understand, for instance, if an enemy had penetrated the networks and changed coordinates or target times, said Dusty Rhoads, a retired Air Force colonel and former F-117 pilot who recruited the original task force members. "A techie wouldn't have a clue," he said.'"
Geeks cannot be trained. We are all hatched.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
We have flame-wars about OS, distribution, editor, and even browser.
What do you think would happen in those flame-wars when we get our hands on stealth bombers and ICBMs?
You can't fix network problems with live ammo.
Oh yeah? Put a couple of rounds into a slow router and see how fast management authorizes the purchase request for new equipment.
Have gnu, will travel.
Speaking with girls is kind of problem-solving, yet geeks are pretty bad at it.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
I, for one, welcome our semi-literate overlords.