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Guard, Reserve
Capabilities
Besides the CMF teams, Cardon
said ARCYBER will create “a total,
multi-component Army cyber force
that includes 21 Reserve-component
cyber protection teams, trained to
the same standards as the activecomponent cyber force.”
In October 2014, one Army National Guard cyber protection team
was activated and is in Title 10 status, he added, meaning those Guard
Soldiers are now on active duty.
It is sometimes a bit tricky to get
the proper authorities to activate
Reserve-component Soldiers, he
said.
Authorities are a “complex problem” and “remain a challenge,” Cardon said. “While Title 10 authorities
are clear, Title 32 and state active
duty require the application of varied state constitutional, legislative,
and executive authorities and coordination with state agencies and
officials.”
There is merit in developing a
common approach in every state
for authorities and capabilities to
facilitate a more rapid and effective
response in cyberspace operations,
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The Cyber Operations Center on Fort Gordon, Ga., is home to signal
and military intelligence non-commissioned officers, who watch for and
respond to network attacks from adversaries as varied as nation-states,
terrorists and “hacktivists.”
he added.
Reserve-component cyber experts are a tremendous resource,
he said, pointing out that both Guard
and Reserve Soldiers already have
the acquired cyber skills that will enable them to integrate more quickly
into the cyberspace force than if they
had to be trained from scratch.
Guard and Reserve Soldiers
routinely augment the active cyberspace force and are supporting
missions both here in the United
States, as well as overseas, including Afghanistan and other areas in
Southwest Asia, he added.
Growing Cyber Force
To keep the cyber force on an
“exponential” growth track, Cardon
described a number of measures
the Army is taking to retain and
recruit the best.
The Army has enjoyed success
with in-service recruiting from other military occupational specialties
and is actively working to assess
high-quality recruits through innovative marketing techniques, he
said.
The Cyber Center of Excellence on Fort Gordon, Georgia, is
developing an initiative to encourage cadets at both the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New
York, or USMA, and ROTC to apply
themselves in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics. “We
will commission the first 30 Cyber
Branch officers from both USMA
and ROTC programs this summer,”
Cardon said.
The Army is now working to
implement a Cyber Career Management Field for enlisted personnel by the end of this fiscal year,
he said. That field will encompass
accessions, career management,
and retention.
Also, the Army recently approved special-duty assignment
pay, assignment incentive pay, and
bonuses for Soldiers serving in operational cyber assignments.
For Soldiers transferring from
the active force to one of the Reserve components, Cardon said the
Army has sweetened the deal with
some of those bonuses.
Besides special pay and bonuses, he said training opportunities
abound.
“We have also expanded cyber
educational programs, including
training with industry, fellowships,
civilian graduate education and
utilization of inter-service education programs” like the Air Force
Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School, he added.
“We are confident these will serve
as additional incentives to retain
the best personnel for this highly
technical field.”
The picture isn’t as rosy for civilian cyber hires, however, he reminded lawmakers.
Recruiting and retaining Army
civilian cyber talent “is challenging
Cyberspace continues to grow
more complex, with sophisticated
threats that are capable of exploiting known and unknown vulnerabilities, threatening both national
security and America’s economic
interests, he warned.
Cardon pointed to the recent
attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment and Anthem health insurance, as well as the Heartbleed
bug that left systems around the
world vulnerable to attack, as being just the tip of the iceberg.
“Electronic devices are increasingly embedded in everything from
vehicles to guided missiles, and
are often integrated into systems
which are difficult and costly to update or upgrade as new threats or
vulnerabilities are identified with
increasing speed and widely ranging tempo,” he explained. “These
factors represent malefactors impacting our warfighting systems.”
To counter these threats, Cardon said the Army and its sister
services are pursing the Joint Regional Security Stack initiative, a
component of the Joint Information Environment, or JIE, which
will “consolidate and improve the
security of currently disparate
networks.
“We have to modernize and get
to the JIE as quickly as possible for
improved mission effectiveness,
enhanced security, and to increase
efficiency,” he continued.
Other initiatives, he said, include network mapping, cloud and
virtualization, and cyber infrastructure, and platforms and tools.
Also, the Army is partnering with
the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency, or DARPA, on
its Plan X Cyberwarfare Program
that is developing platforms for
the execution of cyber operations.
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NAVARRE — With darkness and dense fog hampering their efforts, crews waited
for daylight to resume the full
search for 11 military personnel whose helicopter crashed
Tuesday, March 10 into the
Santa Rosa Sound.
“Because of the fog and
the safety issues for people
performing the operation, we
are really only monitoring
and patrolling the area overnight,” said Andy Bourland,
Chief of Public Affairs for Eglin Air Force Base.
The personnel – seven Marines and four Army National
Guardsmen – were aboard a
Black Hawk helicopter that
crashed during a training exercise into the Santa Rosa
Sound, east of the Navarre
Beach Bridge.
Difficult discoveries
People who live along the
sound watched Wednesday as
rescue vessels slowly trolled
through the fog and searchers scoured the beaches.
One Riviera Beach resident woke to find a search
team vehicle outside and
watched crews recover a
body from the beach near
her home.
A wheel from the helicopter and a large piece of fuselage also washed up there.
In Biscayne Pointe, a
resident reported finding
numerous pieces of debris,
including a manual, pieces
of foam and a shredded
uniform.
The crash took place near
Site A-17, which is part of a
long stretch of Santa Rosa
Island owned by the military
and used for tests and training exercises.
Routine training
The four Army National
Guard members were assigned to the 1-244th Assault
Helicopter Battalion out of
Hammond, Louisiana. The
Marines were part of the U.S.
Marine Corps Forces, Special
Operations Command (MARCOM) at Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina.
The helicopter was one of
two UH-60 aircraft participating in what a Marine Corps
spokesman called “routine
amphibious training” on the
isolated stretch of beach.
“They weren’t doing anything extraordinarily dangerous from a special operations
standpoint,” Capt. Barry
sound, we knew it wasn’t normal,” said Kimberly Urr, who
was sitting outside at the Navarre Beach Campgrounds
Tuesday night. “And after it
happened, everything hushed
. . . we didn’t hear anything.”
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Unidentified military personnel walk along a causeway
near Navarre Beach March 11 as they search for survivors
of an Army Black Hawk helicopter went down Tuesday
evening with 11 service members aboard.
Morris, a MARCOM spokesman, said of the exercise.
The second helicopter
was not involved in the crash,
and all of its crew members
were reported to be safe and
accounted for.
“Everything hushed”
The Black Hawk was reported missing at around 8:30
Tuesday evening.
The helicopters had taken
off from Destin Executive
Airport between 3 and 4 p.m.,
Tuesday, according to Sunil
Harman, Okaloosa County
airports director. They had
been training in the area
since March 8.
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relayed a final communication with the helicopter to the
Airport Operations Center,
Harman said
“They were trying to climb
out of the weather and they
think that the aircraft was
trying to make it back to Destin but were unable to make
contact,” he said, relating the
conversation.
Residents reported smelling fuel at around that time.
Others heard noises they
identified as unusual, even
for an area surrounded by
military operations.
“When we heard the
said Joe Maniscalco, a meteorologist with the National
Weather Service in Mobile.
In those conditions, visibility for a helicopter pilot
would be no more than a
half-mile, he added.
Fog was expected to
“A long, long
continue throughout the
drawn-out issue”
night and into Thursday
A multi-agency search morning.
and rescue operation began
around 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
Heart of the community
Searchers used boats, ATThe search consumed the
Vs and aircraft when possible Navarre community, which
to search an approximately responded with prayers, of13-mile stretch of both the fers to help with the search
north and south sides of the and food for the countless
Santa Rosa Sound.
first responders.
“It’s going to be a long,
“I’m proud of our commulong, drawn-out issue, just be- nity,” said Santa Rosa County
cause of the size of the debris Sheriff’s Office spokesperson
field,” said Navarre Beach Rich Aloy. “The military is a
Fire Department Chief Mike way of life for Santa Rosa.”
Howard, whose crew assisted
The tragedy hit close to
with the effort.
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In the fog
“We hear the helicopters
The area was under a going over the house all the
dense fog advisory at the time,” she said. “You don’t
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WASHINGTON — The Army
cyber mission force, or CMF, has
grown “exponentially since September 2013 with 25 of 41 [planned]
teams at initial operating capability,” Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon told
lawmakers, March 4.
“We are on track to have all 41
CMF teams established and operating by the end of fiscal year 2016.
However, they will not all be fully
operationally capable until FY17,”
he said. CMF teams are allocated
to combatant commanders, where
they provide defensive and offensive cyber capabilities.
Cardon, who is the commander
of U.S. Army Cyber Command,
or ARCYBER, and Second Army,
addressed “operationalizing cyberspace” in oral and written testimony. He and his counterparts from
the other services appeared before
the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats
and Capabilities.
given internal federal employment
constraints regarding compensation and a comparatively slow
hiring process. Current efforts to
attract and retain top civilian talent include extensive marketing
efforts, and leveraging existing programs and initiatives run by the
National Security Agency, Office of
Personnel Management, and National Science Foundation.”
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GI Joe’s Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes strike a pose at this year’s
large-scale comic book convention, Pensacon, Feb. 28.
as Marines in full service dress
could be seen chatting and taking photos with the likes of Joker,
Harley Quinn, Deadpool or any
manner of Star (both Trek and
Wars) characters.
Although Pensacon made for
a welcome haven from a military
environment, the oversized pop
culture persona of the military
could be found there in the form
of wrestler Sergeant Slaughter
and writer, artist and creator of
the GI-Joe comic series, Larry
Hama.
During a panel discussion on
GI Joe March 1, both celebrities
indicated a warm reception from
their military fans during the
convention.
Sergeant Slaughter said
many of the uniformed Marines
stopped by to talk with him. He
said a group of Soldiers asked
him for a photo and he obliged.
Thinking it was a group photo,
he walked over to the group,
but when he arrived, they immediately went into the push-up
position. They asked him if the
one-and-only Sergeant Slaughter could count them off for the
photo op. He turned on the drill
sergeant persona and ordered
them to “give me 50.”
A pink-shoed, pint-sized Darth Vader takes a moment to rest in one of the seats around
the floor at this year’s large-scale comic book convention, Pensacon, Feb. 29.
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offer people fun and exciting opportunities at reasonable prices.”
Regardless of how they heard
about it or got a ticket, the military members found a way to get
there. Behind the costumes and
paint, there were the telltale
signs of military life in the shaven
faces and regulation haircuts.
A group of new Navy aviation
electronics trainees from Naval
Air Station Pensacola relished
the idea of something new and
different to do and see during
their downtime from training.
“We saw it in the newspaper
and just said that’s what we’re
doing this weekend,” said Lucas
Cosselman.
The Sailors said they planned
to meet Jeremy Bulloch, the actor who played Boba Fett in “Star
Wars” and Nick Tarabay, an actor
from the TV show, “Spartacus.”
Like the Sailors, many service
members who attended were
in various stages of their initial
skills training at NAS. For those
in an early phase of training this
meant wearing some form of
their service dress uniform. During Pensacon’s peek time Feb.
28, the convention provided the
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this year’s large-scale comic book convention, Pensacon.
Judge Dredd, Tauriel, Batman and Galadriel were just a few of costumed attendees at
this year’s large-scale comic book convention, Pensacon, Feb. 27. More than 20,000
people, including military from all five of the region’s bases, attended the convention at
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Among the many wearing
masks, make-up and suits of
armor were the region’s vast
military population or Airmen,
Marines, Sailors and Soldiers.
The opportunity to shed their
camo uniforms and, in some cases, put on tights was a welcome
change to their military routines.
It was an opportunity they could
not pass up.
A group of specialists from the
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) bought three-day passes
and left directly after work Feb.
27 to make it to the convention
before closing. They said they
wanted to make the most of their
passes.
“I want to check out the
vendor areas and I plan to meet
some of the celebrity guests,”
said Josh Fowler, 7th SFG (A),
while waiting for the convention
to begin Feb. 28.
Aaron Morales, of the 7th SFG
(A), said he planned to participate in the Sci-Fi speed dating,
a convention-held event later in
the day.
To try and help their military
members, Eglin’s Air Force
Base’s Information, Tickets and
Travel office coordinated with the
convention promoters and provided more than 20 Airmen and
their families the discount code
to purchase the tickets in just a
few days.
“We received a few calls
(about the convention), so we
reached out to the promoters to
see if we could provide discounted tickets and they agreed,” said
Mary Lynda Hughes, Eglin ITT.
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rule. Miller
indicated
as much,
but suggested it
could be
paid for
using the
same $10
billion
Congress
approved
last year to expand private
sector care to veterans,
thwarting VA plans to divert some of that to other
priorities.
Representatives of
veterans’ service organizations predicted last
summer that many veterans would be angered and
confused by the arbitrary
way Congress shaped a
40-mile rule for use of new
Choice Cards under the
Tom
Philpott
Veterans Choice, Access
and Accountability Act of
2014.
The predictions are
now reality as members
of Congress are swamped
with complaints from
frustrated veterans who
find they can’t use their
cards to get care from local doctors and hospitals,
even though they live
more than 40 miles from
VA health care or face
waits for care longer than
30 days.
As we reported here
several times last year,
the law is more restrictive than early Capitol Hill
tweets had indicated. For
each episode of care, regional VA healthcare managers still must authorize
outside care, and VA usually will direct patients
into a contracted network
of health care providers.
Meanwhile, the 40-mile
rule narrows eligibility
to use cards in two ways.
First, the law uses “geodesic” or as-the-crow-flies
distance to determine if
a veteran lives more than
40 miles from VA care.
This denies access to private sector care to many
vets who reside within
40 miles of VA care if one
uses a map and ruler. Actual drives for care can be
much longer.
Second, the 40-mile
rule applies to the nearest VA health facility, not
nearest VA facility providing needed care. So veterans who reside within 40
miles of a VA clinic that
can’t treat their conditions
still aren’t eligible to use
the Choice Card. Those
are two problems that
need fixing, Isakson said.
“We need to make sure
that if [VA] health care
within 40 miles of the
veteran doesn’t provide
chemotherapy or doesn’t
provide a heart transplant
or doesn’t provide a specialty the veteran needs,
they get to exercise the
40-mile rule because the
health care they need
is not available,” said
Isakson.
“We also need to be
certain we look at how
long it takes to drive
there…This straight-line
application is crazy,” Isakson said. “It needs to be
the time [or mileage] from
leaving the garage of the
veteran to pulling into the
parking lot of the Veterans
Administration.”
Some lawmakers
blamed VA for “interpreting” the law so rigidly, perhaps to hold down costs.
But at a joint hearing of
the House and Senate veterans affairs committees
last week, where Disabled
American Veterans had
its turn presenting budget
priorities for 2016, its legislative director, Joseph
Violante, suggested the
blame was misplaced. It
was Congress that set in
law the narrow scope of
the 40-mile rule in negotiating the Choice Act.
Tom Philpott is a syndicated
columnist. You may write to him
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13. Starting line is at the CE
Pavilion on Cypress Road.
Prizes will be awarded to the
top 3 male and female run-
Fairhope Arts and
Crafts Festival
ners. The event is free and
no registration is required.
For information, contact the
Eglin Fitness Center at 883Join Eglin ITT March
1682 (Main Center) or 85021 on a day trip to beauti883-9127 (Annex).
ful downtown Fairhope,
Alabama to enjoy the 63rd
Annual Fairhope Arts and
Crafts Festival. Live entertainment will be ongoing and
The Eglin Fitness Center unique cuisine will be served
invites all military, DoD civil- in the food court. Cost is $20
ians, contractors and family per person for transportamembers over the age of 18 tion. For information, call
to participate in the annual ITT 882-5930.
March Madness 3 On 3 Basketball Tournament, Mar. 20
at 11:30 a.m. Sign up at the
Fitness Center by Mar. 13.
883-9127
A training class for individuals interested in serving
as mentors in the Okaloosa
County School District will
be offered on the third MonSoccer + Golf = FootGolf! day of every month, from
The Eglin Golf Course invites 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
you out for an afternoon of fun the Eglin Airman & Famand FootGolf. 4-Person teams ily Readiness Center. For
will kick off at 1 p.m. March 14 details or to register e-mail
on the Falcon Course. Cost [email protected].
is $20 per person, cart rental
For information, contact
not included. Bring your own Eglin’s School Liaison Ofsoccer ball as there are a lim- ficer at 850-882-4319.
ited number available at the
Golf Course. Lots of prizes
will be awarded. Sign up by
March 10. For information,
contact the Eglin Golf Course
Eat at Joe’s to Benefit the
at 850-678-8726 or 882-2949.
Cause. The Comptrollers for
a Cause Team is hosting a
Relay For Life fundraiser
every Thursday in March at
Joe’s Crab Shack in Destin
A Grand Elegance invites from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For
you to the book launching copy of flyer to be presented
of Mark Gerszewski’s new or questions about the event,
book “Home Sapiens: A Spe- contact Kristen Pedro at
cies Gone Ape” from 11 a.m. (850)687-3226.
– 2 p.m. at the Magnolia Grill.
Join us for some laughs, and Now Enrolling for
a healthy dose of common
Spring Classes
sense at the Magnolia Grill
for the book launch and sign- Massage Therapy, Skin Care,
and Nail Specialist
ing of “Homo Sapiens: A SpeAccepting
Post 911,
cies Gone Ape.” All proceeds
will benefit Fisher House of Montgomery GI Bill & MyCAA
the Emerald Coast.
Soothing Arts Healing
The Magnolia Grill is lo- Therapies School of Massage,
cated at 157 Brooks Street
Skincare & Nails
in Fort Walton Beach. For
information, call Mary RichVisit SoothingArts.com for
ard at 582-3317.
more information. 3037469
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On 3 Tournament
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If you or someone you know is a Vietnam veteran,
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