Congress Should Establish New Military Cyber Force: Report

The recommends establishing a Cyber Force branch, with an initial staff level of 10,000 and a $16.5 billion budget.

A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code in an illustration photo taken on March 1, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters

The U.S. military needs an independent military cyber service, alongside the Air Force, Army, Coast Guards, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force, according to a report from a Washington-based research institute.

“The scope and scale of cyber threats are growing,” the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) states in its report published on March 25. “Cyberspace plays a central role in China’s strategy as the ‘pacing threat’ for the United States.