http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
Nope,but they earn cool titles and probably first do to that type of works. kind alike woman serve in the subs.]]>May 18th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
Doubt it. But they can now raise their heads up high in the mess hall the next time they are confronted with some visiting Naval Aviators swapping stories about night time carrier landings in zero visibility.]]>May 18th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/I hope they had some kind of computer science or engineering degree before that promotion. You don't want them to go on cyber-warfare with only 115 days of training, do you?]]>May 18th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/well all those ps3's are down, what else are they gona do?]]>May 18th 2010 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/yeah, like the UN actually has any power]]>May 18th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
US Officer, "Halt that intrusion attempt immediately, it must not reach our critical servers!"
Second Voice, "Is your computer under attack? Try Norton 2010 now."]]>May 19th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/Nah, they'll recruit from Geek Squad, and their training facilities [read: high schools].]]>May 21st 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
A "1337 h@x0r" medal would be a perfect addition.
For Exceptional Bravery in Flame Wars. Or something like that.]]>May 18th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
Nah, they just applied because of the 25% Off Card they get for the Buy More™.]]>May 18th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
Capt. Hax: "Private Haxor we are under attack. Defend our Firewall at all costs!".
Private Haxor: "Aye Captain...pew pew pew..."]]>May 19th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
Some of you guys just don't have a clue of what takes place out there and what it takes to keep your asses safe. ]]>May 18th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/some of you guys cant take a joke]]>May 18th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
There are already five branches of the United States military. They are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.]]>May 18th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/the Air Force has decided to take on the role of cyberspace operations. The revamped mission statement states:"The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace. "

It's not that the other branches don't have similar roles, but the USAF is trying to more clearly define the roles and posture the networks for 21st century electronic warfare]]>May 18th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
The size and limited scope does not necessitate a separate branch yet. ]]>May 18th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/it IS skynet fool]]>May 18th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
I'm not positive, but last I knew the Coast Guard was a branch of the DOT not the DOD. That might've changed; I haven't bothered to look it up.]]>May 18th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
USCG is part of Department of Homeland Security]]>May 19th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
It's not a promotion, it's a conversion from "Communications & Information Officer" to "Cyberspace Operator". Both are officer positions. It's an administrative change, but the mission itself has been evolving for the last few years. The conversion itself happened on 1 May 2010.

We're split into two categories. A and B "shreds". A is a more technical role doing roles such as "active network defense" and B shreds those who maintain the network infrastructure and passing network defense like pushing software patches. Really though, the majority of officers are managers.

Google "17D AFSC" if you want more info.]]>May 18th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
So...do you get to axe the powercables when the servers are being hacked?]]>May 18th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/
No, that would be me. An enlisted 3DXXX guy...Officers don't know how to use tools, only us grunts do.]]>May 19th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 19th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/$3.50 plus the cost of tape to hold our glasses together]]>May 18th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/18/u-s-air-force-gets-3-000-new-cyberspace-officers/May 18th 2010 8:43PM