The Six Events of the Army Cyber Fitness Test

By Allison Moore, Data Scientist, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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The article proposes a six-event “Army Cyber Fitness Test” (ACFT) to improve cyber readiness and understanding of cyber threats. The events are: Securing a Machine, Securing Data, Securing Network Traffic, Concealing Network Traffic, Understanding Social Engineering, and Managing Location Data.

A six-panel collage highlighting images from the article visually explores digital security and connectivity.

Soldiers carry a casualty on a stretcher toward a U.S. Army medical evacuation helicopter in a grassy clearing. One soldier signals the aircraft as others assist in the evacuation effort.

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Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center: Transformation & Modernization

This article examines how the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center (JSOMTC) is modernizing its courses—including Special Operations Combat Medic, Special Forces Medical Sergeant, and Civil Affairs Medical Sergeant—to better prepare SOF medics for the challenges of large-scale combat operations, prolonged field care, and irregular warfare environments.

By Maj. Brett Ambroson, Doctor of Medicine, Special Operations Combat Medic Course Director and Col. Amy Bogiel, DO, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Surgeon

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From Triangles To Circles: Reshaping Cyber-Space-SOF Triad for Maximum Operational Impact

The irregular warfare combined arms framework is a more efective way to understand the important intent behind the Cyber-Space-SOF Triad. Rather than framing the trinity concept as a modern deterrent with parallels to the three nuclear weapons delivery modalities, the triad should be reshaped into a combined arms framework that builds upon the understanding of conventional combined arms.

Lt. Llyod Forrest Hansen, U.S. Navy

Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms operate a drone near a rugged training facility. One soldier is releasing the drone into the air while the other stands nearby with a controller. A military utility vehicle is parked behind them.

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Army SOF-Space-Cyber Triad: Multidomain Cognizance

The article discusses the Army Special Operations Forces-Space-Cyber Triad, a collaboration among USASOC, USASMDC, and ARCYBER, aimed at addressing modern warfare challenges through enhanced multidomain operations. It emphasizes the importance of integrating special operations, space, and cyber capabilities while balancing the need for specialization and generalization among forces.

By Col. Pete Atkinson, Division Chief, U.S. Army Headquarters

A U.S. soldier in camouflage uniform and face paint lies prone in the grass using a rugged military laptop, with a rifle and tripod beside him near a chain-link fence.

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Meet 11th Cyber Battalion: Army Cyber's Workhorse for the Triad

This article introduces the 11th Cyber Battalion, a key force within Army Cyber Command responsible for advancing the triad of cyber, space, and special operations. Through expeditionary CEMA teams and cutting-edge tools, the battalion supports theater-level commanders with cyber and electromagnetic warfare capabilities vital to modern conflicts

By Joshua Good, U.S. Army Cyber Command