Sec. 1610. Review of future force employment concepts and associated personnel policy needs for evolving cyber forces
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Not later than June 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the covered officials, conduct a review of future force employment concepts for the cyber force, including all elements of the Cyber Operations Force (COF), to assess where additional recommendations for personnel policy changes may be warranted. The review and updates under subsection
(a)shall address the respective roles of the military departments and United States Cyber Command with respect to the following: Evaluation of future force employment concepts of cyber forces, including the following: Inclusion of additional elements of the Cyber Operations Force in various geographic combatant command operational scenarios to provide tactical-level effects, or integration with non-cyber tactical units, using radio-frequency enabled cyber or other off-net cyber operations techniques. Assessment of new or novel formations outside of the current Cyber Mission Force construct. Experimentation with other doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy approaches for cyber effects or integrated non-kinetic effects beyond the current Cyber Mission Force approach for on-net operations. Coordination between United States Cyber Command and the military departments regarding recruiting and retention to ensure that personnel requirements of the cyber mission forces and the military departments are met appropriately. Opportunities for members of the cyber mission forces to enroll in professional military education for potential future forces, or needs for new professional military education opportunities for such forces. Assessment of expansion of promotion pathways for members of such future forces and an assessment of whether such opportunities are adequate to fulfill staffing requirements based on these future force employment concepts. Data sharing between the military departments and United States Cyber Command with respect to capturing information on, demographics and additional skill identifiers for personnel of such future forces. Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. Not later than September 1, 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on such review and any resulting updates to guidance and processes. The report shall also include such recommendations as the Secretary may have regarding matters described in subsection
(a)or (b). In this section, the term covered officials means— the Secretaries of the military departments; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy; and the Commander of United States Cyber Command.