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The Navy Needs a Real Cyber Warfare Community

By Lieutenant Patrick Casey, U.S. Navy
April 2021
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In his forward to the U.S. Tenth Fleet’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025, Vice Admiral T. J. White stated that he is “certain the opening rounds of a 21st-century great power conflict, particularly one impacting the maritime domain, will be launched in the electromagnetic, space, or cyber domains.” The Navy currently relies on a small team of experts to extend its grasp into this new realm of armed conflict. This is not the right approach. What it needs instead is a core of naval professionals with the skills and tools to make risk-based decisions in offensive and defensive cyber conflict.

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Lieutenant Patrick Casey, U.S. Navy

Lieutenant Casey graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. After completing training, he served as a division officer on the now-decommissioned USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) out of Groton, Connecticut, where he completed two deployments and an under ice transit for change of homeport. He currently serves as an NROTC instructor at the University of California, Berkeley. 

 

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