In an era of escalating and pervasive digital conflict, this paper argues that the U.S. Cyber Command must be updated in its remit, reputation, and structure. In order to effectively match the changing global distribution of power and capabilities, especially with the rise of China, the Command’s mission space should expand well beyond the "cyber" designation and constraints. Its broader mandate must encompass and employ the entire spectrum of advanced technologies from artificial intelligence and robotics to quantum computing. The renewed organization also needs to directly manage the intake and development of a robust digital talent pipeline for the needs of its own operations and those of the traditional services. Such restructuring and rebranding (potentially as a Digital Vanguard Command or a Cyber, Robotics, and Information Systems Command) places the organization as the central hub of advanced and comprehensive digital warfighting. By reinventing itself, in its publicly acknowledged function and in an expanded structure, U.S. Cyber Command can break out of the conceptual cage of a dated “cyber” identity, attract talent and enthusiasm for service, and more effectively bolster U.S. analytic superiority, operational effectiveness, deterrence, and systemic resilience in the turbulence of the mid-21st century’s technology-driven Great Systems Conflict.
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