Creating a New Military Service: Historical Precedents

Abstract

This paper examines the defense organizational responses to the emergence of air and space as warfighting domains and, using these experiences as points of comparison, applies the same logic to consider the question: Should the Department of Defense create an independent US Cyber Force? The author determines that the Army Air Forces had achieved de facto independent status within the War Department by 1942, but airpower advocates continued to press for separation to more effectively advocate for budget share.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1030441

Entities

People

  • Matthew Hyland

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space