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Army Holding Month-Long Cyber Training Exercise In June

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

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Army Holding Month-Long Cyber Training Exercise In June

U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence logo. Photo: U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence’s annual month-long Cyber Quest training exercise, which will bring outside vendors to help identify cyberspace challenges and provide a forum for possible operational solutions, begins Monday at Fort Gordon, Ga.. The training will last for 26 days, through June 30, and brings together experts in cyberspace solutions to work with warfighters from brigade combat teams and members of intelligence units on cyber and electronic warfare tactics.“We want to improve our warfighting capabilities and…

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