The U.S. military has the capability, the willingness and, perhaps for the first time, the official permission to preemptively engage in active cyberwarfare against foreign targets.
By Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service, and Brandon Valeriano, Marine Corps University
Testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, the Navy’s chief of personnel, Vice Adm. Bob Burke, updated lawmakers on how far and fast the sea service has come in revamping the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, the landmark 1980 legislation that’s come to be known as simply “DOPMA.”