ther invest in cyber capabilities,” notes Talley. “We’ve added subject-matter experts at Army Cyber Command, and our intelligence analysts and computer network defense personnel are already augmenting National Security Agency and Army Cyber [Command] elements.” The need for cybersecurity experts is dra- matic — and growing. According to Nelson, the initiative is expected to add between 3,500 and 5,000 cyber soldiers to the Army Reserve over the next several years. “Our country, our culture, and our national security apparatus are all enabled by cyber,” he says. “We’re looking at between 40,000 and 50,000 vacancies in the federal government for cy- bersecurity professionals. If you’re a cyberse- curity professional today, there is 100-percent employment across the force.”
Public Partnership Initiative (Cyber P3), is de- signed to enhance soldiers’ development and retention, while supporting individual, leader, and unit readiness in cybersecurity/defense across the Army Reserve force. “For us in the Army Reserve to create a
force structure the Army can utilize eff ec- tively, we have to be able to marry up those careers with our soldiers and provide them academic advancements with our university partners so they can expand their careers and knowledge,” says Lt. Col. Scott Nelson, USAR, Cyber P3 program manager. There are three lines of eff ort: 1. Form national and regional academic
networks with universities boasting nationally recognized cybersecurity programs that will be customized to meet Army requirements. 2. Form national and regional networks to support employment of Army Reserve cyber soldiers. Networks are designed for entry-level through master cybersecurity professionals. 3. Form community outreach programs to
reach and support the development of students in middle school, high school, and college. “The Army Reserve has roughly 6,500 soldiers in disciplines such as military intel- ligence, information operations, and signal, which directly or indirectly support cyber op- erations, and we have plans in progress to fur-
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Mem- bers of the 481st Trans- portation Company offer logisti- cal support to Marines moving a Yupik Alas- kan village to higher ground.
Exercise Alaska Move For years, residents of the Yupik Alaskan vil- lage of Newtok watched with concern as ero- sion and climate change ate away the ground on which the village had stood for centuries. Rescue came in the form of the Marine Corps, which, over fi ve summers beginning in 2008, moved the village to higher ground across a river and 6 miles inland, logistically support- ed by scores of Army reservists. “The Marines utilized the Army Reserve
watercraft community to get all the construc- tion equipment and life-sustaining equip- ment down to that village,” says CW2 Mike Nishida, USAR, of the 805th Transportation Detachment. “It’s a very austere and remote environment, so everything had to be barged or fl own in to that location,” Nishida says. For Nishida and others, the mission
brought a greater understanding and aware- ness of Yupik culture and the rigors of living in such a challenging environment. “They were very humble and gracious,” Nishida says of the villagers. “They were apprecia- tive for the military’s help and support in such a big operation, moving an entire vil- lage from one side of the river to the other. We weren’t trying to change their lifestyle, we were trying to help them keep it for gen- erations to come.”
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— Don Vaughan is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. His last feature article for Military Offi cer was “A Diff erent Kind of Enemy,” July 2015.
PHOTO: SGT. SCOTT AKANEWICH, USAA- ROLINA A. OSEGUERA
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