Submission + - Warriors, not Geeks, run Cyber Command (washingtonpost.com)
koterica writes: The Washington Post is explains why the military prefers to have combat veterans rather than geeks running network security.
"It was supposed to be a war fighter unit, not a geek unit," said task force veteran Jason Healey, who had served as an Air Force signals intelligence officer. A fighter would understand, for instance, if an enemy had penetrated the networks and changed coordinates or target times, said Dusty Rhoads, a retired Air Force colonel and former F-117 pilot who recruited the original task force members. "A techie wouldn't have a clue," he said.
