Marine Corps deploys cyber personnel to Pacific for enduring defense mission
The Marines recently sent cyber personnel to Okinawa, Japan, as part of a recurring effort to harden networks and critical infrastructure.
The so-called cyber rotational force concept aims to bring experts from Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command into theater to assist units with bolstering networks. The assemblage — made up of personnel from the Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group, which plans and conducts full spectrum cyberspace ops, and its subordinate unit known as the Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Battalion — recently joined forces with local cyber Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force in Japan.
A spokesperson from MARFORCYBER couldn’t specify the exact number of people on the team, but noted it is task organized with both uniformed and civilian subject matter experts.