Digital Warriors

The U.S. Air Force unit responsible for conducting cyber warfare has instituted its own set of wings to be worn on the chests of all digital warriors.



Air Force Cyberspace Badge
According to the commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, Major General Michael Basla, the badge "underscores the crucial operational nature of the cyberspace mission."

For now the 24th Air Force, the new operational cyber organisation, is still setting up. By the end of this year it is expected to include some thousands of cyber warriors, many of them no doubt wearing cyber wings pinned proudly to their grubby heavy-metal T-shirts.

Or conceivably not. Wired Magazine's defence editor, surely a significant moulder of opinion in US military geek circles, has dubbed the new badge "kind of lame" and stated that it sucks.

Somehow, I envision that the military overseeing cyber geeks would be similar to a dog herding cats.

Companion post at JAWA Report.