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A new cyber-focused military service branch would sit under the Army if one senator\u2019s proposal comes to fruition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is spearheading a markup amendment to the Senate\u2019s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would create a \u201cCyber Force\u201d as the next armed service branch. The senator\u2019s office confirmed that the amendment proposes to establish the branch under the Army, just as the Space Force and Marine Corps sit under the Air Force and Navy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similar provisions are reportedly being floated in the House, according to two people familiar with policy discussions. Earlier this year,\u00a0 Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, told the Center For Strategic and International Studies that a \u201cCyber Force is inevitable\u201d and \u201cwe\u2019re going to get this done.\u201d A Fallon spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Friday asking about a potential amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew and escalating cyber threats on the battlefield demand a change to our current approach. The status quo and years of incremental changes are not meeting the current threat and are insufficient as that threat grows,\u201d Gillibrand told Defense One<\/em> in an emailed statement.\u00a0 \u201cI believe, and many experts agree, that the creation of a dedicated Cyber Force will ensure the United States is ready to fight and win on the modern battlefield and protect our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed amendment marks the latest push in a years-long effort. Gillibrand and House lawmakers have backed the idea . In the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study \u201calternative organizational models for the cyber forces of the Armed Forces.\u201d Those findings have not been released. Details from the amendments showing what a Cyber Force might look like are not yet public, but think tanks and national security experts have already been pitching their own force designs.<\/p>\n

A 2024 Foundation for Defense of Democracies report concluded that a Cyber Force could sit under the Army, muster about 10,000 personnel, and need a budget of around $16.5 billion. In August 2025, the FDD and the Center for Strategic and International Studies announced a commission on Cyber Force Generation. A report from those think tanks is scheduled to be released next month.<\/p>\n

One former military official said there would be strengths to a cyber-focused service, but putting it under the Army is a bad idea. They argued that cyber would remain a secondary priority amid the branch\u2019s many missions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Army is the largest service by far,\u201d the former official said. \u201cManpower-wise, it’s like half the department, and it’s like, \u2018we’ll put it under because it’ll be easy for the Army to just put in another force.\u2019 It’s already hard enough to run the Army as it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Montgomery, a retired Navy rear admiral and an FDD senior fellow who advocates for a Cyber Force, argued that this year is an ideal time to create a new service.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTiming-wise, you need to do this in the beginning or middle of an administration, not at the end of an administration,\u201d Montgomery said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposed amendment would need to survive multiple Senate and House edits to make the final compromise NDAA.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear if the Trump administration would support the latest bipartisan push. Last year, the Pentagon rolled out CYBERCOM 2.0, a series of policy changes aimed at beefing up the recruiting, training, and missions of the existing U.S. Cyber Command.<\/p>\n

Katie Sutton, the assistant defense secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, defended the Cyber Command reforms during a January Senate hearing, and said a renewed command and a new service could co-exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a really important debate for us all to be having about the future of the cyber warfighting domain,\u201d Sutton the Senate Armed Services Committee in January. \u201cI do think one of the most common misconceptions about Cyber Command is that it is a debate between Cyber Command 2.0 and a cyber force, and they are actually separate debates that I believe both need to be had, and we need to look closely at the pros and cons of both.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advocates for a separate and independent cyber-focused service branch say it aligns with the Trump administration\u2019s calls for \u201coffensive cyber operations against those planning to kill Americans,\u201d the White House\u2019s new said. It also comes as President Donald Trump and Gen. Dan Caine, the Joint Chiefs chairman, acknowledged the growing role of cyber effects in U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela, Defense One<\/em> and sister publication NextGov\/FCW<\/em> have previously reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president says, \u2018We’ve got to be more offensive\u2019 but then you got to better generate forces to be offensive, and we don’t generate enough forces to do both offensive cyber and defensive cyber operations,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cA cyber force is clearly necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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