Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Gordon
Published October 24, 2025
The Army is taking on a more offensive approach to cyber operations, leveraging artificial intelligence for cyber training and simulation, service officials said Oct. 14.
In direct contrast to the approaches of previous White House leadership, the Trump administration has “leaned heavily” into offensive cyber, said Brandon Pugh, principal cyber advisor to the secretary of the Army.
“Cyber has a strong role when it comes to defense, but how are we also using cyber as a capability, perhaps not an isolated capability — and it might be — but also in standalone or in conjunction with other types of effects?” Pugh said at a media roundtable at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting and exposition.