Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Gordon
Published April 17, 2026
The Army nominee selected to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency urges caution before the U.S. should launch a dedicated cyber military service and touts the advantages of dual-hatting oversight over CYBERCOM and NSA, in written testimony released Jan. 15.
Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd leaned heavily on his time in the Indo-Pacific, where the focus was China, to explain his qualifications for the job despite a lack of direct experience in cyberspace.