The National Guard has announced plans to activate 13 additional cyber units spread out across 23 states by the end of fiscal 2019.
Seven new Army Guard cyber protection teams – CPTs – will be activated across Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin, the Army said.
It said they join four previously announced Army Guard CPTs spread across California, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio.
In partnership with the Air Force, the Air Guard will activate four new cyber operations squadrons in Idaho, Michigan, Texas and Virginia as well, and a cyber Information Surveillance Reconnaissance squadron will stand up in California – along with a cyber intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, group in Massachusetts.
Activating cyber units in these states allows for the Guard to fulfill Army and Air Force cyber missions while positioning cyber protection units in each of the 10 FEMA response regions – which ties into the Guard’s mission to respond to emergencies and disasters at home, according to the Army.
