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Maybe a better concept is we set up like a hockey team or a basketball team where everybody plays both ways at the same time,\u201d Ignatius Liberto, chief of staff at Cyber Command\u2019s operational global defense arm Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks, told Fifth Domain May 16 at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations symposium in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially, there were those who thought keeping offense and defense separate might be more effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there was in the past the thought that we needed to keep them separate and it would be more effective that way, but it is actually the reverse,\u201d Capt. James Mills, chief of staff Fleet Cyber Command\/U.S. 10th Fleet, said at the Baltimore conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can actually amplify the capability by that linkage \u2026 you\u2019re better as an offensive side if you understand the defensive characteristics and better as a defender if you understand the offensive capabilities. We\u2019ve seen that and it\u2019s been proven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, senior leaders discovered teaching cyber warriors to joint standards had greater benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first thing you want to do is be careful about saying it\u2019s one or the other. I do think that there\u2019s a benefit and an advantage &#8230; that one might inform the other,\u201d Rear Adm. T.J. 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John Morrison, commander of the Army Cyber Center of Excellence, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the same construct we\u2019re taking with our cyber operators \u2026 we have developed a curriculum that trains a cyber operator. Not an offensive cyber operator, not a defensive cyber operator, a cyber operator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Getting war fighters comfortable<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest impediments to employing these tactics and capabilities, leaders said, is systems that might not be interoperable, interchangeable or make war fighters feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe technology currently is always going to continue to increase \u2026 However, the biggest difference will be how quickly our formations can adapt that technology and utilize it to our best effects,\u201d Brig. Gen. 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