In the next war, one of the battlescapes tend to include a brick building surmounted by fir trees, not far from Interstate 5, North of Olympia.
Two-storey building, with Office space and shared workspace computer upstairs, is home to the Washington National Guard network Warfare Squadron, 262nd units that are set to give cyberdefense and other forms of cyberoffense are not determined to keep the U.S. critical infrastructure, starting with military computer networks.
While its members approximately 100 qualified Army Air National Guard, they control the keyboard and hold digital network expertise–no fighter jets, or aerial drones. Many of them are taken from the rich culture of the information technology area of Seattle, Microsoft Corp., Amazon Inc and a profusion of software and networking companies. In many ways, their work in uniform is not very different from their civilian jobs.
This Squadron throughout the 64 mile Air National Guard airmen's tentpole appeared, coordinated military capabilities of the Washington National Guard that also involves intelligence Squadron, some air support Squadron, Squadron, group communication techniques and fighting units. Airmen these units could be called upon to use, as is already done for the Middle East, or they can operate at a distance. Collectively, they provide an integrated capability to grow, detect, monitor, maintain and potentially disabling threats, whether through unseen ways, digital, or what the military calls "kinetic", or active means.
"It makes us a very elegant solution for future warfighting requirements," said Colonel Brian Ariya, 194th Regional Support Wing Commander of the Washington Air National Guard. 262Nd and other units fell under the 194th.