Army names site for consolidated cyber command

By Defense Systems Staff

The Army will consolidate its expanded cyber command at Ft. Gordon, Ga., where up to 1,500 personnel will oversee the approximately 21,000 soldiers and civilians worldwide who defend the service’s networks.

Since its creation in 2010, the Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) has been spread out among seven buildings in the Washington, D.C., area, including buildings at Fort Meade, Md., home to the U.S. Cyber Command. Ft. Meade was the other site considered to be in the running for the consolidated Army command.

The move is being made for operational and cost reasons, the Army said in an announcement. Fort Gordon already hosts the Army's Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber and a National Security Agency cryptography lab. Combining ARCYBER with those operations at Fort Gordon will require 150 fewer personnel, and 23 percent less in construction costs, than other options considered, the Army said.

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