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includes the development and execution of a training curriculum 
and qualification standards commensurate with those of the cyber 
officers of the Army and the Air Force. 
(e) COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through 
the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Navy, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, and provide to such committees 
a briefing on, the findings of a study on whether the designator 
and rating established under subsection (a), along with the Mari-
time Space Officer and the Cyberspace Warfare Engineer, should 
continue to be considered part of the information warfare commu-
nity. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a report certifying that the following actions have been carried 
out or are in the process of being completed (including detailed 
explanations): 
(1) An identification by the Chief of Naval Operations 
of the resource manager within the Office of the Chief of Naval 
Operations for the designator and rating established under 
subsection (a). 
(2) An identification by the Chief of the type command 
at United States Fleet Forces Command responsible for man-
ning and training the designator and rating established under 
subsection (a). 
(3) An inventory of those billets within the Cyber Mission 
Force, or any other service or joint assignment that requires 
personnel (both officer and enlisted) to conduct operations 
through cyberspace. 
(4) An inventory and position description of the those posi-
tions within the Cyber Mission Force that have been identified 
under subsection (b)(2)(B). 
(5) A funding profile detailing the complete costs associated 
with the designator and rating established under subsection 
(a), including costs associated with meeting the training 
requirements of the United States Cyber Command for the 
period covered by the most recent future-years defense program 
submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(6) An inventory of all flag officer positions at joint and 
naval components and commands conducting or managing 
cyberspace operations and activities, including with respect 
to— 
(A) the United States Cyber Command; 
(B) the Fleet Cyber Command; 
(C) Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber, Navy; 
(D) 10th Fleet; 
(E) the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Informa-
tion Warfare and the Director of Naval Intelligence; and 
(F) Naval Information Forces. 
(7) An update to the plan required under subsection (a)(3), 
including timelines and procedures, for filling the positions 
within the cyber mission force for which the Secretary is respon-
sible.
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(8) Any anticipated changes to the end-strength of the 
Navy by reason of establishing the designator and rating under 
subsection (a). 
(9) The implementation of the designator and rating estab-
lished under subsection (a) within the Navy Reserve. 
(10) The development and execution of the training cur-
riculum and qualification standards under subsection (d). 
(g) LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that flag officers with the cyber warfare operations designator estab-
lished under subsection (a) are primarily employed in billets identi-
fied under subsection (f)(6). 
(h) DETERMINATION BY CYBER COMMAND.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the Secretary submits the report 
under subsection (f), the Commander of the United States Cyber 
Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a determination with 
respect to whether the matters contained in the report satisfy 
the requirements of the United States Cyber Command. 
SEC. 1533. TOTAL FORCE GENERATION FOR THE CYBERSPACE OPER-
ATIONS FORCES. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall complete a study on the responsibilities 
of the military services for organizing, training, and presenting 
the total force to United States Cyber Command. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The study under paragraph (1) shall assess 
the following: 
(A) Which military services should man, train, equip, 
and organize the forces necessary to execute the functions 
and missions of the Cyber Mission Force and the Cyber-
space Operations Forces for assignment, allocation, and 
apportionment to, or under the directive authority of, the 
United States Cyber Command. 
(B) The sufficiency of the military service accession 
and training model to provide forces to the Cyberspace 
Operations Forces and the sufficiency of the accessions 
and personnel resourcing of the supporting command and 
control staffs necessary as a component to the United 
States Cyber Command. 
(C) The organization of the Cyber Mission Forces and 
whether the total forces or elements of the forces function 
best as a collection of independent teams or through a 
different model. 
(D) How to correct chronic shortages of proficient per-
sonnel in key work roles. 
(E) The need for additional work roles or skills to 
enable effective infrastructure management and generate 
access to targets. 
(F) What unique or training-intensive expertise is 
required for each of the work roles identified in subpara-
graph (E) and whether native talents to master unique 
and training-intensive work roles can be identified and 
how personnel with those talents can be developed, 
retained, and employed across the active and reserve 
components.
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(G) The appropriate pay scales, rotation or force 
management policies, career paths and progression, exper-
tise-based grading, talent management practices, and 
training for each of those work roles, given expected oper-
ational requirements. 
(H) Whether a single military service should be respon-
sible for basic, intermediate, and advanced training for 
the Cyber Mission Force. 
(I) The level of training required before an individual 
should be assigned, allocated, or apportioned to the United 
States Cyber Command. 
(J) Whether or how the duties of the Director of the 
National Security Agency and the duties of the Commander 
of United States Cyber Command, resting with a single 
individual, enable each respective organization, and 
whether technical directors and intelligence experts of the 
National Security Agency should serve rotations in the 
Cyber Mission Force. 
(K) How nonmilitary personnel, such as civilian govern-
ment employees, contracted experts, commercial partners, 
and domain or technology-specific experts in industry or 
the intelligence community can serve in, augment, or sup-
port Cyber Mission Force teams. 
(L) What work roles in the Cyberspace Operations 
Forces can only be filled by military personnel, which work 
roles can be filled by civilian employees or contractors, 
and which work roles should be filled partially or fully 
by civilians due to the need for longevity of service to 
achieve required skill levels or retention rates. 
(M) How specialized cyber experience, developed and 
maintained in the reserve component, can be more effec-
tively leveraged to support the Cyberspace Operations 
Forces through innovative force generation models. 
(N) Whether the Department of Defense should create 
a separate service to perform the functions and missions 
currently performed by Cyber Mission Force units gen-
erated by multiple military services. 
(O) Whether the Department of Defense is maximizing 
partnerships with industry and other nontraditional 
sources of expertise and capacity in the areas of critical 
infrastructure protection and information sharing. 
(P) Whether the Defense Readiness Reporting System 
of the Department of Defense is sufficient to capture Cyber 
Mission Force readiness metrics. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—The study required by paragraph 
(1) shall consider existing models for total force generation 
practices and programs, as well as nontraditional and creative 
alternatives. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the Principal 
Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense and the Com-
mander of the United States Cyber Command shall submit 
to the Secretary of Defense one or more recommendations, 
respectively, as to the future total force generation model for 
both the Cyber Mission Force and the Cyberspace Operations 
Forces.
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(2) MATTERS
ADDRESSED.—The recommendations under 
paragraph (1) shall address, at a minimum, each of the ele-
ments identified in subsection (a)(2). 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF A REVISED MODEL REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish a revised total force genera-
tion model for the Cyberspace Operations Forces. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—In establishing a revised total force genera-
tion model under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall explicitly 
determine the following: 
(A) Whether the Navy should no longer be responsible 
for developing and presenting forces to the United States 
Cyber Command as part of the Cyber Mission Force or 
Cyberspace Operations Forces, including recommendations 
for corresponding transfer of responsibilities and associated 
resources and personnel for the existing and future year 
programmed Cyberspace Operations Forces or Cyber Mis-
sion Force resources. 
(B) Whether a single military service should be respon-
sible for organizing, training, and equipping the Cyberspace 
Operations Forces, or if different services should be respon-
sible for different components of the Cyberspace Operations 
Forces. 
(C) Whether modification of United States Cyber Com-
mand enhanced budget control authorities are necessary 
to further improve total force generation for Cyberspace 
Operations Forces. 
(D) Implications of low service retention rates for crit-
ical roles within the Cyber Mission Force, and the mix 
of actions necessary to correct them, including multiple 
rotations in critical work roles, length of service commit-
ments, repeat tours within the Cyber Mission Force, reten-
tion incentives across the entire Cyberspace Operations 
Forces, and best practices for generating the future force. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
an implementation plan for effecting the revised total force genera-
tion model required under subsection (c). 
(e) PROGRESS BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once 
every 180 days thereafter until receipt of the plan required by 
subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide the congressional defense 
committees with a briefing on the progress made in carrying out 
this section. 
(f) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that subsections (a) through (c) are carried out with consideration 
to matters relating to the following: 
(1) The cybersecurity service providers, local defenders, 
and information technology personnel who own, operate, and 
defend the information networks of the Department of Defense. 
(2) Equipping the Cyberspace Operations Forces to include 
infrastructure management. 
(3) Providing intelligence support to the Cyberspace Oper-
ations Forces. 
(4) The resources, including billets, needed to account for 
any recommended changes.