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2010: U.S. Cyber Command at Ft. Meade

Saturday, October 31, 2026

31 October 2010: The U.S. Cyber Command attained full operational capability at Ft. Meade, Maryland.

U.S. Cyber Command's Mission: USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.

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