More money for the U.S. Air Force’s newest major command is still several years away, leaders of the provisional Cyber Command said at a Dec. 5 conference outside Washington. Meanwhile, the service is pulling the command together and defining its responsibilities.

The headquarters group that will eventually number 541 is now at only about 160 people, said Col. Anthony Buntyn, who has been selected as the vice commander of the provisional Cyber Command
while awaiting his first star.

“We’re currently now just focused on organizational aspects,” Buntyn said at the Northern Virginia chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Air Force information technology conference. “We have to figure out how we’re going to organize, train, equip, plan for the future.”

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