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Mark Pomerleau

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Senior reporter @BreakingDefense covering information warfare. Green Bay Packers. Award losing journalist. mark.pomerleau@protonmail.com Signal: mark_pomerleau.24

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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trump’s new national cyber strategy seems to officially acknowledge cyber capabilities used in Midnight Hammer and Venezuela:
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Pentagon formalizes conventional forces’ role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? breakingdefense.com/2025/11/pent...
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Pentagon formalizes conventional forces' role in irregular warfare, but will it stick? - Breaking Defense
“When I look at irregular warfare and its utility, for it to be effective ... it had to be much bigger than just a special operations activity," CSIS's Seth Jones told Breaking Defense.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
How the ‘heartbreaking’ lack of a confirmed leader is impacting CYBERCOM and NSA breakingdefense.com/2025/11/how-...
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How the 'heartbreaking' lack of a confirmed leader is impacting CYBERCOM and NSA - Breaking Defense
"It's indefensible and it shows just a total disregard by the administration and the secretary of defense for this mission area,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-NE, told Breaking Defense.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Congress pushing Joint Task Force-Cyber, shaking up how DOD employs digital capabilities defensescoop.com/2025/07/24/n...
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Congress pushing Joint Task Force-Cyber, shaking up how DOD employs digital capabilities
Similar provisions in House and Senate versions of NDAA legislation are asking for assessments that could alter how cyber capabilities are employed within geographic combatant commands.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee released an executive summary of this year’s NDAA. Two interesting cyber-related provisions: defensescoop.com/2025/07/11/s... defensescoop.com/2025/07/11/s...
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Some interesting insights from Rep. Don Bacon, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee that oversees CYBERCOM, on the command’s growth and progress (which critically also depends on the services). Source: federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurit...
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Army’s new budget proposal invests in electromagnetic force protection capabilities defensescoop.com/2025/07/01/a...
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Army's new budget proposal invests in electromagnetic force protection capabilities
As the Army continues its long journey to modernize and rebuild its electronic warfare arsenal, the FY26 budget request aims to invest in a raft of capabilities to protect from enemy jamming and enabl...
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Cyber Command significantly increases funding request for defense in Indo-Pacific region defensescoop.com/2025/07/01/c...
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Cyber Command significantly increases funding request for defense in Indo-Pacific region
Cyber Command has requested significantly more funds to support cyber defense in the Pacific region and the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
With Bacon's statement out this morning, worth noting that he is/was one of the only fierce voices in Congress to restore DOD's electronic warfare prowess after divestment. These invisible capabilities are increasingly important in future conflict
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
If this is true, that’s now a few top tech and cyber leaders on the house side to leave their posts in recent years. That includes Langevin who left in 2023, Gallagher in 2024, and now Bacon, all chaired the House Armed Services Subcommittee that focuses on cyber www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Key GOP centrist Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection
He's expected to announce Monday that he'll retire at the end of his term.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Are DOD’s rules of engagement in cyberspace too limited? defensescoop.com/2025/06/27/d...
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Are DOD's rules of engagement in cyberspace too limited?
"I believe our own rules of engagement are holding us back" in cyberspace, Rep. Don Bacon said.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Cyber Command supports strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but officials keep details under wraps defensescoop.com/2025/06/23/c...
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Cyber Command supports strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, but officials keep details under wraps
With limited details provided, experts outlined potential ways Cyber Command could have supported the U.S. strikes that targeted Iran's nuclear infrastructure June 21, after defense officials acknowle...
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McCrary Institute @mccrarycyber.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
You don’t deter cyber. You deter actors. What deters China won’t deter Russia, Iran, or ransomware gangs. In this clip, @markapomerleau.bsky.social joins Frank Cilluffo on Cyber Focus to unpack why deterrence still falls short—and what might change that. #Cybersecurity #CyberDeterrence #NatSec
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Of note, with these nominations, the Army no longer holds any CCMD commander positions (with the exception of acting commander of CYBERCOM with no name been put forth yet to replace fired Air Force Gen. Haugh). USMC similarly no longer has CCMD commanders defensescoop.com/2025/06/05/t...
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Trump picks new combatant commanders
President Donald Trump is rolling out nominations this week to promote several officers to four-star rank and give them leadership of combatant commands, including U.S. European Command, Central Comma...
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook defensescoop.com/2025/05/20/c...
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DOD leadership asks for Cybercom 2.0 relook
After the implementation team delivered its report detailing how Cyber Command aims to modernize, DOD leadership asked the command for a redo.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA defensescoop.com/2025/05/16/m...
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Members of Congress vow not to split Cyber Command, NSA
Members of the House voiced bipartisan support to keep the dual-hat arrangement between NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, warning the Trump administration not to split them.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Senators press DOD cyber policy nominee to push for deterrence doctrine defensescoop.com/2025/05/06/s...
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Senators press DOD cyber policy nominee to push for deterrence doctrine
Lawmakers are pushing the Pentagon to develop a more proactive deterrence policy in the face of increasing adversary activity.
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Mark Pomerleau @markapomerleau.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
House and Senate Armed Services Committees reconciliation package released last night for an added $150 billion in defense priorities includes $1 billion for offensive cyber operations in Indo-Pacific Command
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