Pentagon Is Losing Its Cyber Warriors To The Private Sector

Military.com: Troops Are Getting Cyber Training and Then Rapidly Leaving the Military, Report Finds 

The military has been competing with the private sector to recruit and retain a workforce with critical cyber skills -- a decade-long contest where pay, purpose and personnel management have driven the flow of talent, and the services appear to be losing, according to a government watchdog report. 

Troops who receive extensive cyber training, lured by the lucrative private sector, are parting ways with the military services quicker than some branches can offset the cost of that training. 

The Pentagon's efforts have been hamstrung by unclear service obligations and mistracked staffing data in some branches, according to a report from Congress' Government Accountability Office that was released Wednesday.  

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WNU Editor: Losing personnel to the private sector is nothing new. The US Air Force loses its pilots to the private sector. So now the Pentagon will lose its IT/cyber/software personnel to the private sector that provides more money and better benefits.