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..looked somehow like that badge.
US netwar-force Cyber Wings badge unveiled
The US Air Force - perhaps the keenest of America's armed forces to get stuck into network warfare - has unveiled the cyber "wings" which will be worn on the chests of its digital warriors. The US Air Force Cyberspace Badge. Credit: USAF Cyber wings upon their chests/These are men**, our geekiest The new "Cyberspace Badge …
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Tuesday 4th May 2010 13:06 GMT KjetilS
One year experience..
"Alternatively any officer who has done the X-course and has "at least one year of cyberspace experience" since 2006 can badge up too."
I guess that means anyone who has heard about the intarweb and is capable of finding the blue 'E' on the desktop (while using a "cheat sheet" ofcourse).
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Tuesday 4th May 2010 13:43 GMT Eddy Ito
Huh?
"Apparently this symbolises "the projection of cyber power world-wide", "the space dimension of the cyberspace domain" and "striking power through air, space and cyberspace"."
cyber power? space dimension of cyberspace? Me thinks someone has been digging too deep for meaning in the hole of their morning doughnut. Besides, they left out the cyber and borg dimensions of cyberspace. Perhaps they could send enough striking power through cyberspace that would overwhelm the surge protector on the other end.
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Tuesday 4th May 2010 14:44 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Basic Training
As this is for officers only (enlisted will have a qualification badge, not "wings", as only OFFICERS are allowed to do the "nifty" jobs...), their basic training occurs during college (ROTC) mostly, so they will get 4 - 8 years (with post grad degree) to airman up.
Those poor souls that went from enlisted through OCS (Officer Candidate School) to become officers are usually the ones that get things done... so they will be too busy (doing real jobs) to get the required "experience".
Here's a beer to hoping for someone with a brain and notion of what they are doing gets in there! Perhaps, as its a "distance learning" course... For the "regular" officers, most of college would be spent with this sublime beverage anyways... :)
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 10:35 GMT Walking Turtle
Likely bare and looted...
Per recent reportage by the intrepid and ever-impeccable C. Story FRSA.
Ref: http://www.worldreports.org/news report re 'Endemic Corruption in Brussels and Halliburton'... About halfway down the updated page. Apparently that cupboard was looted-out and sold-off by Halliburton et al per Cheney/Tenet Complicity/Directive. Typical porcine corporate/corpulent ham-fist greedy-guts oh nemmind; you of all the people I love for the way they win sure done gottit already for the longest time.
I for one am very unhappy about this turn of USAmerican events, hereby civilly and publicly expressing my extreme discontent with regard to the matter. Clearly the Balance of Power ain't 'zackly wot th' USAToday/NYTimes clique might have us all believe it is. (Go figger.)
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 09:49 GMT Dave Bell
Maybe they can't afford airplanes any more?
I've seen far worse examples of design, but I think you've hit on the big problem.
It wouldn't astonish me if the RAF has a few guys around who could dig out their "Elite" badge.
Heck, this guy has made his own.
http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/elitebadge.html
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 09:32 GMT Robert Heffernan
No School like the Old School
That badge is so awesome in a retro, old school sci-fi way, and the shiny chrome really looks the part, all it needs to do is work in a little gold into the existing design and they are on a winner.
I hear the alternate competing design was a diorama of an emo script kiddy sitting in an internet cafe h4x0ring passwords to goth porn sites
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 15:43 GMT Walking Turtle
Actually...
.,,no.
It appears that the Powers That Be all had Foster Parents with Negative Taste in Design and Art to Begin With. But now these Nominal Adult Role Models are all dead. So who is now left on Earth to mentor these Lost Boys' Souls into Tasteful Decorum and Peaceable Ways?
Not the Sensible Enlisteds, let alone the Civilians of the Populace, one dares say.
Worse yet, those Elite Orficers tend to pack automatic sidearms... This bit of Bad Taste shall doubtless be Physically Enforced to the Ultimate Max if ever challenged/ridiculed on-base.
20-Question Cleckley-Hare Personality Inventory on them l33t MIL-spec W3b-kruezin dudez, anybody? (Do not be surprised at the results.)
Not even the Warlike Iroquois... The Apache are ROFLaughing their moccasins off... Epic Concept+Design Fail.
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 13:01 GMT The Fuzzy Wotnot
FFS, Lord help us!
"Alternatively any officer who has done the X-course and has "at least one year of cyberspace experience" since 2006 can badge up too."
Was this written by an adult or an 8 year-old writing a essay project in English classes? Of course add to that the 8 year-old's mate designing the badges and uniforms and it's a project any junior school teacher would be proud to have coaxed from their charges!
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