Although many may feel there's nothing earth-shaking about the creation of USCYBERCOM, it is still a significant step in acknowledging the networks as their own warfighting domain. It'll be interesting to see if history will consider this as significant as when the US Air Force was designated as a service separate from the US Army in 1947:
From defense.gov:
Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational CapabilityDepartment of Defense announced today that U.S. Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability (FOC). Achieving FOC involved U.S. Cyber Command completing a number of critical tasks to ensure it was capable of accomplishing its mission. U.S. Cyber Command is responsible for directing activities to operate and defend DoD networks.
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