"This action sets back our Cyber and Signals Intelligence operations," said House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Chair Don Bacon, R-Neb. Such an ouster which comes after the firings of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti was also regarded by Senate Armed Services Committee top Democrat Jack Reed of Rhode Island to be a "priceless gift" to the U.S.'s nation-state adversaries China, Rusia, Iran, and North Korea. "In addition to the other military leaders and national security officials Trump has fired, he is sending a chilling message throughout the ranks: don't give your best military advice, or you may face consequences. The President must immediately explain himself to the American people," said Reed.
The PACTS framework replaces the previous 2020 arrangement and is structured around five pillars: supply chain resilience, critical technologies, cybersecurity, digital resilience, and defense research.
The Central Regional Security Operations Center, operating from Glendale Community College and Paradise Valley Community College, functions as a student-run cyber defense hub.
The attack, which occurred in December 2025, targeted Poland's power grid with the intent to disrupt communication between renewable energy hardware and power distribution operators.
