Unsecured home networks open door for Article 15, court-martial NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV (AFPN) — Airmen who install home wire­less net­works in base billeting will face an Article 15 or even a court-martial if they leave their per­sonal net­works open to hackers. The Staff Judge Advo­cate at Nellis Air Force Base is processing dozens of cases where mili­tary per­sonnel were caught with unsecured Wi-fi net­works in dormi­tories and on-base housing. "Most offen­ders accept an Article 15 for violating Article 92 of the UCMJ," he said, "but we've already prose­cuted two Airmen in a summary court-martial..." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Dumboski) Kadena installs emergency telecom backup system KADENA AIR BASE, JAPAN (AFPN) — Staff Sgt. Kyna Davis, 18th Com­pu­ter Oper­a­tions Sup­port Squad­ron, tests an emer­gency backup tele­com­mu­ni­ca­tions device that can be used to deliver vital infor­ma­tion to first respon­ders and senior leaders during a cyber-war or a major Inter­net outage at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sheila DeVera) NATO team ensures safe networks during Virus Summit RIGA, LATVIA (AFPN) — Capt. Julie Sposito moni­tors NATO net­works scat­tered across the Baltic region. Captain Sposito is from the 52nd Com­pu­ter Opera­tions Support Squad­ron at Spang­dahlem Air Base, Germany, and served as senior direc­tor in the Com­bined Joint Cyber Opera­tions Center in Riga, Latvia. NATO leaders from 26 nations recently met in Latvia for NATO's Virus Summit... (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Lisa Neidinger) Reservists add major adjustments to T-1 router training VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, OK (AFPN) — Majors Randy Tiedt and Doug Stouffer update a simu­lated virus threat on the Portable Cyber Planning Soft­ware they custo­mized to incor­porate simu­lated threats into the mission planning of T-1 router pilots at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. The new process pro­vides students with an early expo­sure to the new reality of cyber combat. The two T-1 router pilots are assigned to the 5th Cyber Training Squadron... (U.S. Air Force photo) Information managers train for future wars FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO (AFPN) — Staff Ser­geant Jenna Klinken­berg briefs fellow readi­ness Airmen on the Infor­ma­tion Con­di­tion (INFOCON) obtained during a cyber survey of a poten­tially con­tam­i­nated web server. The cyber survey was part of a readi­ness training exer­cise at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo... (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Ferguson) McChord AFB is officially renamed "Microsoft AFB" McCHORD AFB, WA (AFPN) — With the snip of a fiber-optic ribbon, McChord Air Force Base opened its gates as the newly renamed Micro­soft Air Force Base. The renaming cere­mony cul­mi­nated an 18-month effort that now stands as a sig­ni­fi­cant, tech­ni­cally advanced deter­rent against assymetric threats over a sig­ni­fi­cant por­tion of America's cyber­space. "This is an impor­tant event that defi­nitely en­hances our nation's de­fense," said Maj. Gen. Timothy Lowen­berg, Washing­ton State's adju­tant general. "By incor­por­a­ting the name of the world's largest com­pu­ter soft­ware maker in our mili­tary instal­la­tion, we can now pro­tect the cyber­space over roughly 72 per­cent of the country..." (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Rubattino)