The White House has nominated a Delta Force officer to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cyber Command.  

The two organizations are some of the most important in the entire US Intelligence Community and military.  

On Monday, Congress announced the referral of Army Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd for nomination to an unspecified position. Then, on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth officially announced that Rudd had been tapped to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) as their dual-hatted commander.  

“I look forward to reviewing Lt. Gen. Rudd’s nomination and evaluating his qualifications to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command at a moment of unprecedented cyber and national security threats,” Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the DefenseScoop news outlet on Wednesday. 

Rudd served in and subsequently commanded the Army’s elite Delta Force special missions unit. He saw combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. The........

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