{"id":49685,"date":"2023-02-14T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/14\/sailors-soldiers-need-skills-to-fight-propaganda-navys-cleary-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:38:31","slug":"sailors-soldiers-need-skills-to-fight-propaganda-navys-cleary-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2023\/02\/14\/sailors-soldiers-need-skills-to-fight-propaganda-navys-cleary-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailors, soldiers need skills to fight propaganda, Navy\u2019s Cleary says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 Members of the U.S. military must beef up their media literacy skills as propaganda proliferates and sources of dubious information explode at home and abroad, according to the Navy\u2019s principal cyber adviser, Chris Cleary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy in October published its so-called Cyberspace Superiority Vision, which highlights the values the service is using to shape its future cyber investments and improve its virtual posture, including through what Cleary previously described as the ability to \u201cfight hurt.\u201d Months prior, the Marine Corps unveiled its philosophies and frameworks for the information environment, known as Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is something to be said about being resilient to information operations. How resilient are we to messaging that we might believe is false?\u201d Cleary told reporters Feb. 14, on the sidelines of the West 2023 conference in San Diego. \u201cIt\u2019s not just sailors, you know. It\u2019s everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Determining fact from fiction, misleading from straightforward, is critical as world powers such as China and Russia<\/a> wage influence campaigns that are for the public but a keystroke, touch screen or app installation away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a good Clausewitz line that says: War is the application of force to compel my adversary to do my will. Well, then, the question today is: What is force? And what does it take to compel an adversary to win?\u201d Cleary said. \u201cIf I can just change your mental calculus on what you want to do, well, I win. My end state is achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t