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Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ120644022 ↗
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Commander of Cyber & Specialist Operations Command is a high-ranking position in the British Armed Forces, usually held by a four-star officer. The commander is the head of Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, which manages allocated joint capabilities from the three armed services.

Responsibilities

Cyber & Specialist Operations Command develops and coordinates joint capabilities for UK Defence, such as medical services, intelligence, support and logistics, digital and communication systems, cyber, special forces, training and education, and UK overseas bases. It also manages overseas military operations through the Permanent Joint Headquarters.

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This entry incorporates text from “Commander Cyber & Specialist Operations Command” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.