"The US military mission is to protect the United States and its allies from attacks by adversaries and enemies around the world. Today, wide ranging attacks include cyberattacks on computer systems, increasing nuclear expansion by adversaries, and terrorist attacks on civilian people. To address these threats, the military has developed programs that specifically are devoted to intelligence, which is the collecting and analyzing of information about...

"The military's ultimate mission is to protect and defend the US, and, to do so, it needs to use the most advanced technology when dealing with potential threats from other nations. Gaining that position of strength requires the development, utilization, and maintenance of the needed technologies which results in a multitude of STEM careers in all military forces"--Provided by publisher.