Philippines seeks coders, hackers for military – will it be ‘a career killer’?

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The Philippines is recruiting coders, hackers, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists to join the military to address evolving battlefield challenges related to software, networks, and AI. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr is expanding this initiative to allow civilian professionals to join as commissioned officers.

The Philippines is targeting to recruit more coders, engineers and cybersecurity specialists into the military, as Manila confronts a battlefield increasingly shaped by software, networks and artificial intelligence. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr on Saturday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to expand a programme that allows civilian professionals with specialised skills, such as scientists, engineers, doctors and lawyers, to join the military as commissioned...