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The Solarium Project was an American grand strategy development effort commissioned by President Eisenhower in 1953, which had wide ranging policy results.

Name
The project was named after the White House Sunroom or Solarium, which is where the project was conceived and partially conducted in. The project is also referred to as Operation Solarium.

Participants
Three competing teams of ten experts from a wide range of backgrounds were headed by three strategists. Team A was led by George F. Kennan, author of The Long Telegram. Team B was led by Paul H. Nitze, author of NSC 68. Team C was led by Andrew J. Goodpaster, Staff Secretary to the President, a position akin to today's National Security Adviser.

Impact
The project directly resulted in the publishing of NSC 162/2 and acceptance of Containment as the American approach to the Cold War. The Solarium Project, as a deliberate and intellectually honest approach to deciding the fate of the United States, holds a legendary status in the history of American policy development. Today, a growing number of groups have called for a New Solarium Project for the 21st century. Such groups include the Eisenhower Institute, the New America Foundation,, the authors of A National Strategic Narrative, and others

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The Military Cyber Professionals Association (or MCPA) is a nonprofit professional association focused on the development of the American military cyber profession. It was established in Monterey, California in October 2012 by personnel associated with the Naval Postgraduate School.

Goals and Approach
The stated goals of the MCPA include supporting the development of the relatively new military cyber profession in ways similar to the associations aligned to well established military professions. Examples of other such associations include the Signal Corps Regimental Association, the Surface Navy Association, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, and the Air Force Missileers Association. Within the American military, the MCPA is joint and interdisciplinary. . Although focused on developing the American military cyber profession, the MCPA also has ties to academia, the private sector, and allies.

Logo Symbolism
The MCPA logo has four main components. The key represents security and intelligence. It is similar in appearance to the key on the NSA seal. The lightning bolt represents the communications or information technology field. The broad sword represents the military and is central to the logo to emphasize the military focus of the MCPA. The cloud represents the Internet and Cyberspace in general. The key, lightning bolt, and sword come together in and through the cloud, representing a holistic approach to Cyber.