UNCLASSIFIED Foreword "The reemergence of long-term strategic competition, rapid dispersion of technologies, and new concepts of warfare and competition that span the entire spectrum of conflict require a Joint Force structured to match this reality. To succeed in the emerging security environment, our Department and Joint Force will have to out-think, out-maneuver, out-partner, and out-innovate revisionist powers, rogue regimes, terrorists, and other threat actors. To support these missions, the Joint Force must gain and maintain information superiority ... " 2018 National Defense Strategy "Cloud devices employed by warfighters at the tactical edge ... ... will ensure warfighters are retaining data, feeding it back into models, and fighting with the most recent algorithms. Doing this in a secure environment will be a force multiplier and directly support the primary goal of the cloud environment: information superiority. " 2018 DoD Cloud Strategy The Department of Defense (DoD) Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Cloud Strategy establishes the vision and goals for enabling a dominant all-domain advantage through cloud innovation at the tactical edge. It identifies areas requiring modernization to realize the potential of cloud computing in direct support of the warfighter, specifically: security, redundancy, reliability, and availability. It focuses on extending Continental United States (CONUS) cloud computing to the globally deployed elements of the Department to include the African, European, Indo-Pacific, Middle Eastern, and South American Theaters to the tactical edge. The outcomes of the strategy align with and further the priorities of the National Defense Strategy and DoD Digital Modernization Strategy. DoD is committed to providing cloud computing to the warfighter at the tactical edge. These resources are fundamental to enabling a Joint Force capable of quickly and decisively mobilizing air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace capabilities in response to adversaries threatening United States (U.S.) and Allied National Security priorities and objectives. Acting, Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense 11