Naval Network Warfare Command
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Intelligence
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, networks and space unit. NETWARCOM is charged with operating a secure naval network that enables information operations. As the Navy's cyber warfare force, it is the Navy's central authority for the delivery of cyber forces and capabilities to warfighters and is the commander of the Navy's service cryptologic element (SCE).
History
NETWARCOM was authorized by the Secretary of the Navy in March 2002. It was planned to begin in June 2002 but actually started 11 July 2002. The creation followed a two-year review.NETWARCOM was constituted by setting up a command organization and combining several commands:
- Naval Network and Space Operations Command (NNSOC) in Dahlgren, VirginiaDahlgren, VirginiaDahlgren is a census-designated place in King George County, Virginia, United States. The population was 997 at the 2000 census. The community is located within the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace American Viticultural Area winemaking appellation established by the United States...
(NNSOC was formerly Naval Space Command and the Naval Network Operations Command.) - Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC) (now Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Norfolk) in Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk, VirginiaNorfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
- Naval Security GroupNaval Security GroupThe Naval Security Group was an organization within the United States Navy, tasked with intelligence gathering and denial of intelligence to adversaries. A large part of this is Signals Intelligence gathering, Cryptology and Information Assurance...
- Navy Component Task Force Computer Network Defense (NCTF CND) in Washington, D.C.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) reports to NETWARCOM for fleet support.
The headquarters is at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Virginia.
A magazine called InfoDomain is produced quarterly by NETWARCOM.
See also
- United States Cyber CommandUnited States Cyber CommandUnited States Cyber Command is an armed forces sub-unified command subordinate to United States Strategic Command. The command is located in Fort Meade, Maryland and led by General Keith B. Alexander. USCYBERCOM centralizes command of cyberspace operations, organizes existing cyber resources and...
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications CommandNaval Computer and Telecommunications CommandNaval Computer and Telecommunications Command was located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Nebraska Avenue within Naval Security Station in Washington DC.-See also:*Naval Network Warfare Command...
- Information warfareInformation warfareThe term Information Warfare is primarily an American concept involving the use and management of information technology in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent...