The Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) is an Echelon III command under US Fleet Forces Command, (USFLTFORCOM). It is the Type Command (TYCOM) for meteorology and oceanography, cryptology/SIGINT, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations, intelligence, networks, and space disciplines. Like other TYCOMs, this is the manpower, training, modernization, and maintenance component for these disciplines. NAVIFOR's mission is to support operational commanders ashore and afloat by providing combat-ready information warfare forces, which are forward deployable, fully trained, properly crewed, capably equipped, always ready, well maintained and combat sustainable.[1]
| Naval Information Forces Command | |
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| Active | October 1, 2014-current |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Type | Type Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Suffolk, Virginia |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | VADM Michael Vernazza |
On February 9, 2016, the command was renamed from Navy Information Dominance Forces (NAVIDFOR) to Naval Information Forces as part of the alignment of the Information Dominance Corps under its new name, the Information Warfare Community.
List of commanders
edit| No. | Commander | Term | |||
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| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
| Commander, Navy Information Dominance Forces (COMNAVIDFOR) | |||||
| 1 | Rear Admiral (lower half) Diane E.H. Webber | October 1, 2014 | October 3, 2014 | 2 days | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral Matthew J. Kohler | October 3, 2014[2] | February 9, 2016 | 1 year, 129 days | |
| Commander, Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR) | |||||
| 2 | Vice Admiral Matthew J. Kohler | February 9, 2016 | June 15, 2018 | 2 years, 126 days | |
| 3 | Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown | June 15, 2018 | May 7, 2021 | 2 years, 326 days | |
| 4 | Vice Admiral Kelly A. Aeschbach | May 7, 2021 | July 26, 2024 | 3 years, 80 days | |
| 5 | Vice Admiral Michael J. Vernazza | July 26, 2024 | Incumbent | 146 days | |
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See also
edit- Fleet Cyber Command/Tenth Fleet
- U.S. Cyber Command
- U.S. Navy Cyber Forces – former type command, established in January 2010 and absorbed into NAVIFOR on 1 October 2014
- Information Warfare Community (formerly Information Dominance Corps) – advisory corps of the United States Navy
- Navy Information Operations Command, Hawaii – administrative subordinate command of NAVIFOR
- Naval Security Group – formerly tasked with intelligence gathering and denial of intelligence to adversaries
References
edit- ^ "Navy Establishes Information Dominance Forces". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ Navy Cyber Forces (1 October 2014). "Navy Information Dominance Forces stand up". Dvidshub.net. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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