U.S. Naval Information Forces
{{Short description|Echelon III command of the U.S. Navy}}
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|image=NAVIFOR.jpg
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|dates= October 1, 2014-current
|country= United States of America
|branch= United States Navy
|type= Type Command
|commander1=VADM Michael Vernazza
|garrison= Suffolk, Virginia
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83636 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103083602/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83636 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |title=Navy Establishes Information Dominance Forces |publisher=U.S. Navy |access-date=2014-12-07}}
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
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| colspan=6|Commander, Navy Information Dominance Forces (COMNAVIDFOR)
{{Officeholder table | order = 1 | military_rank = Rear Admiral (lower half) | image = Rear Admiral Diane Webber (USN).jpg | officeholder = Diane E.H. Webber | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = October 1, 2014 | term_end = October 3, 2014 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1 October 2014|3 October 2014}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | military_rank = Rear Admiral | image = Matthew J. Kohler (2).jpg | officeholder = Matthew J. Kohler | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = October 3, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/143961/navy-information-dominance-forces-stand-up|title=Navy Information Dominance Forces stand up|date=1 October 2014|access-date=8 May 2021|author=Navy Cyber Forces|website=Dvidshub.net}} | term_end = February 9, 2016 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|3 October 2014|9 February 2016}} }} !colspan=6|Commander, Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR) {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | military_rank = Vice Admiral | image = Vice Adm. Matthew J. Kohler.jpg | officeholder = Matthew J. Kohler | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = February 9, 2016 | term_end = June 15, 2018 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|9 February 2016|15 June 2018}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | military_rank = Vice Admiral | image = Vice Adm. Brian B. Brown.jpg | officeholder = Brian B. Brown | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = June 15, 2018 | term_end = May 7, 2021 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|15 June 2018|7 May 2021}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | military_rank = Vice Admiral | image = VADM Kelly A. Aeschbach (2).jpg | officeholder = Kelly A. Aeschbach | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = May 7, 2021 | term_end = July 26, 2024 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|7 May 2021|26 July 2024}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | military_rank = Vice Admiral | image = VADM Michael J. Vernazza.jpg | officeholder = Michael J. Vernazza | officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = July 26, 2024 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|26 July 2024}} }} |
See also
- 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
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External links
- [https://www.navifor.usff.navy.mil/ Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)]
- [http://www.idcsync.org/about/navcyberfor NAVIDFOR on IDC Self Synchronization]
Category:Commands of the United States Navy
Category:Military units and formations established in 2014
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