U.S. Naval Information Forces
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 Kelly A. Aeschbach |
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 manned, capably equipped, always ready, well maintained and combat sustainable.[1] The current commander of NAVIFOR is Vice Admiral Kelly Aeschbach.
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. In June 2018 Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown took command of NAVIFOR.[2]
On May 7, 2021, Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown was relieved by Vice Admiral Kelly A. Aeschbach in a ceremony at a Department of Homeland Security complex in Suffolk, Virginia.[3]
List of commanders[]
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) | October 1, 2014 | October 3, 2014 | 2 days | |
2 | Rear Admiral | October 3, 2014[4] | February 9, 2016 | 1 year, 129 days | |
Commander, Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR) | |||||
2 | Vice Admiral | 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 | Incumbent | 238 days |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Navy Establishes Information Dominance Forces". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ "NAVIFOR Changes Name to Naval Information Forces". Official Website of the United States Navy. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Fisher, Jacquelynn (2021-05-07). "NAVIFOR Holds Change of Command". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ Navy Cyber Forces (1 October 2014). "Navy Information Dominance Forces stand up". Dvidshub.net. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
External links[]
- Commands of the United States Navy
- Military units and formations established in 2014