The Joint Functional Component Command – Network Warfare (JFCC-NW) at

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, Maryland was a subordinate component command of

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(USSTRATCOM) active from 2005 to 2010. It was responsible for coordinating offensive computer network operations for the

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(DoD). JFCC-NW was created in 2005. It was merged into

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in October 2010. The Commander, JFCC-NW (currently Admiral Michael S. Rogers) is dual-hatted as the Director,

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.Caton, J. L.
''Army Support of Military Cyberspace Operations: Joint Contexts and Global Escalation Implications''
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, 2015). This coordinated approach to information operations involves two other supporting commands. The Director,

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also heads the

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. This organization is responsible for operating and defending U.S. worldwide information networks, a function closely aligned with the efforts of JFCC-NW.

Mission

JFCC-NW facilitates/facilitated cooperative engagement with other national entities in computer network defense and offensive

information warfare Information warfare (IW) (as different from cyber warfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems) is a concept involving the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of ...

as part of the global

information operations Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13, "IO are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network ...

mission. The command was responsible for the highly classified, evolving mission of Computer Network Attack (CNA).

References

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Mission

See also

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