beSpacific: Navy Establishes U.S. Fleet Cyber Command at Fort Meade, MD

January 29, 2010

Navy Establishes U.S. Fleet Cyber Command at Fort Meade, MD

OPNAV NOTICE 5400, January 11, 2010: "Action will establish U. S. Fleet Cyber Command as an echelon II command to serve as the Navy Component Commander to United States Cyber Command upon its establishment. Interim reporting will be to United States Strategic Command. Command will provide for operational employment of the Navy's cyber, network operations, information operations, cryptologic and space forces, and serve as the Navy's Service Cryptologic Component Commander to the National Security Agency. U.S. Tenth Fleet. will be re-commissioned to control operations supporting U. S. Fleet Cyber Command.

Mission: To direct Navy cyberspace operations globally to deter and defeat aqgression and to ensure freedom of action achieve military objectives in and through cyberspace; to organize and direct Navy cryptologic operations worldwide and support information operations (IO) and space planning and operations, as directed; to execute cyber missions as directed by USCYBERCOM; to direct, operate, maintain, secure and defend the Navy's portion of the Global Information Grid (GIG); to deliver integrated cyber, 10, cryptologic and space capabilities; to deliver global Navy cyber network common operational picture; and to develop, coordinate and assess Navy cyber operational requirements."

Permanent Link Topic(s): Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security, Privacy


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