U.S. Naval Information Forces

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. [2] The commander of NAVIFOR is Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown.[1]

Naval Information Forces Command
ActiveOctober 1, 2014-current
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy
TypeType Command
Garrison/HQSuffolk, Virginia
Commanders
Current
commander		Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown [1]

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. [3]

See also

References
  1. "Rear Adm. Matthew J. Kohler - Commander, Naval Information Forces". United States Navy. June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Navy Establishes Information Dominance Forces". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  3. "NAVIFOR Changes Name to Naval Information Forces". Official Website of the United States Navy. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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