{"id":86144,"date":"2024-12-30T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/30\/navy-information-warfare-officers-can-now-take-command-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:26:02","slug":"navy-information-warfare-officers-can-now-take-command-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/12\/30\/navy-information-warfare-officers-can-now-take-command-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy information warfare officers can now take command at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information warfare experts are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/information-warfare\/2022\/10\/28\/us-navy-hunting-for-info-warfare-experts-aeschbach-tells-old-crows\/\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly in demand<\/a> across the U.S. Navy, and in a move made this month, they\u2019ll now be eligible for sea command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro amended service regulations to create more command opportunities for information warfare officers. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyhr.navy.mil\/Portals\/55\/Messages\/ALNAV\/ALN2024\/ALN24094.txt?ver=FRs4Dgr--DHkM35IF_daUw%3d%3d\" target=\"_blank\">released a message<\/a> about the change this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice Adm. Mike Vernazza, the commander of Naval Information Forces, <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2024\/12\/27\/navy-information-warfare-officers-now-eligible-for-sea-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">told DefenseScoop<\/a> the change represented a \u201cpivotal evolution in how the Navy views and employs IW<b> <\/b>capabilities across all domains of naval warfare\u201d and meant that personnel steeped in information warfare are eligible for \u201ccommand for sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/28\/us-navy-hunting-for-info-warfare-experts-aeschbach-tells-old-crows\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7421029.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Navy hunting for info warfare experts, Aeschbach tells Old Crows<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Information warfare combines data awareness and manipulation to gain an advantage \u2014 before, during and after battles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information warfare, or IW, is a fusion of offensive and defensive electronic capabilities and cyber operations. It combines data awareness and manipulation to gain an advantage, before, during and after battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years ago, the Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/show-reporter\/c4isrnet-conference\/2021\/04\/22\/navy-to-test-potential-for-information-warfare-cells-at-maritime-operations-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\">installed information warfare commanders in carrier strike groups <\/a>to supplement air warfare and surface warfare commanders. In 2022, the service also established the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPacificFleet\/status\/1542666814944989184\">Fleet Information Warfare Command Pacific<\/a>, which combats false narratives from malign actors in the information domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the information age has been net positive, it has also provided malign actors numerous new outlets and mediums to spread disinformation, propaganda and lies,\u201d Vernazza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpf.navy.mil\/Newsroom\/News\/Article\/3758149\/fleet-information-warfare-command-pacific-needs-the-warfighters-of-the-future-t\/\" target=\"_blank\">said at a conference earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur ability to influence is critical across the spectrum of conflict, competition and crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vernazza told DefenseScoop the new command opportunities for information warfare officers was a \u201cdirect 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