{"id":16638,"date":"2020-10-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/12\/us-marines-pivot-approach-to-information-warfare-at-commandants-command\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:02:40","slug":"us-marines-pivot-approach-to-information-warfare-at-commandants-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/information-warfare\/2020\/10\/12\/us-marines-pivot-approach-to-information-warfare-at-commandants-command\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marines pivot approach to information warfare at commandant\u2019s direction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Three years after their formation, the U.S. Marine Corps’ tactical information warfare forces are at an inflection point, as they make changes to how they operate per directions from the commandant, according to a top official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine expeditionary force information groups, or MIG, were created in 2017 as a means of modernizing the Corps and keeping pace with adversaries who exploit the information environment via cyberattacks, propaganda and electronic warfare. the MIGs includes tactical cyber operators to conduct defensive cyber operations, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and other information-related capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As each of the military services reorganize under a banner that\u2019s loosely referred to as information warfare, the Corps’ version is dubbed \u201coperations in the information environment,\u201d purposefully eschewing the term \u201cinformation warfare<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the past three years we have learned a lot about conducting operations in the information environment through the implementation of the MIGs. As part of the overall Marine Corps Force Design efforts, we are turning our lessons learned into process improvements at the MIG level and continuing to refine our capability requirements at the MIG and tactical level,\u201d Jennifer Edgin, assistant deputy commandant for information, told C4ISRNET. \u201cThe improvements are based on ensuring survivability and lethality of our expeditionary forces and ensuring that every Marine has access to information when they need it, how they need it, on demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commandant of the Marine Corps has directed a force design update and required the service to not only slim down \u2014 meaning there will be cuts in units as well as fleets of large platforms such as tanks \u2014 but also to better integrate with the Navy by acting as an expeditionary extension of the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t