{"id":21802,"date":"2023-01-31T21:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/31\/new-marine-information-command-aims-to-sync-up-data-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:10:43","slug":"new-marine-information-command-aims-to-sync-up-data-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/01\/31\/new-marine-information-command-aims-to-sync-up-data-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marine information command aims to sync up data operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine Corps on recently activated a two-star command that it hopes will better coordinate its information operations \u2014 a goal the Marine commandant laid out in his annual update to his plans for an ambitious overhaul of the Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. Ryan P. Heritage, already the commander of the Corps\u2019 cyberspace and space commands, will head the newly activated Marine Corps Information Command, according to a Corps news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. David Berger, Marine commandant, called for the establishment of the command in his May 2022 update to Force Design 2030<\/a>. Force Design 2030 is the far-reaching plan<\/a> to make the Marine Corps more nimble and less detectable, especially in a potential future conflict with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key part of the modernization effort is information, broadly defined, from cyber operations to space reconnaissance to signals intelligence, Berger wrote in his 2022 update.<\/p>\n\n\n\t