{"id":30819,"date":"2020-09-04T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/04\/us-army-cyber-command-to-take-more-direct-role-in-offensive-influence-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:09:45","slug":"us-army-cyber-command-to-take-more-direct-role-in-offensive-influence-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2020\/09\/04\/us-army-cyber-command-to-take-more-direct-role-in-offensive-influence-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Cyber Command to take \u2018more direct role\u2019 in offensive, influence operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Army Cyber Command\u2019s new headquarters will allow the organization to take a sharper focus on its offensive and influence mission, its commander said Sept. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The command officially commemorated its move from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to Fort Gordon, Georgia, in a Sept. 3 ceremony, a move that has long been in the works. The ceremony celebrated the opening of the command\u2019s new building, called Fortitude Hall, a 336,000-square-foot facility that cost about $366 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility is co-located with the National Security Agency\u2019s Georgia post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber \u2014 the entity that plans, synchronizes and conducts operations for combatant commands to which they\u2019re assigned under U.S. Cyber Command \u2014 has been at Fort Gordon, co-located with NSA Georgia, conducting operations for years. But the new facility and headquarters boasts several new benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take a much more direct role in the attack or offense and influence portion of the mission,\u201d Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of Army Cyber Command, told reporters Sept. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is largely due to the fact that over the years, the Army has matured the \u201coperate and defend\u201d portion of its mission, pushing additional responsibilities and authorities to Network Command located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at the point now where they have picked up more of the operate and defend, and we\u2019re at a point where we\u2019re able to monitor that. They keep us informed as behavior [of the network] changes really [on a] minute-by-minute basis,\u201d Fogarty said. \u201cWhat that allows us to do is focus more on integrating all the elements of information operations, electronic warfare, and really very importantly all the commercial data and information that\u2019s available. That\u2019s really what comes with this move. It\u2019s not just a physical move, not just a nice new facility \u2026 it\u2019s very, very flexible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, Fortitude Hall facilitates a new Information Warfare Operations Center, which will provide an \u201cunprecedented,\u201d real-time ability to sense and understand the global information environment with connectivity to all Army service component commands, according to a 10-year vision described by Fogarty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new operations center will also integrate traditional forms of military intelligence with feeds and broadcasts of commercial sources, displaying and fusing vast arrays of information in different ways. Army Cyber Command has sought to take fuller advantage of commercial intelligence in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t