{"id":32080,"date":"2018-12-11T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/11\/marines-looking-to-integrate-new-information-capabilities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:40:11","slug":"marines-looking-to-integrate-new-information-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/12\/11\/marines-looking-to-integrate-new-information-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines looking to integrate new information capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine Corps has famously claimed that every Marine is a rifleman, but the Corps has moved 1,000 personnel in the last two years to focus on cyber, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and information operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These moves have come at the cost of infantry, \u201ca pretty big cost to go pay for the Marine Corps,\u201d Kenneth Bible, deputy director of the C4 directorate and deputy chief information officer, said Dec. 6 at the Charleston Defense Contractors Association Defense Summit. “The commandant really had to go think about taking that out of the structure to create these [units] across the Marine Corps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the Marines are looking to integrate these new units \u2014 called Marine Expeditionary Force Information Groups, or MIGs \u2014 with traditional formations. The deputy commandant for information, a new three-star position created in 2017 to oversee all aspects of information-related warfare, is overseeing efforts to further develop the groups and integrate them into battle plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t