Summary
Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) is an Echelon III command under US Fleet Forces Command, (USFLTFORCOM). It is the Type Command (TYCOM) for meteorology and oceanography, cryptology/SIGINT, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations, intelligence, networks, and space disciplines. Like other TYCOMs, this is the manpower, training, modernization, and maintenance component for these disciplines. NAVIFOR's mission is to support operational commanders ashore and afloat by providing combat-ready information warfare forces, which are forward deployable, fully trained, properly crewed, capably equipped, always ready, well maintained and combat sustainable.[1] The current commander of NAVIFOR is Vice Admiral Kelly Aeschbach.
| Naval Information Forces Command | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | October 1, 2014-current |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Type | Type Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Suffolk, Virginia |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | VADM Kelly A. Aeschbach |
On February 9, 2016, the command was renamed from Navy Information Dominance Forces (NAVIDFOR) to Naval Information Forces as part of the alignment of the Information Dominance Corps under its new name, the Information Warfare Community. In June 2018 Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown took command of NAVIFOR.[2]
On May 7, 2021, Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown was relieved by Vice Admiral Kelly A. Aeschbach in a ceremony at a Department of Homeland Security complex in Suffolk, Virginia.[3]
List of commandersEdit
| No. | Commander | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | |
| Commander, Navy Information Dominance Forces (COMNAVIDFOR) | |||||
| 1 | Rear Admiral (lower half) Diane E.H. Webber | October 1, 2014 | October 3, 2014 | 2 days | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral Matthew J. Kohler | October 3, 2014[4] | February 9, 2016 | 1 year, 129 days | |
| Commander, Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR) | |||||
| 2 | Vice Admiral Matthew J. Kohler | February 9, 2016 | June 15, 2018 | 2 years, 126 days | |
| 3 | Vice Admiral Brian B. Brown | June 15, 2018 | May 7, 2021 | 2 years, 326 days | |
| 4 | Vice Admiral Kelly A. Aeschbach | May 7, 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 12 days | |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Navy Establishes Information Dominance Forces". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ "NAVIFOR Changes Name to Naval Information Forces". Official Website of the United States Navy. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Fisher, Jacquelynn (2021-05-07). "NAVIFOR Holds Change of Command". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ Navy Cyber Forces (1 October 2014). "Navy Information Dominance Forces stand up". Dvidshub.net. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
External linksEdit
- Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)
- NAVIDFOR on IDC Self Synchronization