U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
cyber warfare command of United States Navy
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FLTCYBER) is an operating force of the United States Navy responsible for the Navy's information network operations, offensive and defensive cyber operations, space operations and signals intelligence. It was created in January 2010 "to deter and defeat aggression and to ensure freedom of action to achieve military objectives in and through cyberspace". The U.S. Tenth Fleet (C10F) was simultaneously reactivated as its force provider. Since it was founded, the command has grown into an operational force composed of more than 16,000 active and reserve sailors and civilians organized into 27 active commands, 40 Cyber Mission Force units, and 27 reserve commands around the world.
Organization
FLTCYBER serves as the Navy's Service Cyber Component (SCC) to United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the Navy's Service Cryptologic Component to the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. FLTCYBER also reports directly to the chief of naval operations as an Echelon II command and is responsible for Navy information network operations, offensive and defensive cyberspace operations, space operations and signals intelligence.
Headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, FLTCYBER exercises operational control of globally-deployed Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) through a task force structure aligned to C10F. FLTCYBER is also designated as the JFHQ-C element supporting U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) for the development, oversight, planning and execution of full spectrum cyber operations aligned with other traditional warfighting lines of operation.
History
FLTCYBER's roots are in the namesake of its force provider, C10F, which was organized in 1943 to coordinate the allied response to the German U-boat threat and ensure access to the shipping lanes of the Atlantic.
Today, FLTCYBER and the modern U.S. Tenth Fleet ensure the Navy and the Nation have access to systems in the cyber domain.
The creation of USCYBERCOM and FLTCYBER
Department of Defense cyber operations came together under a single organization on 1 October 2000, when United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) formally took control of the Department of Defense computer network attack activities from the Joint Staff.
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