Naval Network Warfare Command

NAVAL NETWORK

WARFARE COMMAND

(NETWARCOM)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians conduct a decompression stop during exercise Eager Lion 2017. The annual US Central Command exercise in Jordan designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships between the US, Jordan and other international partners. This year’s iteration will respond to scenarios involving border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Austin L. Simmons.

Mission

Execute tactical-level command and control to direct, operate, maintain and secure Navy communications and network systems for Department of Defense Information Networks; leverage Joint Space capabilities for Navy and Joint Operations.

Vision

We will assure delivery of Navy communications and network systems Department of Defense Information Networks - Navy (DODIN-N) capability to Naval Forces globally, and provide seamless, interoperable communication services that are operationally responsive, agile and tailored to meet warfighting needs.

Our History

In 2002, some twenty-three organizations from several commands, including the former Naval Space Command, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command, Fleet Information Warfare Center, and Navy Component Task Force - Computer Network Defense were brought together to form Naval Network Warfare Command, emphasizing the organization’s focus on the operation and defense of the Navy’s networks.

In 2005, with the alignment of Naval Security Group, NETWARCOM brought the former Naval Security Group Activities (NSGAs) under its umbrella and the mission of the command fundamentally changed, making it the Navy’s lead for Information Operations, as well as Networks and Space. The assumption, alignment and integration of Fleet Intelligence Type Commander duties, responsibilities and functions at NETWARCOM in 2008 began a measured and evolutionary process to improve integrated Fleet Intelligence and ISR readiness. This alignment provided a single Fleet champion for ISR and positions Fleet Intelligence for better and timelier support to fleet operations.

In 2009, the Secretary of Defense directed the establishment of US Cyber Command and the establishment of supporting commands to US Cyber Command by each of the services. The chief of naval operations (CNO) officially established US Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) and recommissioned US 10th Fleet on 29 January 2009 in response to this direction.

With the establishment of US Fleet Cyber Command / US 10th Fleet, Naval Network Warfare Command was reorganized and its mission revised to operate and defend the Navy’s portion of the Global Information Grid and to deliver reliable, secure Net-centric and Space warfighting capabilities in support of strategic, operational and tactical missions across the Navy.

US Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) Since its establishment on 29 January 2010, US Fleet Cyber Command (FCC)/U.S. TENTH Fleet (C10F) has grown into an operational force comprised of more than 16,000 Active and Reserve sailors and civilians organized into twenty-five active commands and thirty-two reserve commands around the globe. US Fleet Cyber Command reports directly to the Chief of Naval Operations as an Echelon II command and is responsible for Navy Networks, Cryptology, Signals Intelligence, Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, Cyber, and Space. As such, US Fleet Cyber Command serves as the Navy component command to US Cyber Command, the Navy space component to US Strategic Command, and the Navy’s Service Cryptologic Component Commander under the National Security Agency/Central Security Service.

TENTH Fleet is the operational arm of Fleet Cyber Command and executes its mission through a task force structure similar to other warfare commanders. In this role, TENTH Fleet provides operational direction through the command’s Maritime Operations Center located at Fort George Meade, Maryland.

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT).

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT) was established to combine the raditionally separate responsibilities of message traffic handling and data information management. Today, this combination of communications and computer technologies is key to ensuring the warfighter has access to the right information at the right time. g

Sailors assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT) line up by the No. 88 Navy Monte Carlo prior to the start of the Nicorette 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Driver Brad Keselowski finished 6th in the race. US Navy photo by LTJG Andrea Ross.

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific

Today’s Mission

With a force of approximately to 760 Personnel including (450 Military, 184 Civilians, and 126 contractors) NCTAMS PAC’s mission is to:

Provide vital Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) Warfighting services for afloat/ashore Naval, Joint, Agency, and Coalition Forces in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas of operation.

Operate, maintain, secure, and defend the Navy’s portion of the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) in the Pacific Area of Responsibility supporting Fleet operations. Direct the daily operations of two subordinate Commands, two Detachments, and eight Activities, across twelve time zones including Naval Computer And Telecommunication Station (NCTS) Guam and

Commander of the US Fleet Cyber Command/US 10th Fleet, speaks during a Cyber Leaders’ Series panel at WEST 2017. Now in its 27th year, WEST 2017 brings military and industry leaders together to engage with the makers of military platforms and the designers of today’s latest technologies. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder.

NCTS San Diego, NCTAMS PAC Detachments in Puget Sound, Washington and Kojarena, Australia.

History of NCTAMS PAC

At the close of the 19th century, King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Islands gave the United States government the exclusive rights to enter and develop Pearl Harbor. In May 1888, the United States established a coaling station at the harbor to service the vessels of the Pacific Fleet.

Early in 1906, Congress approved plans to build a Naval Radio Station in the Pearl Harbor area. On 3 March 1915, Congress passed an appropriations act that authorized 400,000 dollars for the construction of a high-powered radio station on Hospital Point.

In 1936, a new site that supported seven steel towers went into operation at Lualualei, and by 1941, there were a total of twelve transmitters controlled from Wailupe via Army landlines. However, on the morning of 7 December 1941, the radio station proved highly vulnerable to attack as several squadrons of raiding Japanese aircraft strafed and bombed the transmitters. As a result, all radio equipment at Wailupe was moved to the facility under construction on 697 acres to become known as the Naval Radio Station, Wahiawa. In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States of America. In the sixties and seventies, communication stations on Oahu underwent several consolidations, activations, disestablishments, and technological advances consolidating many stations into NAVCOMSTA Honolulu, providing service for Camp Smith, Makalapa, Pearl Harbor, Barbers Point, and Moanalua. Because of increased responsibilities, the station was upgraded to the status of a major Shore Command.

The Command was renamed on 20 October 1997. The new name, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific, (NCTAMS PAC).

Commanding Officer, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific (NCTAMSPAC), escorts Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), across the landing zone on board NCTAMSPAC. SECNAV is currently visiting military installations and commands in the Hawaii region. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl. 49