The Information Dominance Corps

Navy meteorologists and oceanographers might not consider themselves cyber warriors, but they are going to be lumped into a new Navy Information Dominance Corps established by Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, on Oct. 6.

The new corps, according to a Roughead memo, which a kind soul sent me, will pull most of its personnel from traditional information and intelligence disciplines, including information warfare and intelligence officers, and enlisted intelligence, information technology personnel as well as cryptology technicians. The dominance outfit also will include civilian personnel who work in these fields, Roughhead said.

The corps was created, Roughead said, "to more effectively and collaboratively lead and manage a cadre of officers, enlisted and civilian professionals who possess extensive skills in information-intensive fields.

"This corps of professionals will receive extensive training, education and work experience in information, intelligence, counterintelligence, human-derived information, networks, space and oceanographic disciplines. This corps will develop and deliver dominant information capabilities in support of U.S. Navy, Joint and national warfighting requirements."

In a speech last week, Roughead estimated that the new corps will eventually have 45,000 military and civilian personnel under its command.

That's not all folks. I also have learned the Navy is setting up a Cyber Force which will train and equip all of the above folks, who will ultimately work for the Fleet Cyber Command and the U.S. Cyber Command at Ft. Meade, Md.

Neither the corps nor the Navy Cyber Forces Command have a logo or badge yet, but a Navy source told me the service is working on it.