{"id":1717182,"date":"2022-10-30T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717182"},"modified":"2022-10-30T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:49:16","slug":"u-s-navy-on-the-hunt-for-info-warfare-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-on-the-hunt-for-info-warfare-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy on the Hunt for Info Warfare Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-navy-on-the-hunt-for-info-warfare-experts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Personnel steeped in information warfare are increasingly in demand across the U.S. Navy, and the woman who ensures they are properly trained, equipped and available is feeling the pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cThe competition is so keen now that my warfighting peers are approaching me and, in a good way, want me to do my job,\u201d Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the commander of Naval Information Forces, said at the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/10\/26\/pentagon-setting-up-office-to-speed-jadc2-integration-across-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Old Crows symposium<\/a> in Washington. \u201cThey want to invest in actually having information warfare experts as part of their team, because the environment is so complex now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Information warfare, or IW, is a fusion of offensive and defensive electronic capabilities and cyber operations. It combines data awareness and manipulation to gain an advantage, before, during and after battles. The proliferation of communications and other advanced technologies and their prevalence in militaries the world over has given recent rise to the concept and its persuasive powers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cWe do our job right day to day, we will stay in competition. We will not be in crisis, and we will not have to endure conflict,\u201d said Aeschbach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Flag-Officer-Biographies\/BioDisplay\/Article\/2236365\/vice-adm-kelly-aeschbach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who previously served as<\/a> deputy director of intelligence for U.S. Forces\u2013Afghanistan and the director of intelligence for U.S. Strategic Command. \u201cBut I would also tell you that if we end up in crisis or conflict, we will be essential to the Navy prevailing in whatever that conflict is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"InterstitialLink-sc-1hqz4g0-1 dQRUMJ\">\n<h6 class=\"ClampedBox-sc-1pg0sor-0 Heading__H1-i0amlx-0 fMjDgL FUgTU ChannelHeading-sc-1c6we3j-0 OverlineHeading-sc-18ofnig-0 eqaLFg kcgvUP a-heading6 ChannelHeading-sc-1c6we3j-0 OverlineHeading-sc-18ofnig-0 eqaLFg kcgvUP a-heading6\">RELATED<\/h6>\n<article itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" data-story-url=\"\/cyber\/2022\/08\/05\/operation-cyber-dragon-turning-us-navy-reservists-into-digital-defenders\/\" data-story-id=\"G727B4SLTBAXFO5IBXFC5HHZU4\" data-feature-id=\"false\" data-story-index=\"1\" data-promo-type=\"image\" class=\"View__Article-sc-88btjd-0 cXLKHv View__StoryView-sc-88btjd-5 fqvCeA o-storyCard --up-0 --landscape       --story\">\n<div class=\"View__PromoWrapper-sc-88btjd-4 bCPFlB o-storyCard__promo\">\n<div class=\"View__MediaWrapper-sc-88btjd-1 gHoQKt o-storyCard__media o-storyCard__media a-heading6\">\n<figure class=\"LazyMedia-sc-1vxvan1-0 ZVwHY f-lazyMedia f-lazyMedia\"><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 0px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GTEUDWH56JAEPE3NVL3MWEG3FQ.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"0\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The Navy years ago installed information warfare commanders in carrier strike groups. The position, C4ISRNET previously reported, supplements air warfare and surface warfare commanders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The service also established <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPacificFleet\/status\/1542666814944989184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleet Information Warfare Command Pacific<\/a>, an entity postured for a vast region the U.S. deems vital to international security and financial well-being. The Pentagon considers China its No. 1 threat. Russia is a close second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cI tell folks that information warfare in and of itself is its own warfighting domain. We have our own non-kinetic and kinetic capabilities that we deliver,\u201d Aeschbach said Oct. 26. \u201cBut, candidly, no other warfighting area can execute without us. You have to have us in order to be successful, if you want to put a weapon on target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Aeschbach earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/02\/18\/navy-doesnt-want-to-keep-guessing-whether-its-information-warfare-systems-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Defense News<\/a> her top priority was \u201cto get information warfare fully into live, virtual and constructive training,\u201d where a clearer picture of the IW community\u2019s capabilities can emerge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">An inability to train with information warfare systems during live events \u2014 either due to the harm they may cause nearby in the electromagnetic spectrum or because they don\u2019t want to reveal tools and tactics to faraway observers \u2014 has clouded a more in-depth understanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cUntil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/08\/11\/large-scale-exercise-2021-will-be-first-major-test-of-navys-live-virtual-and-constructive-training-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we deliver that<\/a>,\u201d Aeschbach said at the time, \u201cwe\u2019ll remain challenged in being objective about how well we\u2019re executing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\"><i>With reporting by Megan Eckstein.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"default__Wrapper-cy7r53-1 iWrUWb\">\n<p class=\"default__BioWrapper-cy7r53-0 duEMsg a-body2\">Colin Demarest is a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covers military networks, cyber and IT. Colin previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration \u2014 namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development \u2014 for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Personnel steeped in information warfare are increasingly in demand across the U.S. Navy, and the woman who ensures they are properly trained, equipped and available is feeling the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1717185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1717182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1717185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}