U.S. Fleet Cyber Command

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U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
Seal of the United States Fleet Cyber Command.png
Emblem of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command
Active29 January 2010;13 years ago (2010-01-29)
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
TypeNaval operating force
RoleCyber operations
Part of United States Space Command emblem 2019.svg United States Space Command
Seal of the United States Cyber Command.png U.S. Cyber Command
Garrison/HQ Fort Meade, Maryland, U.S.
Website fcc.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander VADM Craig A. Clapperton
Deputy Commander CAPT Kurtis A. Mole
Command Master Chief CMDCM John H. Walker Jr.
Insignia
Seal of Joint Force Headquarters Cyber – Fleet Cyber Command Joint Force Headquarters Cyber Fleet Cyber Command.png
Seal of Navy Space Command Emblem of the U.S. Navy Space Command.png

The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command 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". U.S. Tenth Fleet was simultaneously reactivated as its force provider. [1] 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.

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Organization

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command serves as the Navy component command to U.S. Cyber Command, and the Navy's Service Cryptologic Component commander under the National Security Agency and Central Security Service. U.S. Fleet Cyber Command 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 [2] .

Headquartered at Fort George Meade, Maryland, [3] U.S. Fleet Cyber Command exercises operational control of globally-deployed Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) through a task force structure aligned to the U.S. Tenth Fleet. U.S. Fleet Cyber Command is also designated as the Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber to U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Southern Command for the development, oversight, planning and execution of full spectrum cyber operations aligned with other traditional warfighting lines of operation. [4]

Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, first commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command US Navy 100129-N-8273J-006 Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and Commander, U.S. 10 Fleet, speaks at a commissioning ceremony for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command at Ft. George G. Meade, Md.jpg
Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, first commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command

History

Commissioning ceremony for Vice Adm. Barry McCullough as commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber command and U.S. Tenth Fleet. US Navy 100129-N-8273J-048 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead salutes Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. 10th Fleet at the commissioning ceremony for U.S. Fleet Cyber Comm.jpg
Commissioning ceremony for Vice Adm. Barry McCullough as commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber command and U.S. Tenth Fleet.

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command's roots are in the namesake of its force provider, U.S. Tenth Fleet, 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, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the modern U.S. Tenth Fleet ensure the Navy and the Nation have access to systems in the cyber domain.

The creation of U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Fleet Cyber Command

Department of Defense cyber operations came together under a single organization on 1 October 2000, when U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) formally took control of the Department of Defense computer network attack activities from the Joint Staff. USSPACECOM was eventually dissolved and some its functions merged into the reorganized U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) 1 October 2002. [5] [6]

Navy Cyber operations were originally the responsibility of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command, Naval Security Group and Naval Space Command, which were combined with 20 other commands into the Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) in 2002 to unify network operations, offensive and defensive cyberspace operations, space operations and cryptologic/signals intelligences.

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 command for information operations, networks and space. [7]

After extensive study, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates directed the creation of a new sub-unified command, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on 12 November 2008, to operate under the authority of USSTRATCOM.

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command was officially created as the Navy component to U.S. Cyber Command on 29 January 2010. [8] Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead named Vice Adm. Bernard J. McCullough III as the commander of both U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. Tenth Fleet. All subsequent commanders have led U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. Tenth Fleet simultaneously.

In August 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced the elevation of USCYBERCOM from a sub-unified command under USSTRATCOM to a Unified Combatant Command responsible for cyberspace operations. U.S. Fleet Cyber Command remains the Navy service component to USCYBERCOM. [9]

In April 2019, Navy Space Command (NAVSPACECOM) was established as the service component of the U.S. Space Command, while being commanded by the head of Fleet Cyber Command. Since 2019 the Commander, Fleet Cyber Command, has also simultaneously been Commander, Navy Space Command, though the latter post was not formally established until January 2023. [10] [11]

List of Commanders

No.CommandersTerm
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTerm length
1
Bernard J. McCullough, III.jpg
McCullogh, Bernard J. III Vice Admiral
Bernard J. McCullough III 		December 20091 October 2011~1 year and 10 months
2
United States Navy Vice Admiral Michael S. Rogers.jpg
Rogers, Michael S.Vice Admiral
Michael S. Rogers 		1 October 20113 March 20142 years, 153 days
3
VICE ADMIRAL JAN TIGHE.jpg
Tighe, Jan E.Vice Admiral
Jan E. Tighe [13] 		2 April 201414 July 20162 years, 103 days
4
VICE ADMIRAL MICHAEL GILDAY.jpg
Gilday, Michael M.Vice Admiral
Michael M. Gilday [15] 		14 July 201618 June 20181 year, 339 days
5
Vice Adm. Timothy J. White.jpg
White, Timothy J.Vice Admiral
Timothy J. White [17] 		18 June 201818 September 20202 years, 92 days
6
VADM Ross A. Myers.jpg
Myers, Ross A.Vice Admiral
Ross A. Myers [19] 		18 September 20204 August 20221 year, 337 days
7
Craig A. Clapperton (5).jpg
Clapperton, CraigVice Admiral
Craig A. Clapperton 		4 August 2022Incumbent1 year, 63 days

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