Naval Network Warfare Command

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NETWARCOM headquarters is located in Norfolk, VA
NETWARCOM headquarters is located in Norfolk, VA

Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) is the US Navy's information security and information operations unit. [1]

The commander, Naval Network Warfare Command is Vice Admiral H. Denby Starling III The vice Commander is Rear Admiral Edward H. Deets III who started October 2004.[2] The civilian Deputy Commander Terry Halvorsen started October 30, 2006.

In 2003 the executive was: Vice Adm. Dick Mayo, commander, Naval Network Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Andy Singer, deputy commander.

NETWARCOM was authorized by the Secretary of the Navy in March 2002. It was planned to begin in June 2002 but actually started July 11, 2002. The creation followed a two-year review.

NETWARCOM is the authority whose job is coordinating all US Navy information technology, information operations, and space requirements and operations. NETWARCOM coordinates staff needed to support one naval network and to support that network's operation.

NETWARCOM was constituted by setting up a command organisation and combining several commands: Naval Network and Space Operations Command (NNSOC) in Dahlgren, Va.; Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC) in Norfolk, Virginia.; Naval Security Group; and Navy Component Task Force Computer Network Defense (NCTF CND) in Washington, D.C. NNSOC was formerly Naval Space Command and the Naval Network Operations Command.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) reports to NETWARCOM for fleet support.

The headquarters is at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, VA. [3]

There are about 761,000 users on the NETWARCOM networks, at 300 bases and in 16 countries. There are more than 360,000 desktop computers which are refreshed over 4 years. NETWARCOM has 10,079 active military staff, 1,507 reservists, 2,008 civilians and 1,366 contractors. Over 60,000 viruses and worms were launched on the Internet since 2001. Over 90,000 probes on the Internet are attempted each hour [4] A magazine called InfoDomain is produced quarterly by NETWARCOM.[5]


  1. ^ Official NETWARCOM website
  2. ^ Deets biography
  3. ^ Navy Establishes Naval Network Warfare Command March 28, 2002 Navy Chief of Information Media Services Branch
  4. ^ Fact Sheet
  5. ^ InfoDomain
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