Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)
Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR or IFOR), formerly Navy Information Dominance Forces (NAVIDFOR or IDFOR) and Navy Cyber Forces (NAVCYBERFOR or CYBERFOR), is an Echelon III command under Commander, US Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM), and is the Type Commander (TYCOM) for cryptology/SIGINT, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations, intelligence, networks, and space disciplines. Like other TYCOMs, this is the manpower, training, modernization, and maintenance component for these disciplines. The commander of NAVIFOR is VADM Kelly Aeschbach.
Previous Commanders
Mission
Provide commanders ashore and afloat, forward deployable, combat-ready information dominance forces capable of conducting prompt and sustained naval, joint and combined operations in support of U.S. national interests.