United States Army Cyber Command

The U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) conducts information dominance and cyberspace operations as the Army service component command of United States Cyber Command.^[3][4]

U.S. Army Cyber Command
Active	1 October 2010 – present (14 years, 7 months)
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Army Service Component Command
Role	Cyber operations
Part of	U.S. Cyber Command
Garrison/HQ	Fort Eisenhower, Georgia
Nickname(s)	ARCYBER
Website	arcyber.army.mil Leaders
Commanders
Commanding General	LTG Maria B. Barrett[1]
Deputy Commanding General (Operations)	COL John P. Kunstbeck
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Jebin R. Heyse[2]
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The command was established on 1 October 2010 and was intended to be the Army's single point of contact for external organizations regarding information operations and cyberspace.^[5][6]

Organization

Army Cyber is the Army service component command supporting U.S. Cyber Command.

All 41 of the Active Army's cyber mission force teams reached full operational capability (FOC) by September 2017.^[7] The cyber mission force teams are composed of a defensive component, denoted cyber protection teams (CPTs), and an offensive component. In addition, 21 CPTs are being readied in the Reserve component.^[7] Initial operational capability (IOC) for some of the cyber protection teams was attained as early as 2014 during DoD missions.^[7]

Subordinate units, Cyber

Main article: List of cyber warfare forces

• Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
• U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command will be under the operational control of Army Cyber for cyber-related actions.^[8][9]
  • 1st Information Operations Command (Land) (1st IO CMD (L))^[10]
    • 1st Battalion - Trains and deploys field support, vulnerability assessment, and operational security awareness teams.
    • 2nd Battalion - Conducts Army cyber opposing force operations at military training centers worldwide.
    • Army Reserve Element
  • 780th Military Intelligence Brigade
  • Army Cyber Protection Brigade, Fort Gordon
    • 60th Offensive Cyberspace Operations Signal Battalion (OCOSB)^[11]
  • 91st Cyber Brigade
  • US Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade
  • Joint Forces Headquarters-Cyber (Army)
  • 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)
    • 11th Cyber Battalion

History

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley receives a briefing from a cyber soldier at the Fort Irwin National Training Center.

The Army achieved an initial cyber operating capability in October 2009 by employing the Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) supported by NETCOM/9thSC(A), 1st IO CMD (L) and INSCOM. The command was originally announced to be named Army Forces Cyber Command (ARFORCYBER).^[8] The command was established on 1 October 2010 with the name Army Cyber Command (Army Cyber), commanded by then-Maj. Gen. Rhett A. Hernandez.^{[12][13][14][15]} There are plans for the command to move to Fort Eisenhower, in Augusta, Georgia home of the United States Army Cyber Center of Excellence, the U.S. Army Cyber Corps and Signal Corps.^[16]

List of commanding generals

No.	Commanding General		Term
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length
1		Lieutenant General Rhett A. Hernandez (born 1953)	1 October 2010	3 September 2013	2 years, 337 days
2		Lieutenant General Edward C. Cardon (born 1960)	3 September 2013	14 October 2016	3 years, 41 days
3		Lieutenant General Paul M. Nakasone (born 1963)	14 October 2016	11 May 2018	1 year, 209 days
4		Lieutenant General Stephen Fogarty	11 May 2018	3 May 2022	3 years, 357 days
5		Lieutenant General Maria Barrett	3 May 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 10 days

See also

• List of cyber warfare forces
• PLA Unit 61398
• United States Cyber Command