Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), a joint element and component of United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)[1], directs and synchronizes full-spectrum cyberspace operations to deter, disrupt and if necessary, defeat adversary cyber actors to defend the United States and her interests. National mission force teams are aligned to support the CNMF. The CNMF is one of three USCYBERCOM forces that would react to a cyber attack on the nation. The other two forces are the Cyber Combat Mission Force assigned to the operational control of individual U.S. combatant commanders, and the Cyber Protection Force that helps operate and defend the DODIN.[2]
CNMF is comprised of cyber mission force teams across services that support the CNMF mission through their specific respective assignments[3]:
- Cyber national mission teams defend the nation by identifying adversary activity, blocking attacked and maneuvering to defeat them.
- Cyber combat mission teams conduct military cyberspace operations in support of combatant commander priorities and missions.
- Cyber protection teams defend DoD’s information network, protect priority missions and prepare cyber forces for combat.
- Cyber support teams provide analytic and planning support to national mission and combat mission teams.
Some teams are aligned to combatant commands to support combatant commander priorities and synchronize cyberspace operations with operations in the other four domains -- land, sea, air and space -- and some are aligned to the individual services for defensive missions. The balance report directly to subordinate command sections of Cybercom, the cyber national mission force, and Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network.
The cyber national mission force plans, directs and synchronizes full-spectrum cyberspace operations to deter, disrupt and if necessary, defeat adversary cyber actors to defend the nation. National mission force teams are aligned to support the cyber national mission force.
Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network, which also achieved full operational capability this year, provides command and control of DoD information network operations, defensive cyber operations and internal defensive measures globally to enable power projection and freedom of action across all warfighting domains.
List of commanders
edit| No. | Commander | Term | Service branch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | ||
| 1 | Brigadier General Timothy Haugh | January 2018 | August 2019 | 1 year, 212 days |  U.S. Air Force | |
| 2 | Major General William J. Hartman | August 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 99 days |  U.S. Army | |
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References
edit- ^ U.S. Cyber Command: Our History U.S. Cyber Command Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ DOD Fact Sheet: Cyber Mission Force U.S. Army Cyber Command. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ Cyber Mission Force Achieves Full Operational Capability United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 23 July 2022.