marine corps forces cyberspace command Archives

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 aviation ordnance technicians load compatible software for a U. S. Air Force Guided Bomb Unit 38 to be employed on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet proof of concept mission at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 14, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Christopher Parr)

New Marine Corps Information Command fleshing out command and control relationships

MCIC is beginning to move from exercises into operations.

Jun 6, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

Marine Corps deploys cyber personnel to Pacific for enduring defense mission

The cyber rotational force concept brings experts from Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to the Indo-Pacific region to assist in hardening networks and critical infrastructure.

Apr 12, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, I MEF, work on computers in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I MEF in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler D. Wilson)

Marine Corps’ new information command needs a common operational picture for digital landscape

The Marine Corps wants to be able to visualize the information space so commanders and forces can make better decisions.

Jan 5, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

Marine Corps using exercises to mature new Information Command

Marine Corps Information Command is looking to mature regionally first, with eventual aspirations for global integration.

Jan 4, 2024 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tristian Zimmerman, left, and Cpl. Jeremiah Egre-Contreras, both cryptologic linguists with Alpha Company, 1st Radio Battalion (RADBN), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, operate a VMAX backpack system during a field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 28, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps / Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

Marine Corps officially activates new Marine Corps Information Command

In a ceremony at Fort Meade on Jan. 13, the Marine Corps activated the Marine Corps Information Command.

Jan 17, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marines review how to make nine-line calls on a radio during a communications exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 17, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kindo Go)

Marine Corps Information Command to be activated in FY23, commanded by the service’s cyber and space leader

Maj. Gen. Ryan Heritage, commander of MARFORCYBER and MARFORSPACE, will lead the forthcoming information command.

Oct 26, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Marines sit at a Joint Tactical Common Operation Picture Workstation, or JTCW. The Marine Corps opened up a bug bounty to find flaws in public facing Marine Corps systems.

Marine Corps to release new doctrine on information

The Marine Corps is formalizing "information" into doctrine.

Apr 15, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau