The Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) is an Echelon III command under US Fleet Forces Command, (USFLTFORCOM). It is the Type Command (TYCOM) for meteorology and oceanography, 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. NAVIFOR's mission is to support operational commanders ashore and afloat by providing combat-ready information warfare forces, which are forward deployable, fully trained, properly crewed, capably equipped, always ready, well maintained and combat sustainable.

On February 9, 2016, the command was renamed from Navy Information Dominance Forces (NAVIDFOR) to Naval Information Forces as part of the alignment of the Information Dominance Corps under its new name, the Information Warfare Community.

List of commanders

No.CommanderTerm
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTerm length
Commander, Navy Information Dominance Forces (COMNAVIDFOR)
1Rear Admiral (lower half) Diane E.H. WebberOctober 1, 2014October 3, 20142 days
2Rear Admiral Matthew J. KohlerOctober 3, 2014February 9, 20161 year, 129 days
Commander, Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR)
2Vice Admiral Matthew J. KohlerFebruary 9, 2016June 15, 20182 years, 126 days
3Vice Admiral Brian B. BrownJune 15, 2018May 7, 20212 years, 326 days
4Vice Admiral Kelly A. AeschbachMay 7, 2021July 26, 20243 years, 80 days
5Vice Admiral Michael J. VernazzaJuly 26, 2024Incumbent1 year, 263 days

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