Army officially deactivates only information operations command

Army officially deactivates only information operations command

In a ceremony Thursday, the Army officially deactivated its only active-duty information operations command, the service announced. 1st Information Operations Command was created in 2002. It provided red teams and opposing force capabilities against units that were training, and also offered the ability to synchronize information tools and prepare forces to resist adversary information warfare. It was slated for deactivation in the Army Force St…

Inactivation of Army’s only active-duty information operations command

Inactivation of Army’s only active-duty information operations command Army to create new Theater Information Advantage Detachments FORT BELVOIR, Va. – After more than two decades of supporting the mission in the information advantage domain, the U.S. Army’s 1st Information Operations Command (1st IO) officially cased its colors today in an inactivation ceremony here in the Thurman Auditorium at Humphrey Hall, May 8. Lt. Gen. Maria B. Barrett, c…