DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3430.26A
N2/N6
30 Aug 2013
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3430.26A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS
Ref: (a) Joint Publication 3-13, Information
Operations, November 2012
(b) Joint Publication 1-02, DoD Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, March 2012
(c) OPNAVINST C3501.2K (NOTAL)
(d) SecDef Memo 12401-10, Strategic Communication and
Information Operations in the DoD of 25 Jan 2011
(e) DoD Directive 3600.01 of 2 May 2013
(f) DHE-M 3301.001, Jan 2009 (SECRET/NOFORN) (NOTAL)
1. Purpose. To update the guidance and organizational
relationships for Navy information operations (IO) (formerly
information warfare command and control warfare).
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 3430.26 and OPNAVINST 3430.25.
3. Background. This revision provides updated terminology,
concepts, and guidance for IO due, in part, to the removal of
information warfare as a mission area from references (a) and
(b), and command and control warfare as a mission area from
reference (c). Per reference (d), IO is defined as the
integrated employment, during military operations, of
information-related capabilities (IRC) in concert with other
lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the
decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries while
protecting the nation’s own. Per reference (e), these IRCs
include a variety of technical and non-technical activities that
intersect the traditional areas of computer network operations,
electronic warfare (EW), military deception (MILDEC), military
information support operations (MISO) and operations security
(OPSEC).
