MOC Intelligence Professionals Enable Decision Advantage for the High-End Fight
NIP Readbook, Fall/Winter 2025… by Lieutenant Bryan Smith, U.S. Navy
The Chief of Naval Operations’ “Fight from the Maritime Operations Center (MOC)” strategic priority represents a fundamental rethinking of how the Navy executes at the operational level of war. The MOC is no longer just a coordination hub—it must operate as the fleet commander’s primary warfighting platform. In a future “high end” fight, our adversaries will benefit from the significant recent investments they have made in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), as well as increasingly accurate long-range fires. Decisions made at the MOCs are integral to the U.S. Navy’s ability to conduct long-range fires while maneuvering to reduce unit vulnerability and proactively driving fleet replenishment to sustain combat operations.
The Department of Defense is revising its cyber force generation model to give U.S. Cyber Command more control over recruitment and training as the Pentagon works to counter China in the cyber domain.
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Philippine fishermen have pulled up another unauthorized research or espionage drone within the country’s waters, the latest in a series of catches that have raised concerns about Chinese spying as tensions rise in the South China Sea.
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11 September 2025 | By Lt. j.g. Philmon Haile, Commander, Naval Information Force Reserve
In today’s contested digital environment, the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Cyber Warfare Technicians (CWT) and Maritime Cyber Warfare Officers (MCWO) incorporate cyber operations into the Operational Level of War (OLW), seamlessly bridging the gap between strategic cyber capabilities and tactical warfighting objectives.
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Vice Adm. Karl Thomas plays a crucial role in positioning the Navy to best leverage information to defeat U.S. adversaries. As deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, N2N6, and the director of naval intelligence, Vice Adm. Thomas leverages the latest technological tools such as cyber; signals intelligence; electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to control the information ecosystem. This ensures the Navy and its partners have accurate and timely information while manipulating, degrading or denying the enemy’s ability to do the same.
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The Army is pursuing a modular mission payload to serve as a universal EW standard where capabilities can be loaded onto systems.
The Army is designing a new universal electronic warfare capability to enable rapid updates to equipment on any platform.
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