Navy piloting IW officers in submarine force this summer

By Audrey Decker / February 17, 2022 at 3:28 PM
SAN DIEGO -- The Navy will be placing information warfare officers in two submarines during a pilot program this summer, according to a service official. Vice Adm. William Houston, commander of Naval Submarine Forces, is carving out billets from the submarine force to pilot “permanent party” information warfare onboard submarines, said Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander of Naval Information Forces. “Adm. Houston is rightly concerned that the complexity of what we face now under the sea is demanding enough that...

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