U S Army

Cyberspace and Electronic Warfare Operations U S Army

Over the past decade of conflict, the U. S. Army has deployed the most capable communications systems inits history. U. S. forces dominated cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) in Afghanistan andIraq against enemies and adversaries lacking the technical capabilities to challenge our superiority incyberspace. However, regional peers have since demonstrated impressive capabilities in a hybrid operationalenvironment that threaten the Army's dominance in cyberspace and the EMS.

The Department of Defense information network-Army (DODIN-A) is an essential warfighting platformfoundational to the success of all unified land operations. Effectively operating, securing, and defending thisnetwork and associated data is essential to the success of commanders at all echelons. We must anticipatethat future enemies and adversaries will persistently attempt to infiltrate, exploit, and degrade access to ournetworks and data. A commander who loses the ability to access mission command systems, or whoseoperational data is compromised, risks the loss of lives and critical resources, or mission failure. In the future, as adversary and enemy capabilities grow, our ability to dominate cyberspace and the EMS will become morecomplex and critical to mission success.

FM 3-12 provides overarching doctrinal guidance and direction to the Army for conducting cyberspace and electronic warfare (EW) operations using cyberspace electromagnetic activities (CEMA) in unified land operations. FM 3-12 defines and provides an understanding of Army cyberspace operations, EW, title authorities, roles, relationships, responsibilities, and capabilities to support Army and joint operations. It expands upon themethods by which Army forces approach the defense of Army networks and data and addresses the opportunitiescommanders have to integrate tailored cyberspace and EW capabilities across the range of military operations.