Center for Information Warfare Training

The Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) is a United States Navy learning center headquartered at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station in Florida. It operates within Naval Education and Training Command and provides the education and training infrastructure for the Navy's Information Warfare Corps. Its remit covers a broad set of technical, analytical, operational, and language capabilities used in modern naval information warfare. CIWT's training portfolio includes cryptology, intelligence, cyber operations, information operations, information technology, computer systems and networks, and Language, Regional Expertise and Culture. The center supports both enlisted and officer development. Its programs include initial accession training, follow-on technical instruction, advanced courses, and specialized education for personnel whose assignments require language skills, regional knowledge, or information warfare expertise. The center administers approximately 200 courses at locations in the United States and overseas. Reference material describes an average of about 4,000 students attending courses each day and an annual student population of roughly 26,000. CIWT also has a workforce of nearly 1,200 military, civilian, and contracted personnel. These figures describe the scale of the training enterprise rather than commercial sales or a conventional customer base. CIWT's learning sites are organized under four schoolhouse commands. Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station focuses on enlisted cryptologic technician, cyber warfare technician, and information systems technician “A” and “C” schools, as well as cryptologic warfare and information professional officer instruction. Information Warfare Training Site Keesler and Information Warfare Training Site Fort Gordon support additional information warfare instruction. Information Warfare Training Command Monterey specializes in language education for Navy linguists and related communities through the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, while also supporting foreign-area officer, special warfare, and personnel exchange education. Information Warfare Training Command San Diego provides instruction for selected cryptologic technician, electronics technician, intelligence specialist, and information systems technician specialties, together with information warfare officer courses. Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach provides training for cryptologic technician, electronics technician, intelligence specialist, and information systems technician communities, as well as officer education. The broader network also includes sites and detachments in Washington, D.C., Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, Yokosuka, Goodfellow, Groton, Jacksonville, Kings Bay, and Mayport. The organization was previously known as the Center for Information Dominance. Its name changed to Center for Information Warfare Training in 2016, reflecting the Navy's information warfare terminology and the center's role in preparing personnel for an integrated information environment. CIWT is a government training organization rather than a commercial brand: it does not sell consumer products, issue public shares, or report commercial financial results. Its principal institutional function is to establish and deliver standardized education and training for Navy information warfare personnel and associated communities.

The Center for Information Warfare Training is part of the United States Navy's formal education and training structure. It operates under Naval Education and Training Command and is headquartered at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station in Escambia County, Florida. The center's institutional purpose is to prepare Navy personnel for assignments involving information collection, analysis, protection, exploitation, cyber activity, communications-related systems, and other information warfare functions. The organization previously operated under the name Center for Information Dominance. In 2016, the Navy adopted the Center for Information Warfare Training name. The change reflected the growing use of “information warfare” as an organizing concept for capabilities that had previously been described through separate communities such as cryptology, intelligence, information technology, and information operations. The renamed center continued the underlying training mission while presenting it within the Navy's broader information warfare framework. CIWT's structure is distributed rather than limited to its Florida headquarters. Its learning sites and detachments are grouped under four schoolhouse commands, each with its own command leadership and specialized instructional responsibilities. This arrangement enables the Navy to place training near major operational, technical, language, and joint-service facilities while maintaining an enterprise-wide relationship with the central learning center. Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station is a principal technical schoolhouse. It provides enlisted “A” and “C” school instruction for cryptologic technician communities, Cyber Warfare Technicians, and Information Systems Technicians. It also conducts officer education associated with cryptologic warfare and information professional roles. Other Corry-related and regional sites support the wider technical training system, including locations at Keesler and Fort Gordon. Information Warfare Training Command Monterey has a distinct language and regional specialization. Located in the Defense Language Institute environment at the Presidio of Monterey, it trains Navy linguists and supports language education for other military communities. Its stated responsibilities also include instruction connected with special warfare, the Personnel Exchange Program, and foreign area officers. This gives CIWT a role extending beyond purely technical cyber or communications instruction. Information Warfare Training Command San Diego and Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach provide additional technical and professional education. Their portfolios include selected cryptologic technician specialties, electronics technicians, intelligence specialists, information systems technicians, and information warfare officer courses. The command network also encompasses training sites and detachments in Washington, D.C., Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, Yokosuka, Goodfellow, Groton, Jacksonville, Kings Bay, and Mayport. The scale of the organization is substantial for a military learning center. Available reference material describes approximately 200 courses conducted around the world, an average of about 4,000 students attending daily courses, and an annual student count of roughly 26,000. The workforce is described as nearly 1,200 military, civilian, and contracted staff. These activities support workforce development rather than commercial production: CIWT has no publicly traded shares, consumer product catalog, or reported commercial revenue. Today, CIWT functions as a Navy-wide training brand and command identity for information warfare education. Its role is to translate operational requirements into curricula, technical schools, officer instruction, language preparation, and continuing professional development. Because its organization and course offerings can change with Navy force-design and personnel requirements, detailed site responsibilities should be treated as institutionally current only when confirmed by official Navy materials.

• 2016

  Renamed Center for Information Warfare Training

  [1]Center for Information Warfare Trainingen.wikipedia.org

  The organization adopted its current name after previously operating as the Center for Information Dominance, reflecting the Navy's information warfare-oriented training structure.

A centralized U.S. Navy training enterprise for developing information warfare, cryptologic, cyber, intelligence, information technology, and language capabilities.

• Military technical education

  Cryptologic Technician Training

  CIWT provides “A” and “C” school instruction for multiple cryptologic technician communities, including communications, collection, maintenance, and technical specialties. The courses prepare Navy personnel for specialized information warfare duties and subsequent assignments in operational units and shore commands.

• Cybersecurity and cyber operations education

  Cyber Warfare Technician Training

  Cyber Warfare Technician instruction forms part of the center's technical preparation for personnel working in cyber and information warfare environments. Training is delivered through the Navy's schoolhouse network and is associated with enlisted technical progression.

• Information technology education

  Information Systems Technician Training

  Information Systems Technician courses develop skills related to Navy information systems, computer systems, networks, and associated operational technologies. The training is provided through multiple information warfare schoolhouses and supports both entry-level and advanced technical development.

• Officer professional education

  Intelligence and Information Warfare Officer Education

  CIWT oversees officer-oriented courses connected with cryptologic warfare, information professional duties, and the wider information warfare community. These programs complement enlisted technical schools by preparing officers for leadership, planning, and operational employment of information capabilities.

• Language and regional education

  Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Training

  Through its Monterey-centered training responsibilities and relationship with the Defense Language Institute, CIWT supports Navy linguist education and related language, regional expertise, and culture requirements. The portfolio also serves selected special warfare, foreign-area officer, and personnel exchange communities.

• 2016

  Adoption of the information warfare training identityStrategy

  Background

  The Navy's information-related communities were increasingly organized around an information warfare concept spanning cryptology, intelligence, cyber, information operations, and information technology.

  Action taken

  The Center for Information Dominance was renamed the Center for Information Warfare Training.

  Aftermath

  The new name positioned the organization as the Navy's dedicated learning center for information warfare education and training.

  Source

1. 1Center for Information Warfare Trainingen.wikipedia.org
2. 2U.S. Navy Center for Information Warfare Trainingnetc.navy.mil