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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Daniel Longest, cyberspace officer, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (II MIG), II Marine Expeditionary Force, discusses his role as the officer in charge of the II MIG Coders Program at Camp Lejeune, July 1, 2021. The Coders Program is being implemented on Marine Corps installations worldwide to develop the technological capabilities of Marines for the future. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Henry Rodriguez II)

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Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defense Measures purpose is to provide added security in the cyberspace warfare environment by executing defensive cyberspace operations that include: defending against any anticipated attacks, searching for threats and to respond and recover from cyber-attacks. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Nello Miele)

The Marine Corps is modernizing how it commands and controls its enterprise network. Now a dedicated group will upgrade the Corps’ ability to prevent and counter adversarial cyber-attacks and minimize network disruptions and outages. August 30, 2020, in Quantico, Virginia, the Marine Corps stood up Network Activity - National Capital Region (NCR), the second network focused unit following the model pioneered by the 1st Network Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California. The network activity will command and control the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) within the NCR. “This will realign the workforce and all of its resources; I’m talking about people and money,” said Col. Edward J. Debish, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group, while speaking to the civilians and Marines of Network Activity NCR during an activation ceremony. The MCEN is the Marine Corps’ communications backbone connecting computers, people, and related devices. The network provides robust, seamless, and secure end‐to‐end communications for all Marines; from the supporting establishment to forward-deployed forces. In total, the Marine Corps is establishing three network battalions and three network activities. The network battalions provide general support to the Marine Expeditionary Forces, while the network activities are assigned to a geographic region and tailored to the supported establishments. In the past, there were seven commanders in eight regions providing command and control of the MCEN. “What this does for the Marine Corps, the big bang for our buck, is it provides unity of command and unity of effort,” said Debish. “We all have one commander now. All the network battalions and activities will work for the commanding officer of the MCCOG and they all report to Maj. Gen. Mathew G. Glavy.” While speaking to the Marines, Debish added, “you are the first network activity to stand up in the Marine Corps. You guys are now plank holders, you guys are the seed that is going to grow into something that is going to allow us to have command and control over the enterprise networks. Patrick Scholes, director of Network Activity - NCR told the Marines “we have a special mission here.” He added, “what we do here supports the warfighter directly.” When the MCEN command and control modernization implementation plan is complete, it will empower commanders to respond faster than ever before.

U.S. Marines with Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Internal Defensive Measures Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, speak about operating in the information environment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. DCO Marines actively hunt network threats by analyzing cyberspace activity to protect data, networks and other designated systems. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert, Cpl. Jennessa Davey and Lance Cpl. Ian Simmons)

A special shout out to the Naval Academy class of 2020 graduates from the commander of Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy.

Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command and Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group, in partnership with the Defense Information Systems Agency, conducted an authorized service interruption (ASI) March 3, 2020 to implement Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) at Marine Corps Air Stations Beaufort and Cherry Point. This ASI, one of several deliberate interruptions to service, significantly improved MARFORCYBER's ability to secure, operate and defend the Marine Corps Enterprise Network.

2nd Radio Battalion’s mission is to conduct signal intelligence, electronic warfare operations, cyberspace operations, and provide special intelligence communications in support of the Marine Expeditionary Force and Joint Forces Commander. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kenny Gomez)

9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, activated the first Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company during a ceremony on October 1, 2018. The 9th Communication Battalion DCO-IDM Company is the first of three DCO-IDM companies the Marine Corps will activate in accordance with Force Modernization 2025. DCO-IDM Company provides added security to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network by executing defensive cyberspace operations to defend the Marine Air-Ground Task Force information networks across all domains. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Patrick Crosley)