Newest group of IW WTIs head to the Fleet!

FromNavalInformationForces

NORFOLK,Va OnApril13,NavalInformation Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC), held a patching ceremony and designated 28 Information Warfare (IW) Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTI) in its tenth iteration of IW WTIs classes Naval Information Warfare Advance Weapon School (NIWAWS) meets the challenges of modern Information Warfare across all domains with vigor, thought, leadership, and creativity with its WTI cadre. Newly patched, these WTIs will be sent back to the Fleet armed with more knowledge and a network of 169 other WTIs to resource to meetthemissionofIWwritlarge

Rear Adm. Marc Miguez, commander Carrier Strike Group TWO, and Capt. Madeline Means, NIWDC Chief of Staff, presidedoverthepatchingceremonyforthe 20 commissioned officers and eight senior enlisted Sailors and Marines who successfully completed this challenging 10-week course The continued presence of the MarineCorpswiththeirElectronicWarfare graduate continues to be an integral part of the execution of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy Miguez commended the graduates.

“NIWAWS’sgraduates’assessmentscontinued to achieve new milestones with candidates from the METOC (Meteorology and Oceanography), INTEL (Intelligence), C2CO (Command & Control Cyberspace Operations), and EW (Electronic Warfare) communitiescomingtogethertoexpandthe depthonimpactofoperationsinacontested environment, saidMiguez.

During the class the candidates were visited by Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, commander, commander, Task Force SEVENZERO/commander,CarrierStrike GroupFIVE.

Innovationcontinuestobethebedrockof the WTI course This WIT class the first to use LiveVirtualConstruct(LVC)programs to testTactics Techniques,andProcedures (TTPs). NIWAWS students were afforded creative and innovative opportunities to testtheseTTPsinalow-costandlow-threat environment.

As the Commanding Officer of NIWDC, this marks Capt Braswell’s second graduating class since assuming command June 2022. While not physically able to attend, Braswellhadthefollowingmessagerelayed on his behalf. “With this graduating class there are now more than 200 IW WTIs in theFleetacrosstheNavy,MarineCorps,and

CoastGuardteams I’vechargedtheseWTIs to deliver increased IW warfighting readinessintheFleetineveryvenuetheyhavethe opportunitytodoso,fromourIWplatform ashoretoforwarddeployedoperations.”

NIWDC is the U.S. Navy’s IW tactical center of excellence which enhances fleet high-endwarfightingcapabilitiesandreadiness across the operational and tactical levelsofwar.

For more information on NIWAWS, visit https://intelshare.intelink.gov/sites/ NIWDC-Doctrine-CIE/IW_WTI/SitePages/Home.aspx or email IW_WTI@navy mil. To keep up to date with the latest news from NIWDC, visit https://www.navifor. usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-Forces/NIWDC/ or NIWDC’s Facebook page,https://www.facebook.com/NIWDC