Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC), Hawaii (previously: Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Hawaii, NSGA Kunia, and NSGA Pearl Harbor) is a
United States naval installation located on the
Hawaiian island of
Oahu
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. NIOC Hawaii employs more than 2,000 sailors and civilians in support of cyber operations and
signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
("SIGINT"). It was originally formed on 30 September 2004, after the merging of NSGA Kunia and NSGA Pearl Harbor, and then known as the combined "NSGA Hawaii". NIOC Hawaii serves as a worldwide hub for a secure US and allied communications network. NIOC Hawaii also provides a secure
radio relay
Radio stations that cannot communicate directly due to distance, terrain or other difficulties sometimes use an intermediate radio relay station to relay the signals. A radio relay receives weak signals and retransmits them, often in a different di ...
, as well as support to the
US Indo-Pacific Command ("USINDOPACOM") by providing
cryptologic
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personnel, as well as information, communications, and engineering installation services. NIOC Hawaii provides host support services to the Regional Security Operations Center.
US Marine detachment
A
US Marine
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unit,
Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion
The Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion (MCSB) is a Marine Corps Intelligence battalion of the United States Marine Corps. The battalion headquarters are located in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Mission
The battalion's stated purpose is "t ...
(formerly Marine Support Battalion) Company I (
"India"), was co-located with NSGA Kunia, and still resides at
Schofield Barracks
Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and census-designated place (CDP) located in the City and County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Oahu, Hawaii, Hawaii. Schofield Barracks lies adj ...
.
Naval Security Group merging
On 14 November 1980, one of the original parent commands, NSGA Kunia, was commissioned at what was then known as Wheeler Air Force Base (now
Wheeler Army Airfield
Wheeler Army Airfield , also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the Honolulu County, Hawaii, City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of Oahu, O'ahu, ...
). On 30 September 2004, at a ceremony aboard the USS Nevada Memorial, NSGA Kunia and NSGA Pearl Harbor merged to form the new NSGA Hawaii.
NSGA Hawaii itself, was subsequently decommissioned on 30 September 2005, then recommissioned the following day as the Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC Hawaii).
See also
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Naval Security Group
References
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Communications and electronic installations of the United States Navy
Military installations established in 1980