CAPABILITIES OF LIWA
CAPABILITIES OF LIWA
If they don't target individuals they don't make any money.
Chapter 3
Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA)
Introduction
The Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA), a Headquarters Department of the Army operations support activity assigned to the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), provides multi- discipline Information Operations (IO) support to the U.S. Army's component and major commands. LIWA has broad authority to coordinate IO topics and establish contact with Army organizations, USN, USAF, and JCS IO Centers, and with DoD and National Agency IO elements.

LIWA has broad authority to coordinate IO topics and establish contact with Army organizations, USN, USAF, and JCS IO Centers, and with DoD and National Agency IO elements.
Figure 3-graphically portrays the commands, agencies and organizations LIWA routinely coordinates with to support IO planning, and operations. The oval in the center represents LIWA, the circles on the perimeter of the oval depict the organizations LIWA coordinates with as it provides IO support to the field. LIWA also interfaces with the other organizations shown on a frequent and continuing basis to deal with issues related to policy, programs, concepts, doctrine, IO planning, and operational support.

IO Strategic Role
The strategic goal of IO is to promote freedom of action for U.S. Forces while hindering adversary efforts. U.S. Army IO integrate all aspects of information to support and enhance the elements of combat power, with the goal of dominating the battle space at the right time, at the right place, and with the right weapons or resources. Activities to support IO include acquiring, using, protecting, managing, exploiting, and denying information and information systems. The strategic purpose of IO is to secure peacetime national security objectives, deter conflict, protect DoD information and information systems, and to shape the information environment. If deterrence fails, IO seeks to achieve U. S. information dominance in order to attain specific objectives against potential adversaries in time of crisis or conflict. Information Operations focus on maximizing friendly information capabilities, while degrading the opponent's information capabilities.
Army component commands may perform strategic missions such as employment of deep strike weapons, special forces, and other special capabilities. Information operations broadens the scope of strategic and EAC military operations. Emerging high technology military capabilities may be employed independently as stand-alone actions supporting national security objectives. When these capabilities are employed in a military operation they become part of the IO planning strategy under the control of a Unified or Joint Task Force (JTF) commander. Coordination with U.S. Army intelligence and operational threat analysis activities is essential for IO planning and operations.
Operational commanders weigh the advantages to be gained by countering adversary C2 nodes against the potential loss of intelligence from enemy signatures, radiation, or emissions, and the need to to protect intelligence sources and methods. In some cases, the decision authority to destroy or degrade an adversary's higher command echelons will be held at the national strategic level. Assistance in understanding an adversary's information system and his cycle of information processing is available through the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) Tailored Analytical Intelligence Support to Individual Projects (TASIP).
The U.S. Army may be called upon to assist with Information Operations of another services, joint commands, National agencies, or allied forces as authorized by CJCSI 3210.01, DoD 3600.1, and AR 525-20. The U.S. Army could be assigned a specific IO mission by the National Command Authority (NCA), through the National Military Command Authority (NMCA), to an Army component of a unified command. The Joint term IW connotes the application of C2-Attack means to degrade or destroy an adversary
If they don't target individuals they don't make any money.
Chapter 3
Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA)
Introduction
The Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA), a Headquarters Department of the Army operations support activity assigned to the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), provides multi- discipline Information Operations (IO) support to the U.S. Army's component and major commands. LIWA has broad authority to coordinate IO topics and establish contact with Army organizations, USN, USAF, and JCS IO Centers, and with DoD and National Agency IO elements.

LIWA has broad authority to coordinate IO topics and establish contact with Army organizations, USN, USAF, and JCS IO Centers, and with DoD and National Agency IO elements.
Figure 3-graphically portrays the commands, agencies and organizations LIWA routinely coordinates with to support IO planning, and operations. The oval in the center represents LIWA, the circles on the perimeter of the oval depict the organizations LIWA coordinates with as it provides IO support to the field. LIWA also interfaces with the other organizations shown on a frequent and continuing basis to deal with issues related to policy, programs, concepts, doctrine, IO planning, and operational support.

IO Strategic Role
The strategic goal of IO is to promote freedom of action for U.S. Forces while hindering adversary efforts. U.S. Army IO integrate all aspects of information to support and enhance the elements of combat power, with the goal of dominating the battle space at the right time, at the right place, and with the right weapons or resources. Activities to support IO include acquiring, using, protecting, managing, exploiting, and denying information and information systems. The strategic purpose of IO is to secure peacetime national security objectives, deter conflict, protect DoD information and information systems, and to shape the information environment. If deterrence fails, IO seeks to achieve U. S. information dominance in order to attain specific objectives against potential adversaries in time of crisis or conflict. Information Operations focus on maximizing friendly information capabilities, while degrading the opponent's information capabilities.
Army component commands may perform strategic missions such as employment of deep strike weapons, special forces, and other special capabilities. Information operations broadens the scope of strategic and EAC military operations. Emerging high technology military capabilities may be employed independently as stand-alone actions supporting national security objectives. When these capabilities are employed in a military operation they become part of the IO planning strategy under the control of a Unified or Joint Task Force (JTF) commander. Coordination with U.S. Army intelligence and operational threat analysis activities is essential for IO planning and operations.
Operational commanders weigh the advantages to be gained by countering adversary C2 nodes against the potential loss of intelligence from enemy signatures, radiation, or emissions, and the need to to protect intelligence sources and methods. In some cases, the decision authority to destroy or degrade an adversary's higher command echelons will be held at the national strategic level. Assistance in understanding an adversary's information system and his cycle of information processing is available through the Defense Intelligence Agency's (DIA) Tailored Analytical Intelligence Support to Individual Projects (TASIP).
The U.S. Army may be called upon to assist with Information Operations of another services, joint commands, National agencies, or allied forces as authorized by CJCSI 3210.01, DoD 3600.1, and AR 525-20. The U.S. Army could be assigned a specific IO mission by the National Command Authority (NCA), through the National Military Command Authority (NMCA), to an Army component of a unified command. The Joint term IW connotes the application of C2-Attack means to degrade or destroy an adversary
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