Army Network Enterprise Technology Command ( NETCOM ) Army Network Enterprise Technology Command ( NETCOM ) a Direct Reporting Unit ( DRU ) to the Army ’ s Chief Information Ofﬁcer ( CIO / G - 6 ) . Its mission is operating and defending United States Army computer networks . The numerical command for NETCOM was 9th Army Signal Command , though this distinction was removed 1 October 2011 . Its heritage can be traced back to the creation of the 9th Service Company in 1918 . The command headquarters is at Fort Huachuca in Arizona . Brigadier General Peter A . Gallagher is the acting commander as of 14 August 2013 . Mission . NETCOM plans , engineers , installs , integrates , protects and operates Army Cyberspace , enabling Mission Command through all phases of Joint , Interagency , Intergovernmental and Multinational operations . Additionally , the commanding general is designated as the Deputy Commanding General for Network Operations , U . S . Army Cyber Command / 2d U . S . Army . With the headquarters at Fort Huachuca , Arizona , the NETCOM Team has nearly 16 , 000 Soldiers , Department of the Army Civilians and Contractors stationed and deployed in more than 22 countries around the world , providing direct and indirect support to Army , Joint and Coalition forces . History . U . S . Army Strategic Communications Command . On 1 March 1964 , the Army activated U . S . Army Strategic Communications Command ( referred to as STRATCOM ) to exercise full command and control over worldwide strategic communications . STRATCOM established the 1st Signal Brigade to exercise command and control over all Army communications - electronics resources in Southeast Asia . Scattered among 200 sites in Vietnam and Thailand , this brigade became the largest combat signal unit ever formed . STRATCOM leaders moved to modify the command ’ s designation to better suit its changing mission by dropping “ strategic ” from its organizational title . On 1 Oct . 1973 , the Army re - designated STRATCOM as the U . S . Army Communications Command ( USACC ) . U . S . Army Communications Command . During the early 1980s , Army automation focused on the development of hardware and software systems . These systems were used for force development , personnel , supply , payroll , medical , maintenance , and troop support . Due to the scale of the work , the Army empowered USACC to lead development of strategic concepts for information systems management . USACC recommendations , combined with an Army Chief of Staff vision of consolidated information disciplines , gave genesis to the U . S . Army Information Systems Command ( USAISC ) , the newest iteration of Fort Huachuca ’ s strategic communications organization , on 1 May 1984 . U . S . Army Information Systems Command . Post Desert Storm Army downsizing and organizational review focused a critical eye on command structure . A general perception in the 1990s among major commands ( MACOM ) and theater commanders held that USAISC central management deprived them of needed command and control over regional and theater information systems , computer system acquisitions , and signal assets . The Department of the Army agreed and moved to dismantle USAISC , relegating the organization to major subordinate command status under U . S . Army Forces Command , and re - designating it as U . S . Army Signal Command ( USASC ) in September 1996 . U . S . Army Signal Command . Army MACOMs and theater commanders worked independently to resource their own Information System requirements . This decentralization and deregulation led to a proliferation of non - standardized command , control , communications , and computer ( C4 ) systems and an unacceptable level of incompatibility among Army - wide communications equipment and support networks . The department of the Army on 1 Oct . 2002 , decided to again centralize service C4 and many aspects of information systems management and security under one Army command : the U . S . Army Network Enterprise Technology Command ( NETCOM ) , reporting directly to the Army ’ s Chief Information Ofﬁcer ( CIO / G - 6 ) .