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Navy/USMC

Realignment of N2, N6 Will Maintain Navy’s Competitive Advantage, Official Says

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Thursday, October 8th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Looking to maintain its competitive advantage over adversaries in terms of command and control, information and intelligence, the Navy has officially merged the Director of Intelligence (N2) and the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6) into a single entity that will oversee information dominance, a top service official said. While the nation and the Navy have a competitive advantage over potential adversaries in the areas of intelligence and networks, the challenge in the information…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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