GO 2010-26 GENERAL ORDERS NO 2010-26 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC 1 October 2010 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CYBER COMMAND 1 Effective 1 October 2010 United States Army Cyber Command UIC W6UXAA is established as an operational-level Army force reporting directly to Headquarters Department of the Army Army Cyber Command will perpetuate the lineage and honors of the Second Army as specified by the United States Army Center of Military History 2 Army Cyber Command is the lead for Army missions actions and functions related to cyberspace including the responsibility for planning coordinating integrating synchronizing directing and conducting Army network operations and the defense of all Army networks When directed Army Cyber Command conducts full spectrum cyberspace operations to ensure freedom of action in cyberspace and to deny the same to our adversaries Army Cyber Command serves as the single Army point of contact for reporting and assessing Army cyberspace incidents events and operations and for synchronizing and integrating Army responses thereto 3 Notwithstanding any other Army order or regulation Army Cyber Command exercises administrative control of subordinate commands organizations and personnel and exercises operational control over Army forces as delegated by a combatant commander or subunified commander with regard to the execution of missions assigned to Army Cyber Command in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Secretary of Defense This order shall not infringe on the combatant command authority vested by law in combatant commanders or alter the command relationships and authorities specified by the Secretary of Defense In the event of a discrepancy between this order and the policies and procedures established by the Secretary of Defense the Secretary of Defense policies or procedures take precedence 4 Effective 1 October 2010 the provisions of HQDA General Orders Number 5 dated 13 August 2002 and Number 31 dated 16 October 2006 that are inconsistent with this order are hereby superseded DAMO-FM DISTRIBUTION This publication is available in electronic media only and is intended for the active Army the Army National Guard Army National Guard of the United States and the United States Army Reserve