U.S. Strategic Command officially stood up the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Operations Center (JEC) during a ceremony at USSTRATCOM Headquarters on Offutt Air Force Base, July 26, 2023.
The JEC will serve as the heart of the U.S. Department of Defense’s electromagnetic spectrum operations, with the primary goal of restructuring accounts for force management, planning, situation monitoring, decision-making, and force direction.
Gen. Anthony Cotton, USSTRATCOM Commander, emphasized this new center’s significance to national security.
“Today is about moving forward. It’s about implementing a strategy that will advance and protect U.S. strategic advantages in the electromagnetic spectrum – advantages that are critical for our nation’s defense and security,” said Cotton. “Maintaining superiority in this contested space requires new approaches, and the nation is all over it.”