What is the difference between Information Warfare and Information Operations?

I see both terms used interchangeably and I don't understand why. Information Operations is a term used by the US Department of Defense, defined in Joint Publication 3-13, but I don't see a reference for Information Warfare. The US Navy has Information Warfare officer and programs, but I don't see how Information Warfare is defined. Can anyone help me?|||Joel --





You've got a good question there. It sounds like a cop out, but the Navy tends to be a little bit sloppy in establishing doctrine and using joint lexicon. You correctly point out that "Information Operations" is a joint term and Navy has signed on to it. Nevertheless, we still use the term Information Warfare, and you are right -- it is generally used to mean the same thing as IO. See the link below and you'll find IW referring to the same warfare areas that you'll see defined in JP 3-13 or JP 1-02.