▁( J E W C ) ▁was ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Def ense ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁reported ▁to ▁the ▁J oint ▁Staff . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁J E W C ’ S ▁mission ▁was ▁expanded ▁and ▁the ▁organization ▁was ▁renamed ▁the ▁J oint ▁Command ▁and ▁Control ▁War fare ▁Center ▁( J C 2 W C ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Def ense ▁Reform ▁In iti ative ▁( D RI ), ▁the ▁J C 2 W C ▁was ▁real igned ▁from ▁the ▁J oint ▁Staff ▁to ▁US ▁Atlantic ▁Command . ▁Further ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁J C 2 W C ▁mission ▁resulted ▁in ▁red es ignation ▁as ▁the ▁J oint ▁Information ▁Oper ations ▁Center ▁( J IO C ). ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁J IO C ▁was ▁real igned ▁as ▁a ▁sub ordinate ▁command ▁of ▁USS P ACE COM . ▁In ▁conj unction ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁transition ▁of ▁USS P ACE COM ▁to ▁US STR AT COM , ▁the ▁J IO C ▁was ▁real igned ▁as ▁a ▁sub ordinate ▁command ▁to ▁US STR AT COM . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁the ▁J IO C ▁was ▁red es ign ated ▁the ▁J oint ▁Information ▁Oper ations ▁War fare ▁Command ▁with ▁a ▁mission ▁focused ▁on ▁oper ational ▁IO ▁planning ▁and ▁operations . ▁From ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁J E W C , ▁the