[1] On September 12, 2011, by executive order, the JIOWC was chartered as a Chairman's Controlled Activity aligned under the Joint Staff.

In September 1994, the JEWC’s mission was expanded and the organization was renamed the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center (JC2WC).

Potentially due to concerns from then Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State, and the National Security Staff, President Obama signed Change One to the 2011 Unified Command Plan, on September 12, 2011.

[4] Currently, the JIOWC is tasked with supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff in improving the ability of the United States Department of Defense (USDOD) to "meet combatant command information-related requirements, improve development of information-related capabilities, and ensure operational integration and coherence across combatant commands and other DOD activities.

The JOSE is designed to provide OPSEC training, program review, surveys, and plans and exercise support to the combatant commands.