[1] The Task Force's operations were moved to Fort Meade, Maryland, in April 2010 as part of decisions reached under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process.
[2] In 1998 the Department of Defense recognized a growing cyber threat and in response created the Joint Task Force-Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND), which achieved initial operational capability on 30 December 1998 and full operational capability by June 1999.
The Secretary of Defense signed a delegation of authority letter on 18 June 2004, designating the Director, DISA as the new Commander of the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations.
Hackers attempted to enter United States Department of Defense networks nearly 75,000 times in 2004.
The Task Force has a number of associated service components, including the 1st Information Operations Command (Land), the affiliated United States Army formation.