OPNAV N2

Rear Admiral Steve Parode, Director of OPNAV Intelligence Division (N2)

In May 2026, the Navy implemented an organizational realignment of OPNAV N2N6, which disestablished its information warfare (IW) directorate and realigned its functions across the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. This change eliminated the roles and responsibilities of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, also known as N2N6, and established the Director of OPNAV Intelligence Division (N2). N2 serves as the principal advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on service-led strategic intelligence needs, representing the CNO in Joint Military Intelligence and Intelligence Community forums and serving as the CNO's principal for collaborating with the Department of the Navy Secretariat on intelligence and security matters. N2 serves as the Navy point of contact (POC) for operational intelligence support, intelligence production prioritization, and policy clarification and changes as well as any requests requiring HICE action, and has operational control over the Naval Intelligence Activity and all subordinate commands.

The N2 Division has four branches:

(1) N21: Fleet Requirements

(2) N22: Threat Analysis

(3) N23: Global Intelligence Operations and Engagements

(4) N2T: Strategic Integration

Updated by Kristin Stiner, July 2026