Headquarters, Department of the Army G-3/5/7 Strategic Operations Directorate (DAMO-SO)
Driving Decision Dominance for Multi-Domain Operations
Driving Decision Dominance for Multi-Domain Operations
Mission. The Strategic Operations Directorate is the HQDA G-3/5/7 lead for planning and programming of cross-functional capabilities in support of the Army Campaign Plan and continuous transformation.
Led by Director MG Jake Kwon, Senior Advisor Cyber and Strategic Operations Samantha Rodrigues, and Sergeant Major Scott Slater, DAMO-SO is organized into 6 divisions focused on Information Operations, Cyber/ Electromagnetic Warfare, Space, Mission Command, Enterprise Systems and Resourcing.
Vision. DAMO-SO plans and programs the delivery of cutting-edge capabilities and information to deliver the Army of 2030 and beyond.
Mission: DAMO-SOI integrates Army information activities at the Enterprise level to ensure Army strategic information priorities are synchronized on a global scale to achieve an intended purpose. DAMO-SOI will accomplish this BY leading the Army’s Strategic Information Oversight Board process, WITH policy guidance governing Technical Effects, Operations Security, and Publicly Available Information, and THROUGH partners in the field to develop solutions to the challenges in the information dimension.
DIV Chief: COL Derek Schmeck
Mission: DAMO-SOC serves as the lead DCS G-3/5/7 integrator for Cyberspace Operations (CO) and Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), setting conditions for Army 2030 and beyond as a part of the Joint Force, focusing efforts on People, Modernization, and Readiness.
DIV Chief: COL Mike DeRosier
Mission: DAMO-SOS is responsible for coordinating Department of the Army activities that support and implement the Defense Space Strategy, National Strategy for Space, and Space Policy Directives 2-7. Develops, integrates, and articulates Space policies, strategies, plans, concepts and capability analysis. Leads Army participation in National Security Space Enterprise events and decision support processes.
DIV Chief: COL Pete Atkinson
Mission: DAMO-SOM (MCSE) prioritizes, synchronizes, and integrates Army-wide command and control strategies, plans, architectures, and capabilities.
DIV Chief: COL Reggie Evans
Mission: DAMO-SOE modernizes business systems and synchronizes Architecture and Data ISO of the Army’s Deploy to Redeploy and Retrograde of Materiel (D2RR) activities through Business Processes Re-engineering to enable senior leader decision making and transition the United States Army from the Industrial Age to the Information/ Cognitive era; ISO Information Advantage and Warfighting Transformation.
DIV Chief: Mr. Andy St Laurent
Mission: DAMO-SOR serves as DAMO-SO’s focal point for synchronizing all phases of Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution for the Directorate. SOR is the G-3/5/7’s manager of the Network Portfolio; providing strategic oversight of future year resources in Information Technology, Cyber, Network Operations/ Infrastructure and Electronic Warfare to ensure Army forces are resourced and trained to deploy and fight in a multi-domain information environment on a unified network.
DIV Chief: Mr. Stephen Molseed