The 1 Information Operations Battalion 2 (IO Bn 2) is a U.S. Army unit specialized in information operations (IO). IO involves the integrated employment of electronic warfare, psychological operations, military deception, and computer network operations to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting one's own forces' information and freedom of action. The 1 IO Bn 2 falls under the U.S. Army's Information Operations Command, a subordinate command of the United States Army Cyber Command. Its primary mission is to conduct and support IO operations in order to achieve information superiority for friendly forces. The unit is part of the active duty component of the U.S. Army.