Creating FOSIF Rota George B. Pressly Operational

Transcript:Creating FOSIF Rota George B. Pressly Operational:
Creating FOSIF Rota George B. Pressly Operational - Intelligence Lessons Learned Symposium Establishing and operating FOSIF Rota, and all that implied April 1970 First OSIS element Initiated by DNI Support to SIXTHFLT OPCON of CINCUSNAVEUR The Problem Get highly perishable information from many sources, widely scattered geogrpahically Process it in a timely manner And disseminate in a form and in time to be operationally useful Some Major Sources of Information SIXTHFLT Units Had Varying Intelligence Capabilities SI access and intel staff COMSIXTHFLT CTF 60 / CTG 60.1 and carriers CTF 67 / CTF 69 / CTF 61 / 62 VQ and some specops units No SI access Most ships - destroyers, submarines, amphibs, oilers and other support ships Patrol Squadrons The Key Ingredients to Success A real need Strong, articulated support of operational commanders: COMSIXTHFLT and CINCUSNAVEUR Excellent and dynamic communications capability Flexibility in accomplishing mission Establishing credibility with operators Authorization to sanitize SI Our Initial Ground Rules to Bound the Problem Who? Where? When? Doing what? With whom? 72 hour time frame - yesterday, today, tomorrow Focus on support to SIXTHFLT Soviet Navy and special interest merships initially, other merchant shipping and other Med navies to follow Emphasize genser and sanitization No automation Initial Resources 1000 square foot SSO vault in FWC Rota Good communications Personnel Good Communications from Beginning Autodin and SPINTCOM access for record genser and SI traffic Participant in ASWFORSIXTHFLT net and SPARCOM (VQ) net Circuits to carriers and COMSIXTHFLT CSOC (later NSOC) opscom circuit OPSCOM circuit to NAVSECGRU Rota P&R with torn tape relay to other NSG sites OPSCOM circuits to Nosic, FOSIC London (when established and to to CINCEUR Downside of Communications We agreed to take the 5 FWC radiomen, and be responsible for all FWC/FOSIF comms Tough comms job - Both of us sent and received much high precedence traffic FWC was originator of two fleet broadcast channels which we ran Personnel Manned initially by rotating TAD and reserves - lots of OJT Billet structure from a proposed Med Exercise Analysis Group Six months to full permanent manning Mostly inexperienced but willing Information Sources and how received How processed How disseminated Some Sources and How Received Via record communications (genser and SI) HFDF reports (NCO MED/NORA) Sigint spot reports and summaries (field stations and NSA) Sightings (SIXTHFLT, NATO commands, and friendly navies) LANTFLT units, including COSL Straits coverage reports Via opscom circuits Sightings