CHIPS back issues from July 2008:
Editor's Notebook.(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Can you guess what the focus is for this issue by looking at the interlocking circles on the cover? Capt. Jon Greene, commanding officer of NSWC Dam Neck gave me the idea. He said that relationship building and working cohesively with partners is one of his most important objectives, and ...
Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Brawner, Lt. David McKenney and Yeoman 1st Class Vivian Favors from the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center exhibit assistance tools for Sailors serving as individual augmentees (IA) at the Joint Warfighting Conference.(Conference news)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Jeffrey Brawner, Lt. David McKenney and Yeoman 1st Class Vivian Favors from the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center exhibit assistance tools for Sailors serving as individual augmentees (IA) at the Joint ...
Panelists from the Joint Warfighting Conference discussion on How Can We Fix the Defense Acquisition Process? Using IT as a Case Study: the Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Mr. Robert J. Carey, Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer; Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorensen, Army CIO/G-6; and Mr. James P. Craft, deputy director C4 and deputy CIO for the Marine Corps.(Case study)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Panelists from the Joint Warfighting Conference discussion on How Can We Fix the Defense Acquisition Process? Using IT as a Case Study: the Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The name of Capt. Mark Kohlheim, commanding officer of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego, was ...
Don Cio: putting information to work for our people.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My office hosts the Department of the Navy (DON) Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Conferences to coincide with the co-sponsored AFCEA International and U.S. Naval Institute conferences in San Diego and the Norfolk area. The West Coast ...
Interview with air force Maj. Gen. William T. Lord AFCYBER (Provisional) commander.(Interview)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maj. Gen. William T. Lord is commander, Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional). He is responsible for establishing cyberspace as a domain in and through which the Air Force flies and fights, to deliver sovereign options for defense of the United ...
Q&A with Royal Navy Commodore R. J. Mansergh Deputy Director, U.S. Second Fleet combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence.(Interview)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commodore Bob Mansergh is the deputy director of 2nd Fleet's Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence (COE). In his varied and distinguished naval career, he has commanded two nuclear attack submarines, HMS Trafalgar and HMS Tireless, as ...
Collaboration and connectivity for the warfighter--JEFX 08-3: Navy leverages Air Force experiment to focus on command and control operations.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The pace was brisk; adrenaline was pumping at 2nd Fleet's Maritime Headquarters with Maritime Operations Center (MHQ with MOC) located in Norfolk, Va., April 23, as about 70 battle watch officers, as well as more than 100 other Army, Navy and Air Force officers at various locations across ...
Phoenix Express 2008.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Bringing the National Maritime Strategy to life is just one facet of Phoenix Express 2008, the Navy's third annual two-week exercise that demonstrated a multinational commitment to regional stability and maritime security in the Mediterranean. Participants from 11 nations came ...
Coalition forces complete Goalkeeper III Exercise.(Focus on Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group: NASSG participates in coalition maritime security operations exercises designed to strengthen regional partnerships and promote global prosperity)
Jul 01, 2008 ... By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ 5th Fleet Public Affairs Coalition forces, led by Royal Bahrain Navy Brig. Gen. Abdulla Saeed Al Mansoori, commander, Task Force (CTF) 152, conducted Exercise Goalkeeper III (GKIII) in the Arabian Gulf, May 12-14. The three-day ...
Coalition comes together to complete disaster relief training.(Focus on Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group: NASSG participates in coalition maritime security operations exercises designed to strengthen regional partnerships and promote global prosperity)
Jul 01, 2008 ... By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Coleman Thompson Combined Task Force 59 (CTF 59) recently completed a humanitarian assistance training exercise in the Arabian Gulf. The exercise was designed to improve the task force's collective response capabilities in the event of ...
U.S., Pakistan forces complete Inspired Union 2008.(Focus on Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group: NASSG participates in coalition maritime security operations exercises designed to strengthen regional partnerships and promote global prosperity)
Jul 01, 2008 ... By Nassau Strike Group Public Affairs Pakistan and U.S. naval forces completed Exercise Inspired Union 2008 in the North Arabian Sea May 21, which focused on air, surface and anti-submarine training, as part of regional maritime security operations (MSO). Pakistani ...
NSWC Dam Neck--face to the fleet: bridging gaps, building relationships and engineering C5I systems for a net-centric force with an experienced, dedicated staff.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The crown jewels of the Navy science and technology domain are the Naval Sea Systems Command's warfare centers. They have the fleet perspective, a unique perspective that doesn't exist in industry or even the universities that partner with the Navy in developing technologies. ...
FROST--future readiness and optimized scheduling tool: predicting best-case or worst-case scenarios--and any scenario in between--for more accurate cost models and decision analysis.
Jul 01, 2008; ... NSWC Dam Neck engineers recognized that making trend predictions for Navy electronics systems maintenance required data collection from a wide variety of sources. So to make tracking easier, they developed a Web-based application that tracks data in a customizable management and predictive ...
Navy reestablishes U.S. 4th fleet.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead announced in April the reestablishment of U.S. 4th Fleet and assigned Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, who was serving as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, as its first commander. U.S. 4th Fleet is responsible for U.S. Navy ...
Strike force interoperability: Navy officers and government engineers ensure combat systems are strike group ready and surge capable.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Strike Force Interoperability Officer (SFIO) teams, consist of Navy officers and senior civil service project engineers with a strong technical pedigree in fleet operations using integrated and interoperable command, control, communications, computers, combat systems and intelligence (C5I) ...
ASDS--Advanced Sensor Distribution System: a digital, real-time, efficient and cost-effective sensor distribution method.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Advanced Sensor Distribution System (ASDS) Laboratory, also known as the AN/SPQ-14(V) or ASDS lab, is a small lab with a big job. Simply stated, ASDS converts Navy tactical radar signals and radar video into a digital stream enabling ASDS radar distribution switchboards (SB4229A(V)/SP) ...
NSWC Dam Neck awarded wireless grants: improving battlefield command and control communications.
Jul 01, 2008 ... NSWC Dam Neck was selected to receive a $1.4 million grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop and deliver a mobile ad-hoc wireless network prototype for deployment in the tactical battlespace. Roger W. Kuhn Jr., a Navy civilian network architect/information ...
Remote monitoring: SWE improves equipment operating condition feedback.(Surface Warfare Enterprise)(Integrated Condition Assessment System)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Remote Monitoring initiative under the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE) has resulted in significantly improved equipment monitoring for surface ship hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) equipment. Through the combined efforts of Naval Surface Forces and Ship Systems ...
CWID answers the call for future capabilities.(Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration)
Jul 01, 2008 ... One nation threatens another in a volatile region of the world, and the scenario unfolds with a terrorist backlash in the continental United States on the global stage where Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration technologies show their mettle. Information sharing ...
A trident warrior 08 Journal: a situation report by the deputy director of Trident Warrior.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The following are selected paragraphs from the daily SITREPs that were submitted to key senior officers to provide feedback on tempo and progress as we conducted Trident Warrior 08 experimentation. TW is the annual sea-based FORCEnet series of experiments. 11 June We ...
The maturation of cyber crime: it's a job: cyber crime is fast-growing and lucrative ... and increasingly easier using sophisticated automated tools.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The dawn was cold and gray as Joe slipped on his coat and swallowed the last bit of coffee. Last night's research was profitable for his bank account and beneficial to the company. He was glad he followed that tip from his buddy on a new toolkit. It didn't cost much and he more than got ...
DICE DoD's Interoperability Communications Exercise: if you aren't prepared--you're rolling the dice.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Since 1988, the Defense Department's Interoperability Communications Exercise has been the only DoD exercise whose primary purpose is to certify systems for joint interoperability. This year, the Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) hosted the civil response portion of DICE ...
Navy ERP achieves initial operational capability.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A major milestone in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning program was achieved May 12 in ERP's acquisition life cycle. The attainment of initial operational capability (IOC) signals a significant step in bringing Navy ERP, the Navy's integrated business management system, to 88,000 users ...
Department of the Navy architecture Federation Pilot: the Defense Department recognized that the current approach of attempting to develop monolithic integrated architectures has not worked well. Consequently, DoD has developed a concept of architecture federation ...
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Defense Department knows that the structured analysis associatedwith architectures is essential to transform its plat-form-centric environment to a net-centric environment. This change will eliminate silos of data and information, thus making information visible and ...
Navy transitions to Wideband Global System.
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By NETWARCOM Public Affairs Operations Coordination and Execution Lead Capt. Kevin Johnson, at Naval Network Warfare Command, recently announced the transition of Pacific fleet communications to the Wideband Global System (WGS-1), the first of ...
Key tactical data link systems clear operational testing: NGC2P, MIDS on ship programs prepare for fleet introduction.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) announced the successful testing of two critical components of its planned upgrade to the Tactical Data Link (TDL) system aboard Navy ships. The Next Generation Command ...
Records management tool aids disposition decisions.(Department of the Navy Records Management Program)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A new records management disposition tool is available to assist users in their search for the applicable life cycle management policies and procedures for all types of naval records. This tool complements the Secretary of the Navy Manual M-5210.1: "Department of the Navy Records ...
LIFELines.(www.lifelines. navy.mil)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Since 1999, the LIFELines Services Network has been the Navy Department's official quality of life Web site for providing a treasure trove of self-help and support information for our Sailors, Marines and their families. There are literally hundreds of articles on issues ranging from ...
Can you hear me now? Solar flares and their effect on DOD equipment.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction According to recent reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), solar flare activity is increasing in frequency and is poised to present detrimental effects to critical Department of Defense ...
Benefits gained from combined endeavor 2008 as varied as the nations involved.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Regardless if military communication specialists are participating in their 14th Combined Endeavor communications interoperability exercise or their very first, their achievements, simple or complex, are crucial for the continued development of the craft ...
Work continues on multinational common operating picture at CE 08.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Hill CE 08 Public Affairs The idea to have a single digital display of relevant operational information shared by many nations and organizations in real time is becoming closer to reality at Combined Endeavor. ...
Military coalition frequency management.
Jul 01, 2008; ... All military forces need uninterrupted access to the radio frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum to meet vital communications requirements. The highly mobile nature of military operations and their logistics support require wide use of the spectrum for high-speed voice, data and ...
C41 project management in USFK: professional training coupled with a systematic approach delivers successful C41 capabalities on time and on budget.
Jul 01, 2008; ... In today's high-tech world, a project manager must use a variety of skills to develop, execute and implement a successful project. The planning process for complex command, control, computers communications and intelligence (C4I) projects can be a major undertaking when you examine the ...
The Army's Central Technical Support Facility: system integration and interoperability to meet warfighter needs.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Today's warfighters trust when they operate their vehicles or set up tactical operations centers the command, control, communication, computer and intelligence (C4I) systems inside will interoperate. Full interoperability of military systems is critical to America's success in the war on ...
Commander second fleet implements ITIL: customer focus and continuous process improvement lead to effective management of Navy networks.(Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By Second Fleet Public Affairs After nearly eight months, Communications and Information Systems (CIS) personnel at Commander, Second Fleet are nearing the end of their implementation of a brand-new process to govern the Navy's information ...
Create a digital dashboard to share management information: decision aid tools can help bring faltering projects back on the road to success.
Jul 01, 2008; ... A digital dashboard is a software tool that presents summarized management information in easy-to-understand visual displays based on key performance indicators. Simple automotive-type "gauges" and "stoplight" colors are often used to distill complex data into meaningful and actionable ...
SSC Charleston's 2008 Top Navy Engineer.(SPAWAR Employees 2008 Winners of the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award)
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston's Ken A. Crawley was selected a Top Navy Engineer by the acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, John Thackrah. Crawley was one of seven SPAWAR ...
SSC San Diego's 2008 Top Scientists, Engineers and "Emerging Innovators".(SPAWAR Employees 2008 Winners of the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Six Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) San Diego employees were honored with the 2008 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers Award by acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, John Thackrah, in a ceremony at the Pentagon May 29. ...
Fleet readiness center southwest lauded for energy saving programs.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Secretary of the Navy joined the Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington, D.C., recently to recognize Fleet Readiness Center Southwest's (FRCSW) fiscal year (FY) 2006 energy cost-saving programs. This was the first year FRCSW was selected ...
Hold your breaches!
Jul 01, 2008; ... All Department of the Navy personnel should continue to increase their level of awareness about properly safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII). To learn more about properly safeguarding PII, go to http://privacy.navy.mil. The following is a synopsis of a ...
CNO visits MRAP facility at SSC Charleston.
Jul 01, 2008; ... "I am about to make your day; the Chief of Naval Operations will be at your facility at 1100. I need you to set up the facility and be ready to brief him." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] April 2, 2008, brought the most unexpected, yet most exciting, encounters of my career ....
The lazy person's guide to botnets.
Jul 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cyberspace: the Wild West of the 21st century. The world is migrating information, commerce, governance and leisure activities into cyberspace in a shift that parallels American expansion into the Western frontier in the 19th century, only much faster and ...
www.it-umbrella.navy.mil.(Company overview)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to streamline the acquisition process and provide best-priced, standards-compliant information technology (IT). The ESI is a business discipline used to coordinate multiple IT investments and leverage the ...