109 Flashcards
109.1 Discuss the purpose of a Red Cross message.
- Family members can use the Red Cross emergency communication system to notify service members of an emergency or other important event. Red Cross messages are delivered 24/7/365 to military personnel at any duty station. American Red Cross communication services keep military personnel in touch with their families following the death or serious illness of a family member or other important events, such as the birth of a child. The Red Cross sends messages quickly, anywhere in the world, including ships at sea, embassies and to isolated military units. The information or verification in a message assists the service member’s commanding officer in making a decision regarding emergency leave.
109.2 Describe the following systems and state their function. ADNS; CUDIXS; VERDIN; NOVA; IBS; INMARSAT; VTC; DCO; WGS; Life Enhancement Program; OIX; CBSP
a. ADNS – Automated Digital Networking System. The primary function of the ADNS is to connect Navy shipboard networks to other ship and shore networks for transferring Internet Protocol (IP) data of various classification levels.
b. CUDIXS – Common User Digital Information Exchange Subsystem: Up to sixty subscribers per CUDIXS suite have the capability to both send and receive narrative message traffic. Each subscriber can send and receive Operator-to-Operator (OTO) order wire type messages in free form and up to eighty characters in length.
c. VERDIN - The VLF Digital Information Network (VERDIN) broadcast system provides a highly reliable and secure system for worldwide delivery of operational, tactical, and administrative messages from the Fleet Submarine Broadcast System (FSBS) and Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN). The VERDIN broadcast system is capable of long distance (>600 nm) communications and provides worldwide coverage for the various submarine broadcasts from multiple transmitter sites.
d. NOVA - NOVA is a UNIX based, base-level Mode 1 store and forward switching system that provides automated readdressal and quote functions for authorized users. For message accountability purposes, the system assigns a unique Processing Sequence Number (PSN) to each message received. NOVA provides duplicate checking and First-In First-Out (FIFO) by precedence processing Messages found to be in error are diverted to a Service Intercept Position (SIP) for manual intervention. If the message cannot be corrected at the SIP the message will be serviced by the NOVA operator.
e. IBS - Integrated Broadcast System has integrated several existing intelligence and information dissemination systems into a single system of broadcasts that will allow for the receipt of data via a single receiver (the joint tactical terminal). IBS will disseminate threat avoidance, targeting, maneuvers, force protection, target tracking, and target/situation awareness information, and will be continuously refined by data from national, theater, and tactical sensors.
f. INMARSAT - International Maritime Satellite continues to be a critical communications path for SIPRNET, NIPRNET, and telephone ship-to-shore access for all Navy ships less the CV/CVN/LHA/LHD/AGF and LCC classes. This multipurpose SATCOM system provides both simultaneous voice and IP data up to 128 Kbps. The Inmarsat terminals operate in the UHF L-band via the geostationary Inmarsat satellite constellation, enabling point-to-point voice, facsimile, and data.
g. VTC – Video Teleconferencing services are an extension of traditional telephony technologies with the added feature of being able to see the person or persons with whom one is talking.
h. DCO - Defense Connect Online provides all of the benefits of the world’s best of breed collaboration capabilities in Adobe Connect and an XMPP chat service to the DoD.
i. WGS - Wideband Global SATCOM. Designed to complement the DSCS III Service
j. Life Enhancement Program (SLEP) and GBS payloads, offsetting the eventual DSCS III decline in capability. (Original name of setup was the ‘Wideband Gapfiller Satellite’ (WGS) in early 2015). Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) is the required component to the Advanced EHF (AEHF) program for enhancing protected and survivable communications for Naval forces. It uses two-way Ka-band on SHF/EHF WGS. Key aspects are its multiband communications ability, capable of providing assured, jam resistant, secured communications with satellite cross linking ability to AEHF and MILSTAR satellites.
k. OIX - Official Information Exchange (the command email web-space is how commands send official email through C2OIX) https://www.oix.navy.mil/ It is CAC enabled, and allows users to draft official command email.
l. CBSP - Commercial Broadband Satellite Program. A lease of Commercial Satellite resources to supplement IP services for units afloat.
109.3 Discuss the following transceivers and their capabilities.
a. AN/WSC-3(V) 6 UHF transceiver supporting voice and data channels with two modes of operation: Line of Sight (LOS) and SATCOM across four transceivers.
b. AN/WSC-3(V) 11 The same type UHF transceiver, upgraded to support Link II.
109.4 Discuss GINGERBREAD and explain the procedures involved
- GINGERBREAD is Warning sent over the net to alert operators that hostile forces are attempting to intrude on the net by Imitative Communications Deceptions (ICD).
109.5 Discuss BEAD WINDOW and explain the procedures involved.
- BEADWINDOW is a real-time procedure which brings to the immediate attention of circuit operators the fact that an EEFI disclosure has (or may have) occurred. Proper response for a net member receiving a BEADWINDOW will be “ROGER OUT” using proper net call signs.
109.6 Discuss types of disclosures afforded protection by the EEFI list.
- Standardized EEFI (Essential Elements of Friendly Information) are established to identify specific items of information which, if acquired by an adversary, would degrade the security of military operations, special projects, etc.
109.7 Define RIVER CITY and state when it is utilized.
- River City conditions provide procedures to control outgoing paths from ships and shore systems (e-mail, web browsing, POTS, cell phones) for the purpose of OPSEC and force protection.
109.8 Discuss JSIR to include the following:
a. Meaconing - The intentional transmission of signals designed to deceive users of navigational aids (tactical air navigation, GPS, non-directional beacon, instrument landing system, etc.).
b. Intrusion - The intentional insertion of EM energy into transmission paths in any manner, with the objective of deceiving operators or causing confusion.
c. Jamming - The deliberate radiation, re-radiation, or reflection of EM energy for the purpose of preventing or reducing an enemy’s effective use of the EM spectrum and with the intent of degrading or neutralizing the enemy’s combat capability.
d. Spectrum management - Develop and maintain the JSIR database, interference resolution tools (e.g., SPECTRUM XXI), and direction finding and spectrum monitoring equipment. The JSC will maintain an automated database of interference incidents, resolutions, and lessons learned from the historical interference reports.
109.9 List the components of a standard navy message.
COMMON MESSAGE FORMAT LINES (F/L)
2 - Message Header
4 - Security warning, security classification code, transmission release code (TRC), special handling designator(s) (SHD) transmission instructions
5 - Precedence, originator’s date-time-group, message instructions
6 - Message originator (FM)
7 - Action addressees (TO)
8 - Information addressees (INFO)
9 - Exempt addressees (XMT)
11 - Prosign BT
12 - Message text will be arranged in the following order (as applicable):
a. Security classification
b. Special handling designations, e.g., SPECAT, US-UK EYES ONLY, etc.
c. Releasability statement
d. Special delivery instructions, e.g., PERSONAL FOR
e. Standard subject identifier codes (SSIC), subject indicator code (SIC), d delivery distribution indicator (DDI)
f. Exercise name
g. Subject line (SUBJ)
h. References
i. Thought or idea
13 - Prosign BT
14 - Confirmation
15 - End-of-message (EOM) validation consisting of number sign (#) and 4-digit station serial number (SSN)
16 - EOM functions, 2CR, 8LF, 4Ns, 12 LTRs, In ACP 126 format, also use prosigns “K” or “AR”
109.10 Define the following message precedence:
a. R – Routine action required within 6 hours.
b. P – Priority reserved for messages pertaining to operations in progress, action required within 3 hours.
c. O – Immediate reserved for messages pertaining to situations of grave importance to national forces and population at large. Action required within 30 minutes.
d. Z – Flash reserved for message pertaining to situation of enemy initial contact and operational combat of extreme urgency. Action required within 10 minutes (as fast as possible).
e. Y – Flash Override reserved for national security threats, Action overrides all other message precedence’s. Critic released as Y
109.11 State the purpose of an OPTASK COMMS.
- The OPTASK COMMS message is the means used by which the United States Navy and Allied Navies distribute afloat Communications plans.
109.12 State the purpose of a COMPLAN.
- Communications Plan (COMMPLAN) is a multi-step process of developing and implementing voice and data communications in support of unit and fleet missions.
109.13 State the purpose of a TSO.
- A Telecommunications Service Order is the authorization from Headquarters, DISA, a DISA area, or DISA-DSC to start, change, or discontinue circuits or trunks and to effect administrative changes.
109.14 State the purpose of a TSR.
- A Telecommunications Service Request is a valid, approved, and funded telecommunications requirement submitted to DISA or DISA activities for fulfillment.
109.15 State the purpose of a COMSPOT/Communications service advisory.
- Communications Spot (COMSPOT) reports will be submitted by all ships and shore facilities at any time communication outages or degradations are encountered. Submit the COMSPOT to the servicing NCTAMS and communications station respectively, info to the appropriate numbered fleet commander and ISIC. Timely submissions of COMSPOT reports are required, within thirty minutes of outage. Updates will be provided every hour or upon significant change in status. If systems cannot be restored within 48 hours, submission of a CASREP will be sent in accordance with Joint Force Maintenance Manual.
