Submarine Forces (SUBFOR) Security

Question 1

Discuss Nuclear Weapons/Nuclear Material Security Command and Control:

Answer 1

Commanding officers of Navy strategic weapons facilities, are direct supporting commanders to director, Strategic Systems Program Office (SSPO) for the day-to-day execution of nuclear weapons security within the strategic weapons facility.
The strategic weapons facility includes the limited area, waterfront restricted area, and actual convoy routes.
Navy regional/installation commanders are responsible for all aspects of security outside the strategic weapons facility and for general LE within the facility. The strategic weapons facility and the host installation shall coordinate AT responsibilities in incident-response plans. The SSPO is the Navy technical program manager for nuclear weapons security.

Question 2

How often should a terrorism threat assessment (TA) be conducted at least?

Answer 2

Annually

Question 3

The goal of a RAM program is to deter, detect, and _____ terrorist attacks.

Answer 3

Disrupt

Question 4

First arriving unit to an incident will establish C2 and assume what role?

Answer 4

On scene commander

Question 5

True or False: Ships typically develop in-port security plans (ISPs) whenever entering a port in the United States at a Navy installation.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Which of the following is physical reconnaissance?

Answer 6

Air and ground

Question 7

Who is responsible for pre-mission route planning including checkpoints, choke points, alternate routes, and landing zone (LZ) identification?

Answer 7

Navigator

Question 8

What term defines the capability of materiel or a system to withstand the damaging effects of CBR contamination and any decontaminants and procedures required to decontaminate it.

Answer 8

CBR hardness

Question 9

What is residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion.

Answer 9

Fallout

Question 10

What is the NEC for Chief Master-at-Arms?

Answer 10

P01A

Question 11

What is the NEC for Antiterrorism Training Supervisor?

Answer 11

804A

Question 12

The strategic weapons facility includes the limited area, _________, and actual convoy routes.

Answer 12

Waterfront restricted area

Question 13

Operational Risk Management:

Answer 13

decision-making process that enhances operational capability by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing controls to reduce the risk associated with any operation. With respect to AT planning, commanders can use ORM to guide decisions on where to improve AT capabilities.

Question 14

The basic tenets of ORM follow:

Answer 14

1. Accept risk when the benefits outweigh the cost.
2. Accept no unnecessary risk.
3. Anticipate and manage risk by planning.
4. Make risk decisions at the right level.

Question 15

Threat Assessments:

Answer 15

is developed by performing a thorough, in-depth threat analysis, at least annually, on personnel and assets for which a commander or civilian equivalent has AT responsibility.
The threat of an asset or area is determined by assessing at the operational and tactical levels of the following two components:
1. TAs should identify the probability and severity of the terrorist to inflict injury to a person or damage to a facility or asset by considering terrorist capability, intent, and objectives.
2. TAs should specify the type of weapon(s) or act(s) the terrorist could use to initiate the event (assassination, bomb, etc.)

Question 16

Criticality Assessments:

Answer 16

identifies the DOD elements, personnel, and assets that require specific protective measures. Commanders incorporate this information into their AT protection plans to prescribe the means of the protection and to prioritize AT resource allocation.

When determining asset criticality, use of the following criteria can be used to assist in standardizing the process.
1. Importance.
2. Effect.
3. Recoverability.
4. Mission Functionality.
5. Substitutability.
6. Reparability.

Question 17

Importance

Answer 17

Measures the value of the area or assets located in the area, considering their function, inherent nature, and monetary value

Question 18

Effect.

Answer 18

Measures the ramification of a terrorist incident in the area, considering the psychological, economic, sociological, and military impacts.

Question 19

Recoverability.

Answer 19

Measures the time required for the function occurring at that area to be restored, considering the availability of resources, parts, expertise and manpower, and redundancies. Even if a DOD asset is injured, damaged, or destroyed, it may have future value in the accomplishment of other DOD missions or be of great symbolic value to the DOD, the U.S. Government, and the American people. Consideration should therefore be given to the resources that may be expended to recover an asset and in some cases, repair it for return to service with the DOD in the future.

Question 20

Mission Functionality.

Answer 20

Measures key positions, special facilities, specialized equipment, etc., used to fulfill assigned missions.

Question 21

Substitutability

Answer 21

Are there substitutes available for personnel, facilities or materiel?
Can assigned missions be performed using substitutes? If the substitutes are less-capable, can the mission still be accomplished successfully?

Question 22

Reparability.

Answer 22

If a DOD asset is injured or damaged, can it be repaired and rendered operable? How much time is required? How much would it cost? Could repairs be accomplished in a timely manner? Would repairs degrade asset performance, and if so, can the mission be accomplished in the degraded condition?

Question 23

Vulnerability assessment

Answer 23

serves as the process the DOD components use to determine the susceptibility of assets to attack from threats identified in the terrorism TA. The end-state of the VA process is the identification of physical characteristics or procedures that render critical assets, areas, or special events vulnerable to a range of known or feasible terrorist capabilities.