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The Geopolitical Intelligence & JointOperations Executive

August 2010

Office of the Director, Geopolitical Intelligence & Joint Operations Executive

Not approved for public distribution, for internal use only


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Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.

- Sun Tzu, The Art Of War


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Document Outline

Agency Description

Agency History

Agency Organization

Command & Control Element (C2E)

Analysis & Control Element (ACE)

Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment

Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment

Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment

Agency Headquarters

Agency Recruitment, Eligibility Requirements, Training, Uniforms, and Equipment

Appendices

Appendix A : GIJOE Sub-unit Composition

Appendix B : Comparative Enlisted Pay-Grades & Ranks

Appendix C : Comparative Warrant Officer Pay-Grades & Ranks

Appendix D : Comparative Officer Pay-Grades & Ranks

Appendix E : Federal Government Pay-Scales & Their Approximate Military Pay-Grade Equivalents

Appendix F : GIJOE Insignia

Appendix G : Acronyms & Abbreviations

Appendix H : Partial List of GIJOE Position-Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Appendix I : Glossary of Select Terms

Appendix J : Sample GIJOE Personnel Files


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Agency Description

The Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint O

perations Executive (GIJOE) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with the clandestine and/or covert collection of actionablegeopolitical human-resource intelligence in foreign territory. The agency's statutory role is defined in such a way that the scope of its activities do not interfere with that of other agencies or executivebranch departments. The bulk of GIJOE operators are individual augmentees from the armed forces, with a small number of private contractors and federal employees seconded from the Departmentof Defense and the Department of State rounding out the remainder of the agency's approximately 300-strong workforce. Attached military personnel are authorized a substantial hazard pay amountthat keeps compensation competitive between the normally lower-paid Armed Forces personnel and their civilian counterparts.

GIJOE's current operational focus is the gathering of actionable intelligence on the network of relationships linking established corporate entities to conventional weapons proliferation, terrorism, andstate and/or state-sponsored acts of terrorism in the United States and abroad. Of particular interest to the agency at this time are certain private military contractors and arms manufacturers

suspected of directly or indirectly providing training and matriel to militant organizations, international terrorist groups, and state sponsors of terrorism.

Agency History

Current agency director Joseph Colton, PhD, whose research in strategic studies provided much of the theoretical framework for the formation of GIJOE in 2010, cites the strategies and tacticsemployed by the United Kingdom's Special Operations Executive (1940-1946) as strongly influencing the basic concepts GIJOE would be founded upon.

The idea of a small, partially autonomous, interagency counterterrorist intelligence gathering unit with limited organic combat and logistics assets was formally forwarded by Col. Colton (US Army, ret.)in his 2004 doctoral thesis entitled "Modeling Adaptive Organizations in the Current Irregular Warfare Context." Drawing upon organization modeling theory and the real-world lessons learned from theIntelligence Community's lapses prior to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the continued misrepresentation of intelligence by key government figures that led to the contentious invasion of Iraqin 2003, and USSOCOM's past successes and failures in managing the growing threat of 21 st century terrorism, Colton successfully argued that an independent, operationally agile formationcomposed of volunteer individual military augmentees and government and private sector intelligence and security professionals would be more responsive and effective than the traditionallyorganized and regimented units the CIA, USSOCOM, and Department of Homeland Security utilize in countering emergent foreign and domestic terrorist threats. This same organization would also bemore accountable for its actions and be held to higher professional military and intelligence-gathering standards than the growing number of private military contractors being hired by theadministration to handle increasingly sensitive force protection and anti-terrorism duties.

It was Dr. Colton's theories that provided the initial impetus for the joint proposal by the US House Committee on Armed Services and the US House Committee on Homeland Security for the creationof a small, independent, government agency capable of clandestine and covert human-resource intelligence gathering and limited armed engagement of targets of opportunity. Congress authorizedthe formation of the Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive (GIJOE) in April of 2009 and Dr. Colton himself was nominated by an ad hoc expert committee to head the newly-mintedagency. President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Colton as the first director of GIJOE in June of 2009. In August of the same year, President Obama issued Executive Order 12333a, amendingExecutive Order 12333 and granting GIJOE limited license to conduct covert operations in support of its mandate, making it only the second government agency (after the CIA) authorized to performlegally deniable military and paramilitary actions. Congress would later provide an authorizing resolution for the executive order the via the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. After aninitial round of recruiting, organizing, and training that stretched over several months, the agency was formally stood up on 20 June 2010 at its base of operations, the re-commissioned FortWadsworth installation on New York's Staten Island.

Agency Organization

The Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive is structured as a multi-unit task force comparable in size to a small battalion.

Figure 1 GIJOE organizational structure


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The Command & Control Element (C2E) comprises GIJOE's overall command personnel and staff, both civilian and military. The triad of the C 2E, the Analysis & Control Element (ACE) and the STEELDetachment form what could be considered GIJOE's headquarters in the traditional military organizational sense.

Figure 2. C2E organizational structure

The Office of the Director plans and oversees GIJOE's activities and analyzes their effects. The director and deputy director are appointed by the president from a list of candidates preparedby an independent, non-partisan, ad hoc committee composed of leading counterterrorism, intelligence, and security analysts from the public and private sector. There is no statutoryprovision which specifically excludes active military personnel from being nominated for the positions, although the Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive's charterstipulates that the director and deputy director positions cannot be simultaneously filled by active-duty military officers. Neither the candidate list nor appointments require Congressional orSenate approval. Command staff are appointed by the director and deputy director.

The Operations Section is the director's primary resource for for planning, coordinating, prioritizing, and synchronizing GIJOE's intelligence-gathering operations.

The Tactical Deception Group provides deception planning support, supports GIJOE deception operations, and executes limited deception events with organic resources (such as decoysand communications deception). It is composed of a Group HQ tasked with recommending deception objectives, developing deception plans which present deception narratives to theadversary intelligence collection system, and monitors, via the appropriate elements, the execution of deception plan; a Plans & Operations Team that functions as a control station for theTactical Deception Group; a COMSEC Team in charge of deploying and employing electronic communications deception devices in support of GIJOE deception operations; a Camouflage &Concealment Team responsible for preparing physical deception measures and organizing material and personnel to be employed in deception operations; an Electromagnetic EmanationsSecurity Team with the mission of establishing and maintaining the noncommunications profile of replicated units for deception operations; and an ELINT/Imagery Analysis Team thatprovides electronic intelligence and imagery analysis support to the components of the Tactical Deception Group.


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The OPINTEL Team is responsible for providing timely and accurate intelligence analysis and products in support of the director and his staff. The team makes analytical predictions on whenand where hostile actions will occur. The team is responsible for evaluating the enemy in terms of doctrine, order of battle, high-value and or high-pay-off targets, capabilities, andvulnerabilities. It also plans and manages surveillance and reconnaissance activities in coordination with the Office of the Director, the Operations Section, and the various element leaders.

The Administrative Affairs Team is responsible for maintaining unit strength and conducting personnel actions. The team identifies and reports critical personnel shortages to the director anddeputy director. It ensures attached military personnel transition smoothly into and out of GIJOE and handles routine day-to-day tasks such as preparing element status and strength reports,monitoring training qualifications, preparing personnel awards and orders, scheduling, and other administrative support as required.

The Logistics & Mobility Team is tasked with providing logistical planning and support to GIJOE. The team supports the synchronization of intelligence collection and sustainment operations.

The C-E Team is the primary planning resource for all command and control communication and networking operations. Command communications personnel work closely with theOperations Section to ensure and maintain clear lines of communication during operations.

The Legal Team serves as the legal adviser to the director and the agency as a whole. It is responsible for advising on all legal aspects of GIJOE operations and legal issues arising inconnection with agency actions. It handles lawsuits filed against the director in his role as the director and serves as the primary agency contact for the Department of Justice.

The Public Affairs Team is tasked with managing the public relations risks and opportunities of the agency, both internally and externally. It is responsible for public communications to themedia and other government agencies. It advises and participates in decisions that may impact the ongoing reputation of the agency.


The Analysis & Control Element (ACE) has the primary mission of performing collection management, producingall-source intelligence, providing IEW technical control, and disseminating intelligence and targeting data. The

element supports the agency director in executing and planning future missions across the range of all-sourcecollection management and technical intelligence processing operations. It is habitually co-located with theCommand & Control Element to facilitate tasking and communications.

The Element HQ exercises overall supervision and coordination of current and future Analysis &Control Element operations.

The All-Source Intelligence Platoon consists of a Platoon HQ, an Intelligence Distribution TerminalStation, and four subordinate teams: All-Source Production, Collection Management, TargetNomination, and Dissemination. The Platoon HQ oversees the full spectrum of the platoon's all-sourceintelligence operations. Personnel assigned to the Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station are taskedwith providing the agency director, his staff, and element leaders with a comprehensive and commonview of the tactical space to aid in intelligence and targeting operations. Analysts from the foursubordinate teams are in charge of situation development, intelligence preparation of the tactical space,battle damage assessment, all-source correlated database maintenance, target development, and

collection management. The Technical Control & Processing Platoon consists of a Platoon HQ and three subordinate teams:

SIGINT, HUMINT/CI, and Imagery Analysis. The Platoon HQ oversees and coordinates technicalcontrol and processing operations. Analysts from the three subordinate teams perform discipline-specific processing, analysis, reporting, and database management. The platoon is also responsible forproviding discipline-specific analysis support to the Source Operations & Intelligence CollectionDetachment's Intelligence & Surveillance Platoon, Collection & Jamming Platoon, and Composite AerialReconnaissance Section.

Figure 3. ACE organizational structure


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The Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment is responsible for providing tailored combat support and combat service support to stateside and deployed GIJOEassets.

Figure 4. STEEL Detachmentorganizational structure


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The Detachment HQ is composed of three sub-units: the Detachment Command Team, the GIJOE Training Cadre, and the Office of the Ombudsman. The Detachment Command Teamoversees all combat support and combat service support activities. When the Detachment Command Team and the C2E's Command Logistics Team are simultaneously deployed overseas,they are frequently colocated to form a secondary Operations Section. The Training Cadre is responsible for developing and implementing GIJOE Professional Qualification Training, theGIJOE Basic Small Arms Proficiency for Non-Military Personnel Course, the GIJOE Combatives for Non-Military Personnel Course, and various core skills-maintenance programs. SeniorGIJOE members not on active assignment can and do volunteer as cadre guest instructors. The Office of the Ombudsman is a dispute resolution team that provides impartial independent,and confidential assistance to agency personnel. It is an independent organ answering directly to the agency director, but is administratively attached to the STEEL Detachment HQ.

The Service Support Platoon provides food service, parachute rigging, and diverse mechanical and electronic/electrical maintenance support to the agency.

The C-E/IEW Maintenance Platoon is composed of specially trained personnel capable of meeting the agency's intermediate C 4I technology maintenance needs.

The COMMO Platoon is composed of a Platoon HQ which provides signal personnel and equipment for the STEEL Detachment as well as four subordinate transmission teams which can beattached to individual Element HQs or Detachment Command Teams to facilitate intra-agency communications.

The Physical Security Platoon executes area physical security operations, conducts limited internment/resettlement operations, and performs law and order functions along with policeintelligence operations in assigned areas as required. It is composed of a Platoon HQ tasked with overseeing the platoon's activities and three subordinate five-man Physical Security Teams.

The Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Team utilizes the agency's C-27J Spartan transport aircraft. The team operates out of the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in New York'sSuffolk County. Aircraft maintenance, unit-level supply services, as well as aviation safety and standardization activities pertaining to the team are the responsibility of non-GIJOE Air NationalGuard base personnel, as per an agreement with the state government of New York. In cases where a mission's air movement requirements exceed the logistical capabilities of the team andits aircraft, the team's senior pilot liaises with the Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the New York Air National Guard to produce air transportation solutions.

The Medical Treatment Team provides health service support to the agency. This support includes emergency and non-emergency medical and surgical treatment for wounds, injuries, orillnesses; advanced trauma management; and sick call services. The team is capable of performing split-based operations, with half of the team's personnel performing limited casualtyevacuation missions from the supported elements to the treatment station. The team habitually establishes the treatment station where it can best support the agency's deployed elements.


GIJOE's Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment provides itwith a multi-spectrum intelligence collection capability.

The Detachment Command Team exercises overall supervision of current andfuture intelligence collection field operations.

The two RETRANS Teams install, operate, and maintain radio and datadistribution systems and signal support equipment and terminal devices.

The Intelligence & Surveillance Platoon has four units: a Platoon HQ, aCounterintelligence (CI) Team, a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) Section,and a Special Projects Team. The Platoon HQ is tasked with administrativeand intelligence collection management duties. The CI Team protects GIJOEassets against espionage/sabotage activities conducted on behalf of foreigngovernments or domestic and international terrorist groups. The SSE Sectionconducts interrogation, decryption of captured information systems, crimescene investigations, weapons intelligence collection, and battle/collateraldamage assessment. The Special Projects Team conducts CI and HUMINTactivities that fall outside of conventional intelligence doctrine.

The Collection & Jamming Platoon is charged with the detection, geolocation,and exploitation of foreign communications using signals equipment. ThePlatoon HQ oversees platoon operations while the Transmission AnalysisTeam provides translation and analysis support to the platoon. The VoiceIntercept Team detects, locates, and identifies foreign communications. Theplatoon also has three Low Level Voice Intercept (LLVI) Teams tasked withconducting voice intercept field operations using portable intercept equipment.

Figure 5. SONIC Detachment organizational structure


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The Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section operates the agency's manned surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft in support of the detachment's intelligence collection missions. Aerialreconnaissance activities may also be conducted in direct support of C 2E, ACE, and TIGER Detachment operations. The Platoon HQ oversees operations and is habitually co-located withthe Detachment Command Team. The Fixed-Wing Aerial ISR (for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) Team operates the agency's MC-12W Liberty aircraft. Its personnel areresponsible for piloting the craft and manipulating its surveillance and telemetry equipment. The Rotary-Wing Aeroscout Team operates the agency's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter insupport of target analysis missions. The team is also capable of conducting limited target acquisition and armed reconnaissance activities. Both teams operate out of the Francis S. GabreskiAir National Guard Base in New York's Suffolk County. Aircraft maintenance, unit-level supply services, and aviation safety and standardization activities pertaining to the section is theresponsibility of non-GIJOE Air National Guard personnel assigned to the base, as per an agreement with the state government of New York.


The Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment is charged with the collection of human-resource intelligence through long-range special reconnaissanceand surveillance up to 160 miles forward of the front edge of the designated operational space. The detachment can operate unsupported for up to ten days using organic assets. All personnelassigned to the TIGER Detachment are airborne-qualified and have received military mountaineering and helicopter rope suspension techniques training, as well as basic instruction in the use ofinflatable small craft and non-standard tactical vehicles and many have undergone specialized navigational skills, advanced combat leadership, or special operations/special operations-capabletraining such the Pathfinder School (US Army), Sapper Leader Course (US Army), Ranger School (US Army), Special Forces Qualification (US Army), 75 th Ranger Regiment Assessment andSelection Program (US Army), Combat Control School (USAF), Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training (USAF), Basic Reconnaissance Course (USMC), BUD/SEAL Training (USN), SWCC Training(USN), EOD Diver Training (USN).

Figure 6. TIGER Detachment organizational structure

The Detachment HQ contains three subordinate units for the command and control of the detachment. Personnel in the Detachment Command Team plan and control the employment of theLRS teams, coordinate insertion and extraction of the teams to include external support, and receive and report information from deployed teams. The Surveillance & Acquisition (STA)Sniper Team provides the Detachment HQ with a close reconnaissance capability as well as a limited ability to engage targets of opportunity at range. The Combat Observation/Lasing Team(COLT) is tasked with requesting, adjusting, and controlling surface-to-surface fires, providing targeting information in support of close air support terminal attack controls, and performingautonomous terminal guidance operations. While administratively and operationally attached to the Detachment HQ, the COLT directly answers to the C 2E's Fire Support Coordinator.

The detachment's two COMMO Stations maintain communication between the Detachment HQ and the deployed teams. They operate on a 24-hour basis to ensure that all message trafficto and from teams is processed immediately.

The TIGER Detachment has three High-Value Target (HVT) Tracker Teams, each unit consisting of six men and a highly trained detection/tracking dog. The HVT Tracker Teams' primaryresponsibilities include the deliberate identification, pursuit, and capture (or when required, neutralization) of senior or otherwise important enemy combatants; reconnaissance of an area forpossible enemy activities; and locating lost or missing friendly personnel.


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The detachment has eight Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance (LRRS) Teams, special mission units charged with infiltrating deep into hostile territory and providing continuoussurveillance of an intelligence target for up to a week, depending on the availability of food and water supplies. These teams are capable of engaging targets of opportunity when allowed by amission's profile. LRRS Teams are also tasked with physically securing sensitive sites and conducting basic site assessment ahead of the agency's Sensitive Site Exploitation Section.

The detachment's fifth LRRS team consists of personnel with extensive training and/or experience in performing their duties in especially arid and rugged terrain. All members of the team aretrained in the conduct of assault climbing operations in addition to the basic military mountaineering training common to all LRS Team personnel. LRS Team Five personnel are alsoexperienced in tree jumping.

Personnel assigned to LRRS Team 6 are chosen for their prior experience in conducting missions in extreme cold weather environments. Members of the team have received additional

training in cold weather survival, winter navigation and mountaineering, and the use of specialist equipment such as skis, snowshoes, and OSVs (over-snow vehicles).

LRRS Team 7 is composed of experts in High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) and High Altitude-High Opening (HAHO) free fall parachuting techniques, making them exceptionally suited forperforming operations in areas that are especially inaccessible via low or medium-altitude airborne or helicopter insertion methods.

In addition to performing overland reconnaissance and surveillance activities, LRRS Team 8 personnel are also trained to perform hydrographic, coastal, riverine, and port & waterwaysreconnaissance, small craft navigation in inclement weather, underwater combat demolition operations against targets of opportunity, and wet jumping.

Agency Headquarters: Fort Wadsworth

GIJOE's headquarters is located at Fort Wadsworth, in the New York Cityborough of Staten Island. Originally built as a single blockhouse in the late17th century, the building had grown into an infantry fort by 1924. By 1955, ithad been re-purposed as the headquarters of the 52nd Anti-Aircraft ArtilleryBrigade. In 1974, it became the site of the US Army Chaplain School. Fort

Wadsworth was handed over the the US Navy in 1979, when it became theheadquarters for the New York Naval Station. Fort Wadsworth wasdecommissioned as a military installation in 1994 and absorbed by theGateway National Recreation Area. In the mid-1990s, the US Coast Guardbecame a tenant in some of the buildings and housing previously occupiedby the Navy. The fort was re-commissioned as a federal installation in July of2009 to serve as the headquarters for the Geopolitical Intelligence & JointOperations Executive.

The fort's Battery Weed has been converted to house GIJOE's variousadministrative offices, while the former Fort Wadsworth Lighthouse is thelocation for the installation's primary communications facility. The convertedBattery Richmond, Battery Dix, Battery Ayres, and Battery Barry structuresserve as living quarters for GIJOE personnel who elect to live on-base.Battery Hudson has been re-purposed as a repair, parking, and storage

facility for the agency's fleet of tactical and non-tactical wheeled vehicles.The former Battery Mills, and Battery Turnbull have been re-purposed assupply depots while Battery Duane, Battery Bacon, and Battery Upton havebeen redesigned as training facilities.

While Fort Wadsworth is a self-sustaining federal installation capable ofoperating independently with minimal external logistics support for extendedperiods, STEEL Detachment personnel tasked with the facility's day-to-dayoperations are habitually reinforced and supported by non-GIJOE US ArmyReserve and US Army National Guard garrison units from nearby FortHamilton.

GIJOE's Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft, Fixed-Wing Aerial ISR, andRotary Wing Aeroscout teams and their aircraft are housed at and fly out ofthe Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, roughly 80 miles east ofFort Wadsworth in Westhampton Beach, in New York's Suffolk County.

Plate 1. Fort Wadsworth (in dark green) area map


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Agency Recruitment, Eligibility Requirements, Training, Uniforms, and Equipment

Recruitment & Eligibility: Positions in GIJOE are open to any member of the US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, and US Navy in the pay-grade of E-4 or above,provided they fulfill the job-specific requirements for available positions in the agency and are eligible for TOP SECRET security clearance (waiverable to SECRET security clearance at thediscretion of the agency director). A selected military applicant is seconded from his or her parent unit with the joint approval of the President and the secretary of the applicant's respectiveservice. Military applicants accepted into GIJOE incur a three-year obligatory term of service with the agency. Applications for an extension of the term of service can be submitted to theoffice of the director six months prior to the term's expiration. Select positions in GIJOE are also open to non-military personnel. Civilian GIJOE employees are drawn from other federalgovernment departments and agencies, regional and local government organizations, corporate organizations, and the independent private military contractor community.

Educational Requirements: Military applicants must have, at minimum, an associate's degree or an equivalent number of college credits from an accredited post-secondary educationalinstitution (conversion of military experience to college credit accepted). Civilian applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited post-secondary educational institution.

Training: All selected applicants for potential entry into the agency will have been chosen for the training and experience they already possess prior to application, significantly reducingagency training costs. Civilian applicants with no prior military or law enforcement small arms and personal defense training or ex-military and law enforcement applicants who have been outof the services for more than five years must pass the month-long Basic Small Arms Proficiency for Non-Military Personnel Course and the three week-long Basic Combatives for Non-Military Personnel Course prior to attending the nine month-long GIJOE Professional Qualification Training at Fort Wadsworth. All selected military and civilian applicants are required to passProfessional Qualification Training for acceptance into GIJOE (no waivers accepted). The training consists of intensive classroom coursework and practical field exercises in the topics ofintelligence collection and management, information operations, international affairs, and cross-cultural competence. The curriculum also incorporates a very demanding physical and mentalresilience training regimen. Applicants for positions in the Command & Control Element, Analysis & Control Element, SONIC Detachment, and TIGER Detachment must also attend SERELevel-C and Individual Terrorism Awareness training at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School if they have not done so prior to applying for GIJOE entry. ProfessionalQualification Training has a 97% attrition rate, with most program withdrawals occurring within the first three months of training. Failed applicants are allowed one opportunity to re-try for theagency, which they must exercise within two years of their first application.

Plate 2. Female (L) and male (R) STEELDetachment personnel wearingthe Professional QualificationTraining uniform

Uniforms: Military GIJOE operatives are required to wear their branch's respective service uniforms with GIJOE insignia and markings(see Appendix F for insignia details) and must adhere to the appropriate grooming standards when in garrison and conducting theirduties in an official public capacity. Civilian operatives are required to wear business casual or international business attire whendoing the same. Service-specific combat and working/utility uniforms such as the Army Combat Uniform, Marine Corps Combat UtilityUniform, Navy Working Uniform, Airman Battle Uniform, and Coast Guard Operational Dress Uniform are authorized for wear bymilitary GIJOE personnel in operational circumstances befitting their use. Civilian and military operators are also optionally issuedbattle dress uniforms in the M81 Woodland and Three-Color Desert camouflage pattern as well as blue, olive drab, orange, red, andtan coveralls for use in the appropriate working environments.

GIJOE operatives also have the option of wearing the GIJOE Professional Qualification Training uniform when working in conditionsmore suitable for combat and working/utility wear. This uniform consists of a green tactical vest, non-standard COTS khaki trousers invarious cuts and styles, a midnight blue long-sleeved shirt, non-standard COTS green rough-out boots, and a proprietary designballistic helmet derived from the Army's Future Force Warrior program which incorporates an IFF-enabled GPS receiver, aminiaturized combat net radio, integrated situational awareness enhancement sensors and displays, an ARMv6-architecture 32-bitRISC microprocessor-equipped computer, and a rechargeable battery. For reasons of practicality and security, grooming and uniformstandards are suspended for operatives conducting activities in the field in order to facilitate ease of movement, concealment,integration into local population and supported units, and other operational concerns.

Communication Equipment and Information Systems: GIJOE is equipped with a diverse collection of Software CommunicationsArchitecture-compliant combat net radios, secure servers, host applications, and ancillary equipment that communicate using MIL-STD 188-220 and MIL-STD 2045-47001 network standards, as well as the open communication network standards promulgated bythe Internet Engineering Task Force, the World Wide Web Consortium, the International Organization for Standardization, and theInternational Electrotechnical Commission. All GIJOE telecommunications equipment and information systems are continually testedfor compatibility and interoperability with current and future Joint Battle Command-Platform network systems and infrastructure.

Individual Weapons: GIJOE personnel are issued Heckler & Koch USP (Universale Selbstladepistole) Compact Tactical semiautomatic pistols as personal side arms. They are also givenconcealed carry handgun permits valid in New York and jurisdictions that have reciprocity with the state. Select qualified personnel are also issued Heckler & Kock MP5 submachine guns,M4 assault rifles, M249 light machine guns, M60E4 general-purpose machine guns, M24 sniper rifles, Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) grenade launchers, M67 grenades, and otherfirearms and ordnance as required by their duty assignments. A discretionary fund is provided for SONIC, STEEL, and TIGER detachment personnel to enable the individual acquisition fromfederal government and commercial entities any standard and non-standard firearms and firearm attachments and modifications that operatives may deem suitable for agency missions,although personnel are advised to limit their purchases to STANAG-compliant matriel whenever possible to facilitate interoperability, maintenance, and re-supply.
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Wheeled Vehicles: GIJOE maintains a white fleet comprising sixty unmarked automobiles of various makes andmodels, ranging in size from subcompact cars to full-sized vans and pickup trucks. These vehicles are used bypersonnel for the discreet on-road transportation of passengers and cargo, with the only modifications being theaddition of IFF-enabled GPS receivers and integrated combat net radio systems. Specially-configured full-sized vans,equipped with a full suite of satellite communications and encryption gear, also serve as mobile command posts.

The agency also maintains a green fleet of sixteen tactical utility vehicles primarily intended for use by TIGERDetachment teams on deep reconnaissance missions where alternative means of insertion, movement, andextraction are deemed impractical or too risky. Each custom vehicle, called a VAMP (for Variable Applications Mobility

Platform), is a modified Land Rover Defender XD equipped with a Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) andpowered by a 111 horsepower, four-cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine chosen for its low noise profile and inherentresistance to electromagnetic interference. The VAMP has a top speed of 100 miles/hour and an operational range of315 miles (which can be extended to 515 miles when carrying its full complement of four fuel canisters), although thisrange is reduced to about 200 miles when the vehicle is carrying its maximum payload of 2,250 pounds. The VAMPcan fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter's cargo bay and up to two of the vehicles can be carried within the cargobay of the agency's C-27J Spartan medium transport plane or a comparably capacious tactical airlift aircraft such as aC-130 Hercules. It can also be configured for Low-Velocity Air-Drop (LVAD) parachute operations. The WMIK allowsfor the attachment of frontal and lateral armor, an M249 light machine gun or a general-purpose machine gun (M60 orM240) on the front passenger pintle mount, and a general-purpose machine gun (M60 or M240), M2HB heavymachine gun, or MK 19 automatic grenade launcher on the rear ring mount. It can seat six personnel comfortably(including the driver, vehicle commander, and the rear gunner) but this capacity can be expanded to eight with therear ring mount weapon removed. The vehicle can also be fitted with a periscope engine snorkel, allowing it to beoperated fully submerged underwater as long as the snorkel's air intake remains above water. Additionally, it can beconverted to a tracked over-snow vehicle (OSV) by replacing its tires with Mattracks-brand rubber track conversion

systems, endowing it with considerable traction and maneuverability in snow and ice-covered environments

Plate 3. VAMP (Variable Applications Mobility Platform)

Small Craft: Each of the TIGER Detachment's component teams is issued a modified Zodiac FC470 Evol 7 inflatable boat,called a SHARC (for Shoreline Hazard Assessment/Raiding Craft). These versatile craft are ideally suited for performingcoastal reconnaissance as well as clandestine over-the-horizon transportation onto beaches, piers, quays, offshore platforms,and large sea-going vessels. A SHARC can be air-dropped and inflated in a matter of minutes either manually with a footbellows or automatically with a fast inflation kit. The craft can be propelled by oar or with a 55 horsepower outboard engine(capable of reaching speeds of up to 20 knots with a range of about 65 nautical miles). It can carry up to a maximum of tenscout-observers or eight scout-observer swimmers with full SCUBA/CCUBA gear (maximum payload of 2,756 pounds).Deflated, the craft weighs 264 pounds (minus the 280 pound outboard engine) and can fit inside a 2'6 x 4'11 container bag.

Observation/Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter: The SONIC Detachment's CompositeAerial Reconnaissance Section operates an unmarked OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopterin support of intelligence collection and target acquisition missions. Its two weaponspylons, which can be fitted with a combination of M296 .50 caliber heavy machine guns,7-tube Hydra 70 rocket launchers, twin AGM-114 Hellfire II laser-guided anti-tank missileracks, or ATAL (Air-to-Air Stinger Launcher) systems, provide the vehicle with thecapability to conduct small-scale armed aerial reconnaissance operations. NicknamedDragonfly by its two-man crew, it has a mast-mounted sight (MMS) fitted with a high-resolution TV camera for long-range, low-light target detection; a thermal imaging sensorfor navigation and target acquisition at night or under low-visibility conditions; a laserrangefinder for target location and armament guidance, and a boresight assembly forsensor alignment. The MMS gives the Dragonfly the ability to operate across a range ofvisibility conditions at the maximum range of its weapons with minimum exposure tothreats. The aircraft can remain concealed below the horizon or behind structures duringall but a few seconds of an air-to-air or air-to-surface engagement. The helicopter has aWire Strike Protection System in the form of two knife-like extensions above and belowthe cockpit, which protect the aircraft from the risk of wires (such as telephone lines,power lines, guy wires) entangling the rotor during Nap-of-the-Earth (NOE) maneuvers bycutting the wires before they come in contact with the main rotor assembly. The helicopterhas a maximum operational range of 350 miles and a service ceiling of 15,000 feet.

Plate 4. SHARC (Shoreline Hazard Assessment/Raiding Craft)

Plate 5. Dragonfly observation/armed reconnaissance helicopter


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Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR) Aircraft: The SONICDetachment's Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section also operates a modifiedMC-12W Liberty (which itself is a militarized Hawker Beechcraft 350 optimized forflying surveillance missions). The aircraft, nicknamed Skystriker by members of theagency, is equipped with a cameras and sensors that can supply video and telemetrydata to scout-observers and imagery analysts on the ground. It is also fitted with andsignals equipment that can intercept enemy communications to be analyzed on-boardor transmitted to the detachment's Collection & Jamming Platoon or to the agency'sAnalysis & Control Element. The Skystriker is unarmed, but carries an array of

passive and active electronic countermeasures for protection from surface andairborne threats. The aircraft has a maximum operational range of 2,750 miles and aservice ceiling of 35,000 feet,. Plate 6. Skystriker Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft

Medium Military Transport Aircraft: A modified C-27J Spartan medium military transport is assigned to theSTEEL Detachment. The aircraft, nicknamed Defiant by its four-man flight crew (pilot, co-pilot, 2 aircraftloadmasters), is a tactical airlift transport with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability: it needs a minimumof only 1,903 feet for a tactical takeoff ground run at maximum takeoff weight and has a landing ground roll of1,115 feet at the maximum landing weight. The Defiant is capable of carrying a maximum payload of 25,353pounds and can be configured as a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) or medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)transport (with room for 36 stretchers and a six-man treatment team), a troop transport (with room for 68personnel and their equipment), a paratroop-carrier (with room for 46 paratroopers and their parachuting gear)or a cargo carrier (see Plate 8 for pallet loading and vehicle load arrangement details). It has a service ceilingof 30,000 feet, a maximum ferry range of 3,680 miles, an operational range of 2,650 miles while carrying a13,000 pound payload, and an operational range of 1150 miles while carrying a 22,000 pound payload. Theaircraft's night-flying capabilities and low noise, emissions, and infrared signature makes it perfectly suited forclandestine insertion, extraction, and re-supply operations.

Plate 4. Devilfish small craft

Plate 8. Defiant cargo pallet/vehicle loading capabilities Plate 9. Defiant operational range with payload

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APPENDIX A: GIJOE SUB-UNIT COMPOSITION


Office of the Director

Director

Deputy Director

Command Operations Officer

Command Intelligence Officer

Command Administration Officer

Command Logistics Officer

Command Communications-Electronics Officer Command Senior Enlisted Adviser

Driver (2)

Operations Section

Tactical Intelligence Officer

Operations Officer

Fire Support Coordinator

SIGINT Chief

CBRN Chief

Counterintelligence Agent

Intelligence Analysis Supervisor

Transmission Operations NCO

Fire Support NCO

Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (2) Intelligence Analyst

Tactical Deception Group

Group Headquarters

Military Deception Officer

Deception Operations Chief-Counterintelligence

Plans & Operations Team

All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer

Deception Operations Supervisor

Intelligence Analysis NCO

Intelligence Analyst (2)

Imagery Analyst

COMSEC Team

COMSEC Supervisor

COMSEC NCO (2)

Camouflage & Concealment Team

Deception Operations Chief-Engineering

Deception Operations Supervisor-Combat Arms

Counterintelligence Agent

Imagery Analysis NCO

Electromagnetic Emanations Security Team

ELINT Intercept/Analysis NCO

ELINT Interceptor/Analyst (2)

Command & Control Element (C2E, con't)

Electromagnetic Emanations Security Team


ELINT Interceptor/Analyst (2)

ELINT/Imagery Analysis Team

ELINT Intercept/Imagery Analysis Team Leader


Imagery Analysis NCO

ELINT Interceptor/Analyst Imagery Analyst

OPINTEL Team

Counterintelligence Technical Officer


Administrative Affairs Team

Administrative Affairs Chief

Administrative Affairs Supervisor

Administrative Affairs NCO

Paralegal NCO

Administrative Affairs Specialist (2)

Logistics Team

Logistics Chief

Supply Operations Specialist (2)

C-E Operations Team

Senior Telecommunications Chief

Signal Support Systems Specialist (2)

Legal Team

Legal Counsel

Paralegal Chief

Paralegal NCO (3)

Public Affairs Team

Public Affairs Officer

Public Affairs Chief

Public Affairs NCO

Public Affairs Specialist (2)


Element Headquarters

Analysis and Control Element Leader

Analysis and Control Element Chief


All-Source Intelligence Platoon

Platoon Headquarters

Tactical Intelligence Officer

All-Source Intelligence Chief


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Analysis & Control Element (ACE, con't)

All-Source Production Team


SIGINT Analysis Technical Officer

Intelligence Analysis Supervisor


Intelligence Analyst (2)

Collection Management Team

SIGINT/EW Officer All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer

Collection Management Chief


Intelligence Analyst

Target Nomination Team


Intelligence Analysis NCO (2)

Dissemination Team



Intelligence Analyst

Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station

Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operations Chief

Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station Supervisor

Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operations NCO (2)

Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operator (2)

Technical Control and Processing Platoon


Platoon Leader

SIGINT Analysis NCO (2)

SIGINT Analyst (2)

Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (2)

SIGINT Team


SIGINT Analysis Supervisor

SIGINT Analysis NCO (2)


SIGINT Analyst (2)

ELINT Interceptor/Analyst

HUMINT/CI Team

HUMINT Collection Technical Officer

Counterintelligence Agent (3)

Imagery Analysis Team

Imagery Analysis Technical Officer

Imagery Analysis NCO (2)

Imagery Analyst (3)


Detachment Headquarters

Detachment Command Team

Detachment Commander

Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser

Supply Operations NCO

Armorer

Supply Operations Specialist

GIJOE Training Cadre Training Officer

Chief Observer/Controller-Trainer

Observer/Controller-Trainer (6)

Office of the Ombudsman

Organizational Ombudsman

Paralegal NCO

Administrative Affairs Specialist (2)

Service Support Platoon


Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

Automated Logistics Specialist

CBRN NCO

Food Service Section

Food Service Operations Chief

Food Service Operations Supervisor

Food Service Operations NCO (3)

Food Service Specialist (5)

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Technical Officer

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section Chief

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor

Motor Vehicle Maintenance NCO (2)

Recovery Vehicle Operator

Medium Fuel Tanker Operator

Motor Vehicle Mechanic (4)

Small Craft Maintenance Team

Small Craft Maintenance Supervisor

Small Craft Maintenance NCO

Small Craft Mechanic (2)

SCUBA/CCUBA Equipment Maintenance Team

SCUBA/CCUBA Maintenance Supervisor

SCUBA/CCUBA Maintainer-Repairer (2)

Parachute Rigging Team

Parachute Rigging Supervisor

Parachute Rigger (3)


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Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment (con't)

Power Generation Equipment Maintenance Section

Power-Generation Equipment Repair Supervisor

Power-Generation Equipment Repairer (2)

Signal Support Systems Section

Signal Support Systems Supervisor

Signal Support Systems NCO

Signal Support Systems Specialist (2)

C-E/IEW Maintenance Platoon Platoon Headquarters

Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

C-E Maintenance Section

Network Management Technical Officer

C-E Maintenance Chief

Radio/COMSEC Systems Maintenance NCO

Automated Logistics NCO

Radio/COMSEC Systems Repairer (2)

Computer/Detection Systems Repairer

IEW Equipment Maintenance Section

IEW Systems Maintenance Technical Officer

IEW Systems Maintenance Supervisor

IEW Systems Maintenance NCO (2)

Automated Logistics Specialist

IEW Systems Repairer (6)

Transmission Operations Platoon


Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

Transmission Team (4)

Transmission Operations Supervisor

Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (3)

Physical Security Operations Platoon


Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

Driver

Physical Security Team (3)

Physical Security Operations Supervisor

Physical Security Operations Specialist (4)

Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Team

Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft Commander

Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot

Aircraft Loadmaster (2)

Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment (con't)

Medical Treatment Team

Surgeon

Physician Assistant

Treatment Team Chief

Ambulance Team Chief

Medical Specialist (2)

Ambulance Aide/Driver (2)


Detachment Command Team



Supply Operations Supervisor

Armorer

RETRANS Team One (2)

RETRANS Supervisor

RETRANS NCO

RETRANS Systems Operator (2)

Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon


Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

Counterintelligence Team

Counterintelligence Technical Officer

Counterintelligence Agent (2)

Sensitive Site Exploitation Team

HUMINT Collection Technical Officer

Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator (2)

HUMINT NCO

Digital Forensics Investigator (2)

EOD NCO (2)

CBRN Reconnaissance Scout (2)

Imaging Equipment Operator

Special Projects Team

Special Projects Team Leader

Special Projects Technician (2)

Collection and Jamming Platoon


Platoon Leader

Platoon Chief

Transmission Analysis Team

SIGINT Analysis Supervisor

SIGINT Analysis NCO

Voice Communications Intercept NCO

SIGINT Analyst (2)

Voice Communications Interceptor


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Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment (con't)

Voice Communications Intercept Team

Voice Communications Intercept Supervisor

Voice Communications Intercept NCO (2)

Voice Communications Interceptor (3)

Low-Level Voice Communications Intercept Team (3)

Voice Communications Intercept NCO


Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section Section Headquarters

Section Leader

Section Chief

Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft Team

Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft Commander

Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot

Surveillance Sensor Payload Operator


Rotary-Wing Aeroscout Team

Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot/Aircraft Commander

Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot


Detachment Headquarters Detachment Command Team


Detachment Executive Officer


Detachment Communications Chief

Detachment Supply Operations Supervisor

Combat Net Radio Operator (2)

Armorer

Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Sniper Team

Scout-Sniper/Spotter (2)

Combat Observation & Lasing Team (COLT)

COLT Leader

Combat Observer (2) Communications Station (2)

Transmission Operations Supervisor

Transmission Operations NCO

Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer

Signal Support Systems Specialist

High-Value Target Tracker Team (3)

HVT Tracker Team Leader

Visual Tracker

Tracking Dog Handler

Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Dynamic Building Entry Technician-Explosives

Security Man

Countertracker/Rear Security Man

Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment (con't)

Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team (4)

LRRS Team Leader

Scout-Observer (5)

Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 5-Mountain

LRRS Team Leader

Scout-Observer (5)

Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 6-Cold Weather

LRRS Team Leader Scout-Observer (3)

OSV Expert Operator (2)

Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 7-HALO/HAHO

LRRS Team Leader

Scout-Observer (5)

Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 8-NSW

LRRS Team Leader/Reconnaissance Diver

Scout-Observer/Reconnaissance Diver (2)

Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Ordnance Clearance Diver

Small Craft Operator (2)


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APPENDIX B: COMPARATIVE ENLISTED PAY-GRADES & RANKS

PayGrade

Rank

USAF US Army USCG USMC USN

E-1 Airman Basic (AB) Private E-1 (PV1) Seaman Recruit (SR) Private (Pvt) Seaman Recruit (SR)

E-2 Airman (Amn) Private E-2 (PV2) Seaman Apprentice (SA) Private First Class (PFC) Seaman Apprentice (SA)

E-31 Airman First Class (A1C) Private First Class (PFC) Seaman (SN) Lance Corporal (LCpl) Seaman (SN)

E-4 Senior Airman (SrA) Specialist (SPC) or Corporal (CPL) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Corporal (Cpl) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)

E-5 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Sergeant (SGT) Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Sergeant (Sgt) Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)

E-6 Technical Sergeant (TSgt) Staff Sergeant (SSG) Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Petty Officer First Class (PO1)

E-7 Master Sergeant (MSgt) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Chief Petty Officer (CPO)

E-8 Senior Mast er Sergeant (SMSgt) Master Sergeant (MSG) or FirstSergeant (1SG)4

Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) Master Sergeant (MSgt) or FirstSergeant (1stSgt)9

Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) orCommand Senior Chief Petty Officer(CMDCS)12

E-9 Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt),Command Chief Master Sergeant(CCM)2, or Chief Master Sergeant ofthe Air Force (SMA)3

Sergeant Major (SGM), CommandSergeant Major (CSM)5, or SergeantMajor of the Army (SMA)6

Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO),Command Master Chief Petty Officer(CMC)7, or Master Chief Petty Officerof the Coast Guard (MCPOCG)8

Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt),Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)10, orSergeant Major of the Marine Corps(SgtMajMarCor)11

Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO),Command Master Chief Petty Officer(CMDCM)13, Fleet Master Chief PettyOfficer (FLTCM)14, Force Master ChiefPetty Officer (FORCM)14, or MasterChief Petty Officer of the Navy(MCPON)15

1 USN, USMC, and USCG personnel in the E-4 pay grade are junior NCOs. In the Army, SPCs and CPLs share the same paygrade, but only CPLs are junior NCOs and hold authority over SPCs. Army CPLs are more likely to be found in combat units, andare either PFCs who have been promoted to CPL or SPCs who have been laterally promoted to CPL. The rank of SPC is the entryrank for Army recruits with baccalaureate degrees or those with demonstrated proficiency in select technical areas.

2 CCM is considered a lateral promotion from CMSgt. The CCM promotion is awarded upon a CMSgt's selection by Wing (orhigher) leadership to serve as a senior enlisted adviser. Additionally, senior enlisted non-commissioned officers in the pay-gradesE-7 to E-9 can be assigned the position of First Sergeant (a squadron commander's senior enlisted adviser).

3The SMA is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

4 1SG is considered a lateral promotion from MSG. The 1SG promotion is awarded upon a soldier's selection by battalion (orhigher) leadership to fill available 1SG billets at the company level.

5 CSM is considered a lateral promotion from SGM. The CSM promotion is awarded upon a SGM's selection by battalion (orhigher) leadership to fill an available CSM billet to serve as a battalion (or higher) commander's senior enlisted adviser.

6The SMA is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Army.

7 CMC is considered a lateral promotion from MCPO.

8 The MCPOCG is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

9 Msgt and 1stSgt represent equivalent ranks with different responsibilities. The former is a senior leader in technical matterswhile the latter holds company-level command responsibilities.

10 MgySgt and SgtMaj represent equivalent ranks with different responsibilities. MgySgt is promoted from MSgt and is a seniorleader in technical matters while SgtMaj is promoted from 1Sgt and serves as a battalion (or higher) commander's senior enlistedadviser.

11SgtMajMarCor is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

12CMDCS is considered a lateral promotion from SCPO. The CMDCS promotion is awarded to formalize a SCPO's selection as avessel's Chief of the Boat (the senior enlisted adviser to a vessel's commanding officer and executive officer).

13CMDCM is considered a lateral promotion from MCPO. The CMDCM promotion is awarded upon a MCPO's selection to serveas a unit commander's senior enlisted adviser.

14FLTCM and FORCM are equivalent ranks and are considered lateral promotions from CMDCM. The FLTCM/FORCM promotionis awarded upon a MCPO's selection to serve as a Naval Fleet or Naval Force's senior enlisted adviser.

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APPENDIX C: COMPARATIVE WARRANT OFFICER1 PAY-GRADES & RANKS

PayGrade

Rank

USAF2 US Army3 USCG4 USMC7 USN8

W-1 discontinued Warrant Officer One (WO1) discontinued5 Warrant Officer One (WO-1) discontinued5

W-2 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Two (WO2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO-2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO-2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO-2)

W-3 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Three (WO3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CWO-3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW O-3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW O-3)

W-4 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Four (WO4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO-4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO-4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO-4)

W-5 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Five (WO5) N/A6 Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO-5) Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO-5)

1 Warrant Officers are single track techni cal specialists, ranking above enlisted non-commissi oned officers but below the conventional commissioned officer grades (O-1 and above). W-1 appointments are approved by the respective secretar ies of the services, whilepromotion to the Chief Warrant Officer ranks requires presidential approval, similar to conventional officer commissions.

2The USAF stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959, although the ranks are still authorized for use should the Secretary of the USAF deem them necessary.

3Warrant officers in the US Army primarily come from two sources: the NCO ranks and the civilian population. MOS-appropria te NCOs holding the minimum grade of E-5 (E-6 for those looking to become Special Forces Warrant Officer s) and qualified civilians withdemonstrated proficiency in select ed technical areas can attend the Army's Warrant Officer Basic Course. After successful graduat ion from the course, candidates are given the WO1 rank and continue on to further technical training dependin g on their specialty andqualifications.

4 Warrant officers in the USCG are drawn from the NCO ranks (minimum grade of E-6).

5 The USN and USCG discontinued the W-1 rank in 1975, as senior Navy and Coast Guard NCOs in the pay grades of E-7 to E-9 appointed to W-1 actuall y received a reduction in pay despite the promotion. Navy and Coast Guard warrant offi cer candidates, unliketheir Army and Marine Corps counterparts, are appointed directly to Chief Warrant Officer.

6 The USCG has a W-5 rank, but has not used it since its authorization.

7 Warrant officers in the USMC are drawn from the NCO ranks. Marine warrant officers are divided into two categories: non-technical warrant officers (a.k.a. Marine Gunners) and technical warrant officers. Marine Gunners serve as a unit commander's primaryadviser on infantry weapons employment and tactics. To be eligible as a Marine Gunner candidate, a Marine NCO must be qualified in an infantry MOS and hold a minimum rank of E-7. Technical warrant officers are, as their designation implies, leaders and expertsin a specific technical area. To be eligible as a technical warrant officer candidate, a Marine NCO must be qualified in an appropriate MOS and hold a minimum rank of E-5.

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APPENDIX D: COMPARATIVE OFFICER1 PAY-GRADES & RANKS

PayGrade

Rank

USAF US Army USCG USMC5 USN5

O-1 Second Lieutenant (2d Lt) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Ensign (ENS) Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Ensign (ENS)

O-2 First Lieutenant (1st Lt) First Lieutenant (1LT) Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG) First Lieutenant (1stLt) Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG)

O-3 Captain (Capt) Captain (CPT) Lieutenant (LT) Captain (Capt) Lieutenant (LT)

O-4 Major (Maj) Major (MAJ) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Major (Maj) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)

O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Commander (CDR) Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Commander (CDR)

O-6 Colonel (Col) Colonel (COL) Captain (CAPT) Colonel (Col) Captain (CAPT)

O-7 Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Brigadier General (BG) Rear Admiral, Lower Half (RDML)4 Brigadier General (BGen) Rear Admiral, Lower Half (RDML)4

O-8 Major General (Maj Gen) Major General (MG) Rear Admiral (RADM) Major General (MajGen) Rear Admiral (RADM)

O-9 Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Lieutenant General (LG) Vice Admiral (VADM) Lieutenant General (LtGen) Vice Admiral (VADM)

O-10 General (Gen) General (GEN) Admiral (ADM) General (Gen) Admiral (ADM)

Special2 General of the Air Force (GOAF) General of the Army (GA) N/A N/A Fleet Admiral of the Navy (FADM)

Special3 N/A General of the Armies N/A N/A Admiral of the Navy

1 The term "officer" is used in this case to refer to commissioned officers, that is to say, officers who are appointed by a sovereignauthority such as the President of the United States. Officers in the US Armed Forces are generally drawn from three sources:service academies (such as the US Military Academy at West Point or the US Naval Academy in Annapolis), service-specificofficer candidate schools, and service-specific ROTC programs. Credentialed civilians in certain special fields such as medicaldoctors, lawyers, nurses, and ordained members of the clergy who enlist in the military are also eligible to receive direct officercommissions upon meeting service and specialty-specific requirements.

2 The special ranks of General of the Army, General of the Air Force, and Fleet Admiral of the Navy are reserved for war-time use.The Marine Corps and Coast Guard (in war-time), being subordinate to the Department of the Navy, do not have equivalentspecial war-time ranks superior to General and Admiral, respectively.

3The special ranks of General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy have been used only three times in history: Admiral GeorgeDewey was promoted by Congress to Admiral of the Navy in 1899 for his actions in the Battle of Manila Bay (1898); General JohnJ. Pershing was granted the rank of General of the Armies in 1919 via an act of Congress in recognition of his performance as thecommander of the American forces in World War I, and George Washington was posthumously awarded the rank of General of theArmies by an act of Congress in 1976.

4 The USN and the USCG formerly authorized the rank of Commodore at the O-7 pay grade, equivalent to Rear Admiral, lowerhalf. The rank was discontinued by both services in 1983. In current Navy usage, commodore survives as a title of address forsenior captains in command of destroyer, cruiser, submarine, amphibious, and riverine squadrons; coastal warfare groups,special warfare (SEAL) groups, naval construction regiments, and air wings/air groups (with the exception of carrier air wings).The title of commodore is also occasionally used by high-ranking volunteer members of the civilian US Coast Guard Auxiliary.

5 The USN and the USMC maintain Limited-Duty Officer programs, which allow qualified enlisted personnel and warrant officersto enter the officer ranks without going through the US Naval Academy, NROTC, or Officer Candidate School. In the USN, seniorNCOs (grades E-7 to E-9) and E-6s eligible for promotion to Chief Petty Officer with 8 to 16 years of experience and chief warrantofficers (with at least 3 years of experience as chief warrant officers and no more than 19 years of total service) are eligible toapply for the LDO program. In the USMC, active duty warrant officers with at least 8 years of warrant officer service and less than20 years of warrant officer service can apply to become LDOs. Limited-Duty Officers are leaders in their technical fields ofexpertise (similar to warrant officers), but also hold command authority similar to their unrestricted line officer counterparts (i.e.,officers who have received their commissions through traditional channels). "Limited-Duty" in this case, does not refer to thescope of the LDO's responsibilit ies and authority; instead, it refers to the LDO's limitations in terms of promotion and careeradvancement. LDOs rarely advance beyond O-6; many LDOs are of a relatively advanced age compared to unrestricted lineofficers of equivalent rank by virtue of the time-in-service requirements for acceptance into the LDO program, and are thus closerto the mandatory retirement limits of their respective services.


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APPENDIX E: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY-SCALES & THEIR APPROXIMATE MILITARY PAY-GRADE EQUIVALENTS1

General Schedule Pay-Scale Executive Service Pay-Scale Approximate Military Pay-Grade Equivalent

GS-01 N/A E-1

GS-02 N/A E-2

GS-03 N/A E-3

GS-04 N/A E-4

GS-05 N/A E-5/E-6

GS-06 N/A E-7

GS-07 N/A E-8

GS-08 N/A E-9

GS-09 N/A W-1/W-2/O-1

GS-10 N/A W-2/O-1

GS-11 N/A W-3/O-2

GS-12 N/A W-4/W-5/O-3

GS-13 N/A O-4

GS-14 N/A O-5

GS-15 N/A O-6

N/A ES Level V O-7

N/A ES Level IV O-8

N/A ES Level III O-9

N/A ES Level II/Senior Executive Scale O-10

1 Note that the pay equivalencies do not convey to civilian employees rank or authority over military personnel. In cases where civilian employees and military personnel are assigned to the same unit, the line of authority isdictated by job title and not pay-scale or pay-grade.


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GIJOE Distinctive Unit Insignia

Symbolism: Ultramarine blue signifies the air and sea mission, while green denotesground missions. The black V-shape area refers to stealth and victory. The daggerrepresents agency members drawn from the Army. The trident, a symbol of navalprowess, symbolizes personnel drawn from the Navy. The lightning bolt denotes theagency's Air Force contingent. The anchor represents GIJOE's Marine Corps population.Each symbol represents the four primary services that contribute to GIJOE's individualaugmentee military force. On the scroll is the Latin phrase Ex Scientia Victoria, which

translates into English as From Knowledge, Victory.

GIJOE Beret Flash (authorized for US Army and select USAF career-field personnel only)

Description: On a blue shield-shaped embroidered item with a semi-circular base 21/4

inches (5.72cm) in height by 17/8 inches (4.76cm) in width overall, edged with a1/8 inch

(0.32cm) black border, an olive green diagonal band from upper right to lower left,fimbriated yellow, charged with a gold dagger surmounted by diagonally crossed tridentand anchor and a horizontal lighting bolt.

GIJOE Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Symbolism: The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia is adapted from the GIJOE Distinctive Unit

Insignia, thus its colors and charge have the same symbolism.Plate 10. GIJOE Distinctive Unit Insignia

Plate 12. GIJOE Shoulder Sleeve InsigniaPlate 11. GIJOE Beret insignia

APPENDIX F: GIJOE INSIGNIA


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APPENDIX G: ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Acronym/Abbreviation Definition

AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System

AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology

AFROTC Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps

AIT Advanced Individual Training

AMEDD US Army Medical Department

ARCENT-SA United States Army Forces Central Command-Saudi Arabia

ARFOR-T Army Forces Turkey

ASAS All-Source Analysis Systems

C2 Command and Control

C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation

CBRE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive

CBP-CETC US Customs and Border Protection Canine Enforcement Training Center

CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear

CCUBA Closed Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus

CFC Combined Forces Command

CI Counterintelligence

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CJFSOCC Combined Joint Force Special Operations Component Command

CJSOTF-A Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan

CJTF-HOA Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

COBRA Command Controller-Observer Regional Assistance Command, Inc.

COMMO Communications

COMSEC Communications Security

CONUS Contiguous United States

COTS Commercial Off-the-shelf

CRRC Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft

CSAR Combat Search and Rescue

DEW Directed Energy Weapon

DLIFLC Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

DMZ Demilitarized Zone

DoD (also DOD) US Department of Defense


EEOCA Engineer Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent

ELINT Electronic Intelligence

EMT Emergency Medical Technician

EMT-B Emergency Medical Technician-Basic

EOCA Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent

EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EW Electronic Warfare

FAI Fdration Aronautique Internationale

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FEST Foreign Emergency Support Team

FLASH Flame Assault Shoulder Weapon

FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

FORECON Force Reconnaissance Company (USMC reconnaissance unit)

GIJOE Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive

HAZMAT Hazardous Materials

HF High Frequency

HRST Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques

HUMINT Human Intelligence

HVT High-Value Target

IED Improvised Explosive Device

IEW Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

IFF Identification Friend-or-Foe

INSCOM Intelligence and Security Command (US Army)

INTERFET International Force for East Timor

INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

IO Information Operations

IPTM Institute of Police Technology and Management

IPW Interrogation of Prisoner of War

IRS Internal Revenue Service

ISAF International Security Assistance Force

ISR Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance


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ISSEE International School for Security and Explosives Education

ISTC International Special Training Centre (formerly called the NATO LRRP School)

IW Information Warfare

JFCC-ISR Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance, andReconnaissance

JFKSWCS John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School

JJIF Ju-Jitsu International Federation

JOTC Jungle Operations Training Center (US Army)

JSOC Joint Special Operations Command

JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force

JSOTF-P Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines

JSOU Joint Special Operations University

JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

JWTC Jungle Warfare Training Center (USMC)

LAAD Low-Altitude Air Defense

LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized

LCU Landing Craft, Utility

LETSS Law Enforcement Training for Safety and Survival

LLVI Low-Level Voice Intercept

LRRP Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol

LRRS Long Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance

LRS Long Range Surveillance

MAAWS Medium Anti-Armor Weapon System

MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force

MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit

MFO Multinational Force and Observers

MNF-I Multi-National Force-Iraq

MWTC Mountain Warfare Training Center (USMC)

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVSPECWAR Naval Special Warfare; alternatively abbreviated as NSW

NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical


NCO Non-commissioned Officer

NCS Net Control Station

NROTC Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps

NSTV Non-Standard Tactical Vehicle

NSW Naval Special Warfare; alternatively abbreviated as NAVSPECWAR

NTOA National Tactical Officers Association

NWTC Northern Warfare Training Center (US Army)

OCONUS Outside the Contiguous United States

OPFOR Opposing Force

OPINTEL Operational Intelligence

OPSEC Operations Security

OSV Over-Snow Vehicle

RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging

PSYOP Psychological Operations

Recon Reconnaissance

RETRANS Retransmission

RHIB Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat

ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps

RSTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition

RUTEX Realistic Urban Training Exercise

SCUBA Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SEAL Sea, Air, Land (US Navy personnel qualified in special warfare)

SERE Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape

SF Special Forces

SFOD-A Special Forces Operational Detachment A

SFOD-B Special Forces Operational Detachment B

SFOD-C Special Forces Operational Detachment C

SHARC Small Hydrographic/Area Reconnaissance Craft

SIGINT Signals Intelligence

SME Subject Matter Expert

SOC Special Operations-Capable

SOCKOR Special Operations Command-Korea


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SOCPAC Special Operations Command-Pacific

SOF Special Operations Forces

SONIC Source Operations & Intelligence Collection

SOTAC Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller

SPIE Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction

SRT Special Reaction Team

STA Surveillance and Target Acquisition

STEEL Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics

SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics

TACSAT Tactical Satellite

TC AIMS II Transportation Coordinators Automatic Information for Movement System II

TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities

TIGER Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance

UFMCS University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies

UHF Ultra-High Frequency

UIAA Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme

UN United Nations Organization

UNDPKO United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission

USA United States of America; also United States Army

USAF United States Air Force

USAFRICOM United States Africa Command

USARNG United States Army National Guard

USBATT US Infantry Battalion Contingent

USCENTCOM United States Central Command

USCG United States Coast Guard

USEUCOM United States European Command

USFK US Forces-Korea

USJFCOM United States Joint Forces Command

USMC United States Marine Corps

USN United States Navy

USNORTHCOM United States Northern Command


USPACOM United States Pacific Command

USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command

USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command

USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command

USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command

UXO Unexploded Ordnance

VAMP Variable Applications Mobility Platform

VHF Very High Frequency

VIPER Veteran Infantry Personnel

WIT Weapons Intelligence Team

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

XO Executive Officer


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Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot Operates aeroscout helicopter under tactical and non-tactical conditions. Performs aerial armed reconnaissance and route, zone, and/or area reconnaissance insupport of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.

Aircraft Commander Aircrew member designated by competent authority as being in command of an aircraft and responsible for its safe operation and accomplishment of the mission.

Aircraft Loadmaster Performs aircraft loading and offloading functions as well as pre-flight and post-flight examination of aircraft and aircraft systems. Computes weight and balance andother mission-specific duties. Provides for safety passengers and troops, and security of cargo and baggage during flight. Conducts cargo and personnel airdrops.

Ambulance Team Chief Administers emergency medical treatment to battlefield casualties, t rained in aeronautical medicine and all equipment associated with patient transport and rescue byactual or designated medical evacuation vehicles (tracked or wheeled) and rotary-wing aircraft.

CBRN Reconnaissance Scout Conducts sensitive site exploitation, mitigation, escort and remediation processes of CBRN devices or hazards. Performs and supervises detection, identification,decontamination, reconnaissance, surveillance, and survey and monitor operations associated with all aspects of CBRN defense.

Chief Observer/Controller-Trainer Senior NCO tasked with the administrative control, task performance evaluation, and the provision of constructive feedback during training. Manages the conduct ofsubordinate observer/controller-trainers and advises the training officer.

COLT Leader/Joint Fires Observer Leads the COLT in its role as an independent forward observer asset tasked with surveying key or vulnerable forward areas. Serves as the primary operator of theLightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder during target ranging and designation operations. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team. Coordinateswith terminal attack controllers for close air support and with fires cells/fire support coordination cells for attack aviation and naval gun sections if needed. Trained tocall in indirect surface fires, naval surface fire support, and attack aviation close combat attacks. Must have attended the US Army or USMC Joint Fires ObserverCourse or received equivalent training.

Combat Observer/Joint Fires Observer Functions as forward observer tasked with surveying key or vulnerable forward areas as a member of the COLT. Provides team security and serves as the secondaryLightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder operator, combat net radio operator, and vehicle driver during target ranging and designation operations. Coordinates withterminal attack controllers for close air support and with fires cells/fire support coordination cells for attack aviation and naval gun sections if needed. Trained to call inindirect surface fires, naval surface fire support, and attack aviation close combat attacks. Must have attended the US Army or USMC Joint Fires Observer Course orreceived equivalent training.

Command Administration Officer The principal staff officer for all matters concerning human resources support (military and civilian). Specific responsibilities include manning, personnel services,personnel support, and headquarters management.

Command Communications-Electronics Officer The principal staff officer for all matters concerning command, control, communications, and computer operations.

Command Intelligence Officer The principal staff officer for all matters concerning the enemy/threat, the environment as it affects the enemy/threat, intelligence, and counterintelligence. He/She isresponsible for intelligence readiness, intelligence tasks, intelligence synchronization, intelligence support, counterintelligence, and support to security programs.

Command Logistics Officer The principal staff officer for logistic operations and plans, supply, maintenance, transportation, and services.

Command Operations Officer The principal staff officer for all matters concerning training, operations & plans, force development, and modernization.

Command Senior Enlisted Adviser The senior enlisted adviser to the director. Acts as the directors representative in supervising aspects vital to agency operations.

Commando Mortarman Responsible for the tactical employment of the Arsenal M6C-210 60 mm commando mortar. Provides indirect covering fire in support of LRRS teams during exposedretrograde movements.

Counterintelligence Agent Supervises and conducts counterintelligence surveys and investigations to detect, identify, assess, counter, exploit and neutralize adversarial, foreign intelligenceservice, and terrorist threats to GIJOE activities.

Counterintelligence Technical Officer Conducts investigations/operations by applying sound judgment and analytical reasoning methods to detect and prevent acts of espionage, sabotage, and terrorismdirected against GIJOE activities. Conducts and supervises both overt and covert investigations. Supervises the technical performance of subordinate military andcivilian personnel in related job skills. Develops, evaluates, and manages sources and informants of military intelligence.

Countertracker/Rear Security Man Applies and advises on the use of evasion, camouflage, and deception techniques to keep an HVT Tracker Team from being detected during the conduct of manhunt,search and rescue, and surveillance missions. Provides rear flank security for the HVT Tracker Team during team movement and withdrawal.

Cover Man Responsible for the tactical employment of the M249 5.56 mm squad automatic weapon, the M60E4 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun, and the M2HB 12.7 mmheavy machine gun. Provides direct small arms covering fire in support of LRRS teams during exposed retrograde movements.

Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator Plans, organizes, conducts, and supervises overt and covert investigations. Examines and processes crime scenes, conducts sensitive site exploitation physicalevidence collection and preservation for scientific examination by crime laboratories and use in judicial proceedings. Obtains and executes arrest and search warrants.Conducts raids in support of agency operations. Interviews and interrogates victims, witnesses, suspects, and subjects and obtains written statements executed underoath. Develops, evaluates, and manages informants and other sources of criminal intelligence.


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Deception Operations Chief-Counterintelligence Provides counterintelligence threat estimates, studies, and reports. Conducts liaison with command staff for consolidation and coordination of deception tasking.

Deception Operations Chief-Engineering Produces, disseminates, and evaluates physical deception measures for supported elements. Prepares route, road, bridge, tunnel, ferry, and ford engineering reportsfor deception operations. Advises supported units in camouflage and concealment techniques to increase OPSEC to support deception. Supervises, advises, andassists in the fabrication of deception decoys, camouflage, and other activities.

Deception Operations Supervisor-Combat Arms Supervises deployment of personnel in offensive, defensive, and retrograde tactical deception operations. Evaluates terrain for deployment of deception equipmentand systems to include rocket and missile decoys and optical and electronic countermeasures. Supervises the construction of deception fortification and camouflage.

Deputy Director Assists the director in his/her duties and is authorized to exercise the director's powers in his or her absence. Synchronizes and integrates staff activities to optimizecontrol of agency operations.

Detachment Commander (SONIC Detachment) Manages all aspects of Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment operations. Directs, supervises, and coordinates the planning, collection,evaluation, fusion, analysis, production, and disse

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