Volume 4, No. 13 U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command October 8, 2004

Insight Insight

Integrity vital for success

Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Peter Schoomaker recently

sent a note to the field talking

about integrity. In it, he said:

“The success of our Army

hinges on the trust and confidence we have in the words

and actions of our fellow Soldiers. Integrity is the cornerstone of the Warrior Ethos and

it is non-negotiable. I know you

share and embrace this most

important value, and need your

continued support and emphasis as we move this Army

forward.”

The chief and I mean

Soldiers in the broadest sense

- every member of the extended Army Team. Soldiers

includes both the men and

women in uniform as well as

Army civilians and contractors.

Across our military, actions

occur based on trust; lives and

battlefield success literally hang

in the balance. Our Army is a

social creation based on

shared experiences, expectations and values. These are

embodied in our traditions, rank

structure, standards, standard

operating procedures, traditions, accepted truths and

more. All of this together forms

a unique, cohesive environment

that Soldiers view as both

legitimate and morally binding.

It’s a very powerful phenomenon. Leaders routinely order

actions which place the lives of

our Soldiers in jeopardy to

accomplish the mission. It’s

also a very fragile construct -

when leaders don’t lead by

example or do “what’s right”

they do serious damage to their

units and personnel.

Doing “what’s right” under

all conditions is the basis of

military ethics. It transcends

mere compliance with published orders and regulations.

Those are necessary but

insufficient for Soldier trust and

confidence. Combat environments require rapid decisionmaking and action in the face of

ambiguous circumstances and

lethal danger. Soldiers are

willing to perform unbelievable

acts of heroism and sacrifice

for their comrades, their team

and for a cause they believe in.

Leader indifference to Soldier

welfare, deceit, lack of moral

courage, disrespect and a

perceived lack of fairness with

regard to shared risks will

rapidly shatter trust.

Some researchers have

concluded that instances of

post-traumatic stress disorder

in veterans of the Vietnam

conflict were exacerbated (and

possibly induced) by outrage

stemming from wartime leadership failure - leaders violating

“what’s right” within the norms

of military expectations and

culture. Jonathan Shay concludes in his Achilles in Vietnam study that “lies and euphemisms [rationalizing horrific

acts with tongue-in-cheek

phrases, winks and nods,

unwarranted rewards] by the

Soldiers’ own military superiors

and civilian leaders [ ... ] destroyed the trustworthy meaning of words” and undermined

social trust. (34) “Little things”

can become “big things” perceptually and infect a unit like

cancer unless checked quickly

and aggressively by leaders

who simply and consistently

DA photo

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of wartime accomplishment

across INSCOM built on the

backs of tough leaders at

every level. Let’s redouble

our efforts to lead from the

front.

Shay, Jonathan, M.D., Ph.D.,

Achilles in Vietnam, New York,

Scribner, 1994.

Blanchard, Kenneth and Norman

Vincent Peale, The Power of Ethical

Management, New York, Fawcett

Columbine, 1988

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Maj. Gen. John F. Kimmons

Commanding General, INSCOM

Deborah Y. Parker

Chief, Public Affairs

Sgt. 1st Class Terry J. Goodman

Senior Public Affairs NCO

Brian Murphy

Senior Editor

Civilian employee Don Shiles (right) of the 902nd Military Intelligence

Group deployed last year for INSCOM.

photo by Tina Miles

Reminder: civilians can deploy

Following the 9/11 tragedy,

civilian employees have increasingly been called upon to deploy

with their military compatriots in

support of contingencies such

as Operations Iraqi Freedom

and Enduring Freedom.

This change in circumstances makes it necessary to

identify civilian positions that in

the past were not classified for

deployment, meaning all

INSCOM vacancy announcements and all new job descriptions include the following

statement:

“All INSCOM employees

may be subject to extended

temporary duty or worldwide

deployments during crisis

situations to perform mission

essential functions as determined by management.”

INSCOM is committed to

minimizing the number of

involuntary civilian deployments, and will ensure all

personnel sent to perform

combat support or other crisisessential functions are provided

with proper training, equipment,

and protection.

Those deploying can use

the INSCOM Civilian Deployment Guide, located at: http://

www.inscom.army.mil/milgov/

civil_deployment/index.asp.

For additional information,

contact Karen Wolfe at 703-

428-4628.

Maj. Gen. John F. Kimmons Maj. Gen. John F. Kimmons

“do what’s right”.

It’s been said that “character is what you do when no

one is looking,” and that

“there’s no ‘right’ way to do a

‘wrong’ thing.” I believe both

of these to be true

(Blanchard, Peale, 9). None

of us are perfect, but success

in our Army depends upon the

standards we set through our

actions, not just our words.

We have a magnificent record

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courtesy photo

INSCOM Soldiers hand out backpacks filled with school supplies to Iraqi children Sept. 11.

(LOGISTICS SUPPORT

AREA ANACONDA, Balad,

Iraq) - Almost three dozen

backpacks filled with school

supplies were delivered to Al Bu

Hassan village children during a

visit from the 310th Military

Intelligence Battalion, 902nd MI

Group Sept. 11.

The backpacks were filled

with items for both young

children and teenagers. The

younger children received

backpacks with coloring books

and colored pencils; while the

older children were given

calculators, mirrors and they all

received school supplies.

The donations for the

school supplies came from

people in the United States,

said Lt. Col. Marie Stagg,

commander, 310th MI Battalion.

“With the school year

starting, people want to help

out,” Stagg said.

As more people hear about

the project, stateside generosity keeps the school supplies

coming in. The Soldiers in

Balad took the donated supplies and filled the backpacks

that were handed out.

“The backpacks themselves took over two months to

prepare,” Stagg said.

The preparation paid off as

one by one the kids lined up

eagerly to receive their backpacks while adults stood by

and watched. The supplies

were handed out at the village

sheik’s house and his son was

the first to receive a backpack.

After everything was

handed out, Soldiers from the

310th MI Battalion also passed

out candy and ‘Magic Bubble’

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INSCOM Soldiers supply the goods

by Sgt. Ann Venturato

13th Corps Support Command
INSCOM Insight Page 4 October 8, 2004

bubbles to the children.

Overall, it was another

successful mission for the

Soldiers who frequently visit

different villages in Iraq to help

with the force protection

there.

“Events like this help

solidify relationships between the Iraqis and Coalition Forces,” said Stagg,

“because the positive interaction between the Iraqis

and us keeps the lines of

communication open and

continues to build a trusting

The backpacks are

tailored by age (either

six to 10 or 11 to 15

years old) and by the

child’s gender. The

backpacks contain items

such as basic school

supplies, a picture

frame, mirror, toothbrush and a toy.

relationship.”

Soldiers from the 310th

MI Battalion will continue to

build solid relationships with

the Iraqis as they go about

delivering more backpacks

to children and meeting with

local members from the

surrounding communities,

said Stagg.

(Those interested in

donating items can drop

them off to the INSCOM

Command Group in the

Nolan Building, Fort Belvoir,

Va., or send them to:

Commander, Task Force

courtesy photo

Soldiers from the 310th MI Battalion grab boxes of backpacks to hand out to underprivileged Iraqi children.

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Vigilant Freedom

LSA Anaconda

APO AE 09391 or

Commander,

902nd MI Group

Fort Meade, Md 20755).
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Army honors INSCOM Soldier

WASHINGTON, D.C. —

After a week of enduring physical and mental anguish, Staff

Sgt. Andrew J. Bullock and Spc.

Wilfredo A. Mendez took home

the titles of 2004 Department of

the Army Noncommissioned

Officer and Soldier of the Year

in a Sept. 17 ceremony at Fort

Myer, Va.

“Never quit” was a motto

instilled in the 20 candidates

representing 10 major commands. But there could only be

one winner.

Bullock is a Ranger instructor with the 5th Ranger Training

Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.,

and he represented Training

and Doctrine Command in the

competition.

Mendez is an intelligence

analyst with 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 501st MI

Brigade, U.S. Army Intelligence

and Security Command, Camp

Humphreys, Korea.

“From the bottom of my

heart, it’s an experience of a

lifetime,” said Sgt. Russell

Burnham, the 2003 Soldier of

the Year. “It’s demanding at

times, but I wouldn’t trade it for

anything. There are no words to

describe the opportunity or

experience I had. It’s a shame

only one person can have it.”

“It’s a great opportunity and

a chance to meet many Army

leaders and make life-long

connections,” said his wife,

Elizabeth Burnham.

During the week-long

competition, which started

Sept. 12, Soldiers competed in

the Army Physical Fitness Test,

a written exam and essay, day

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Spc. Wilfredo A. Mendez, of the 501st MI Brigade, was named the Army’s Soldier of the Year Sept. 17.

photo by Sgt. Reeba Critser
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Make a difference

Maj. Gen. John F. Kimmons, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security

Command, encourages all Soldiers, civilians and contractors to participate in the democratic

process by voting.

Those individuals wishing to vote need to ensure they have registered prior to local deadlines

in order to be qualified to vote Nov. 2.

The military offers a Voting Assistance Guide to help individuals understand procedures for

registering and voting in their state or territory of legal voting residence.

For more information on federal voting policies, go to the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s

Web site att: http://www.fvap.gov/

and night navigation, warrior

task testing, day and night

weapons qualification, a sixmile road march, NBC fire and

other events at Fort Lee, Va.

Then the Soldiers completed the last leg of the competition Sept. 16, in Crystal City,

Va. - the board, which was

presided over by Sgt. Maj. of

the Army Kenneth O. Preston.

While waiting for the results, the Soldiers toured

Washington, D.C., and attended a Spirit of America

show at the MCI Center.

Then the time came to

announce the winner at Fort

Myer.

“All the competitors are

here because they know what it

takes to be a winner,” Preston

said before he announced the

winners. “Take what you’ve

learned in the past week and

getting up to the event and

apply it to your daily life.”

Both the winners said they

felt relief when their name was

called.

NCO winner Bullock is a

native of San Diego, Calif. He

has deployed to Kosovo, Egypt

and various rotations to the

National Training Center, Fort

Irwin, Calif.; and the Joint

Training Readiness Center,

Fort Polk, La.

Mendez is from Rio

Grande, Puerto Rico. He is

working toward a bachelor’s

degree in business administration, and is a graduate of the

Combat Life Saver Course and

Airborne School.

Still limping from the road

march at the award ceremony, Mendez said, “the

whole week has been a

perfect challenge. The battlefield replications and timed

events are there to show you

what you’re made of.”

“It’s an extreme privilege

to represent NCOs, especially

those who are deployed,

because I’m sure there are

NCOs who wanted to be here

but couldn’t,” Bullock said.

The next step for these

winners is to accompany Sgt.

Maj. of the Army Kenneth O.

Preston in various travels as

spokespersons for the Army.

“I’m looking forward to

going with the sergeant major

of the Army overseas and

visiting troops,” Bullock said.

“They deserve more accolades - by far more - than I did

here. They’re putting their

lives on the line.”

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Staff Sgt. James P. Rehl attends the Department of the Army

Noncommissioned Officer of the Year board Sept. 16, in Crystal City, Va.

photo by Sgt. Reeba Critser
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file photo

The 513th MI Brigade and the 902nd MI Group both played a role in

Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada.

More than 20 years ago,

on Oct. 5, 1983, the U.S.

launched its largest military

operation since Vietnam - the

invasion of Grenada, codenamed Urgent Fury.

After taking power in 1979,

Prime Minister Maurice

Bishop and his Provisional

Revolutionary Government

(PRG) invited increased

assistance from Cuba. Their

most ambitious project was a

new international airport, to be

built largely by Cuban workers, and featuring a 9,000-ft

runway - enough to take the

largest jet aircraft.

The Cubans planned to

use the airport as a staging

base for airlifting supplies to

their troops in Africa and as a

refueling stop for Soviet

planes en route to Nicaragua.

Work was scheduled for

completion in early 1984.

However, by the late

summer of 1983, the PRG

split over the issue of increasing Communist ties. Deputy

Prime Minister Bernard Coard

wanted to speed up the

conversion to a Marxist state,

while Bishop, disappointed

with Cuban assistance,

favored closer ties with the

West. Coard obtained the

backing of the military. The

crisis came to a head in midOctober when the army fired

on civilians demonstrating in

support of Bishop and

arrested and executed Bishop

and several of his allies. The

news of Bishop’s death

shocked and appalled the

normally placid Eastern

Caribbean. The Organization

of Eastern Caribbean States

voted to intervene militarily to

restore order to the region.

Lacking the necessary forces,

they appealed to non-member

states Jamaica and Barbados, and to the United States,

Oct. 21.

In light of a potential

hostage situation, the U.S.

closely monitored developments in Grenada since

Bishop’s arrest. About 1,000

Americans were on the island; most were students and

faculty of St. George’s University Medical School, an American-run institution. Securing

their safety was of primary

concern. The entire operation

was planned and carried out

in less than a week.

Fearing invasion, People’s

Revolutionary Army Gen.

Hudson Austin appealed to

Castro. Castro offered about

four dozen Cuban Army

regulars and paramilitary

already on the island, police

and secret service types, and

about 700 Cuban workers, all

military trained and armed

with personal weapons. The

INSCOM’s role in Grenada

by Karen Kovach

INSCOM History

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Cubans and PRA were very

well placed; they occupied the

high ground and strategically

placed their anti-aircraft

positions around the airfield.

As the first Marines landed at

5 a.m., they faced small-arms

and machine gun fire. Sovietmade 12.7mm guns fired at

helicopters bringing in the

second assault. U.S. aircraft

flying in the vicinity of St.

George’s met a torrent of antiaircraft fire; three helicopters

were shot down, before the

anti-aircraft guns were taken

out. Army Rangers found the

runway blocked and met

stiffer than expected resistance - machinegun fire

blasted at aircraft and Rangers on the ground, but U.S. Air

Force gun ships silenced the

hostile fire with devastatingly

accurate blasts. At the end of

the operation, 18 Americans

had died and 116 were

wounded.

The short-fused nature of

the crisis gave no time for

proper intelligence preparation

of the battlefield. Once they

secured the island, U.S.

forces were supported by

INSCOM’s counterintelligence

and technical intelligence

specialists. The 902nd MI

Group provided force protection. The CI team’s discovery

of a large cache of weapons

hidden in a building that had

housed the former Cuban

Embassy in the capital city of

Saint George’s proved a

major accomplishment. Acting

on a tip that bags of cement

were seen being loaded into

the building prior to its abandonment by Cuban diplomats,

counterintelligence personnel

accompanied local police as

they searched the premises.

They uncovered a false floor

in one of the closets. Inside

were numerous rifles, grenade launchers, submachine

guns, and pistols, plus over

500,000 rounds of ammunition.

The newly activated 513th

MI Group deployed a technical

intelligence team to police up

Soviet-made equipment. They

identified and shipped captured foreign equipment to the

U.S.

Group personnel also

presented technical briefings

and displays of captured

equipment to more than

16,000 people, to include the

vice president, secretary of

defense, and the secretary of

the Army.

Nevertheless, much of the

foreign equipment was destroyed or pilfered, presumably as souvenirs, by U.S.

forces. Especially damaging

to the intelligence community

was the loss of a golden

opportunity to capture, intact,

complete Soviet-designed

communications facilities and

equipment. This lesson

learned led to better training

of troops in the acquisition

and safeguarding of captured

foreign equipment, which

directly led to important

military intelligence successes during the Gulf War.

Politically, Urgent Fury

represented an important

change in American policy in

the Caribbean. The loss of

Grenada was a severe blow

to Cuban prestige worldwide.

Within days, several Caribbean countries broke ties with

Havana and expelled Cuban

personnel. Militarily, Urgent

Fury demonstrated the readiness, capability and professionalism of the U.S. armed

forces.

courtesy photo

Sgt. Kevin Lannon, of the U.S. Special Forces, was one of the 18

American casualties in Grenada.