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Sept. 11: Remembered

Volume 4, No. 12 U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command Sept. 17, 2004

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On a horrifying day three

years ago, as the World Trade

Center crumbled, the Pentagon

billowed smoke and a Pennsylvania field blazed, America, her

citizens, and much of the world

changed forever. America and

its military had felt the lethal

blows of terrorism in the past,

but the events of 9/11 were

undreamed of.

The idea that our borders

could be penetrated by terrorists, who for months planned

this terrible, cowardly attack on

our neighbors, friends and

loved ones, was inconceivable

to most Americans.

 All of us remember where

we were that tragic day. I sat,

after returning from my morning

run, watching what I first

thought was a commercial for a

new disaster movie. When I

realized it was live footage, I sat

in silence and disbelief, asking

myself why and how this

happened.

There are many answers to

that question, but perhaps the

best one is it happened because of fear – because the

American way of life is a serious threat to those who would

rule the world through pain and

terror. It happened because we

could not imagine that such evil

existed in the world and would

strike our shores. It was an act

meant to divide our country, but

instead it made us united and

strong.

In the days following 9/11, I

remember a cartoon that

depicted an American eagle

sharpening its talons. That

simple sketch symbolized our

commitment to freedom and

our resolve that justice would

meet those who use the killing

of innocents as a political tool.

Our actions in Afghanistan

and Iraq prove our determination that people everywhere will,

one day, be free of the menace

of terrorism.

Three years ago America’s

finest demonstrated the very

fabric that our nation is made

from – courage, daring and

selfless service. Since 9/11,

our military and civilians, many

deployed to Afghanistan and

Iraq, show those same qualities

every day.

More than 1,100 of our

military comrades have lost

their lives in the war on terrorism. They are in our thoughts

and in our hearts. The people of

America are grateful for their

courage and sacrifice.

The peace loving people of

Afghanistan and Iraq, those

who want a bright, liberated

future for their children, feel the

same. The families of our lost

and wounded will never be

forgotten. Thanks to them, the

world is a safer place.

U.S. Army Intelligence and

Security Command Soldiers

and civilians continue to support American and coalition

warfighters on the ground, in

the air, and at sea, with the

intelligence they need to accomplish their missions on a

daily basis.

Our Intel Warriors continue

to perform above expectations.

They share the bravery, determination and commitment of a long

line of Soldiers and civilians who

have fought to maintain our way

of life for more than 220 years.

 That tenacity and resolve is

not only our heritage, but a part

of our very soul. We will always

go where needed. That is our

vow and our sacred duty.

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INSCOM Insight is published biweekly as a Command Information epublication for the men and women of

the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security

Command under the provisions of AR

360-1.

Opinions expressed herein do

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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

Editor

Staff Sgt. Chris Golde, a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st

Infantry Regiment, befriends a Kurdish child during a dismounted patrol in

Kirkuk, Iraq.

 photo by Spc. Sean Kimmons

by Roger W. Putnam

Army News Service

Commentary: NCOs key to winning war, peace

BAGHDAD, Iraq — History

has taught us many lessons on

what to do after a war is won.

Germany and Japan are just

two examples of defeated countries that rose from the ashes of

defeat to become leaders in the

international community with the

direct assistance of the United

States. In no small respect, the

U.S. military’s noncommissioned

officers and their troops became

the ambassadors of goodwill in

these countries, and played a

major role in winning the hearts

and minds of the people.

Earning the trust of the people

is essential if any reconstructive

effort or peacekeeping mission is

going to be successful.

Today’s problems in Afghanistan and Iraq are similar.

Noncommssioned officers and

their troops are the ones seen

everyday on the streets of the cities

and towns. It is their behavior that

shapes the views of the local

population and reflects what

America is all about.

One of the hardest tasks for

the NCO is to not blame all the

people for the acts of a few. We

have trained our Soldiers to be war

fighters, and justifiably so, but

America’s Soldiers are still filled

with compassion for children and

the downtrodden.

It is difficult for NCOs to see

their Soldiers attacked by insurgents and not become cynical

toward the populace. But, thank

God, our NCOs have proven they

have the values and ability to put

those feelings aside and perform

the acts of kindness we see them

doing the world over, especially in

Iraq and Afghanistan. Cynicism

only undermines our ability to

build a rapport with the population.

The NCO is instrumental in

ensuring the populace understands America’s values and

that it is a truly compassionate

country. In Vietnam, our Soldiers

built orphanages and schools,

treated the sick, and spent

untold hours assisting the

Vietnamese, even while being

attacked daily by insurgents.

U.S. Soldiers have performed similar deeds in every

conflict our country has been

involved in, and the NCO has

always been at the forefront of

these activities. Without the
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Perhaps the greatest singular

triumph of Army Intelligence is the

work performed by code breakers

on the eve of World War II.

Their efforts, most notably

those of William F. Friedman and

Frank B. Rowlett, would help to

shorten the war and save countless lives.

The story has all the suspense

of a spy thriller, full of science and

eccentric scientists, and moments

when the fate of nations was

shaped by exhausted men and

women laboring over strange

machines.

Mr. Rowlett, a soft-spoken,

courteous Virginian and former

mathematics teacher, joined the

Army’s Signal Intelligence Service,

headed by Friedman, in 1930.

His first mission was to ensure

that U.S. military codes were the

best and most secure that could

be devised.

The second was to undertake

the peacetime interception and

analysis of foreign code and cipher

communications. Early in 1932

Rowlett’s group began studying

and solving “machine” cipher

systems.

While still producing codes for

the War Department, the group

began working on decoding

Japanese diplomatic communications.

By the end of 1938, they were

able to read every Japanese

cryptosystem then in use. However, in mid-1939, a new kind of

cipher machine was installed in

major Japanese Embassies.

The solution of the new cipher

proved to be a slow and laborious

task. After 18 months, in September 1940, Genevieve Grotjan made

a significant breakthrough in the

solution of the cipher nicknamed

the “Purple” code in September

1940.

The remarkable result of an

intense collection effort was that

Friedman’s and Rowlett’s team

constructed entirely by analysis a

machine capable of deciphering

the chief Japanese diplomatic

cipher. Translated Japanese

diplomatic traffic known as “Magic”

soon began to reach the highest

levels of government.

The work of the Army

codebreakers made it possible for a relatively small U.S.

force to intercept a Japanese

invasion fleet and win a

decisive victory in the Battle

of the Coral Sea, thus saving

Australia and New Zealand;

enabled the crippled American

fleet to turn the tide in the

Pacific War at Midway; and,

by decoding messages from

Japan’s ambassador in

Berlin, even gave our forces

invaluable information on

German war plans.

Intelligence codebreakers key to success in Pacific

This Month in History

Flanked by her fellow “code breakers, Genevieve Grotjan made a significant

breakthrough September 1940 in the solution of the “Purple” code, which led

to victories in the Pacific during World War II.

 Department of the Army photo

I love being a Soldier, and I

am proud to work alongside

those who pledge to serve

their country and to fight its

enemies, foreign and domestic. Duty, Honor, Country –

these three words inspire and

motivate all of us to protect our

borders; assist our allies; and

lend a helping hand to those too

fearful or weak to help themselves.

We will always remember 9/

11. It was not an attack on a

place – New York, the Pentagon

or a quiet Pennsylvania field – it

was an attack on the spirit of our

country. As Americans we all

lost someone that day and, until

the war on terrorism is over, it

will serve as our battle cry.

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by History Office

Intelligence and Security Command
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by Jim Garamone

American Forces Press Service

Gen. Myers: Military Bearing

Pressures ‘Extraordinarily Well’

WASHINGTON – The

military is bearing a large share

of the global war on terrorism

and military personnel are

handling the pressure “extraordinarily well,” the chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff said here

Sept. 8.

Air Force Gen. Richard B.

Myers said during an interview

that military members remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001,

and that the sense of purpose

they felt in the days after the

attacks in New York and Washington is still fresh in their minds.

Myers said the service

members involved in the global

war on terrorism “clearly understand what the stakes are and

what this is all about.”

The chairman said service

members also know that they

brought hope to more than 50

million people in Afghanistan and

Iraq.

Myers also cited American

aid to the Philippines to defeat

Abu Sayyaf on Basilan Island,

and efforts to secure the Horn of

Africa with 1,400 U.S. troops

based in Djibouti, as other

examples of the missions

American military members are

doing.

Military members and their

families know the United States

is a nation at war, Myers said.

And they know the coalition

against terrorism is making

progress. Myers pointed out that

in Afghanistan, presidential

elections will be held Oct. 9.

Under United Nations

supervision, more than 10

million Afghans have registered

to vote in the first free elections

in more than 30 years. What’s

more, he said, about 42 percent

of those registered are women.

Under the Taliban, women

couldn’t go to school or receive

medical care, let alone vote.

The chairman admitted that

security will remain a challenge

and that he expects violent

factions in Afghanistan to try to

disrupt the elections and try to

stop progress.

Contrasting Iraq today vs.

Iraq in March 2003 also is useful,

the chairman said. Before major

combat, Saddam Hussein used

brutal tactics to keep the population under control. U.N. officials

estimate that Saddam and his

Baath Party compatriots killed

outright at least 500,000 people.

Other estimates put the number

higher.

Saddam had weapons of

mass destruction and used

them on his own people – mostly

the Kurds in the northern part of

the country – and against its

neighbors – against Iran during

the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, the

chairman said.

He defied the United Nations

resolutions put in place after the

first Gulf War and treated the oilfor-food program as his own

private bank. Saddam Hussein

never gave up the hope that

the 19th province in Iraq

would be Kuwait, Myers said,

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Clouds of dust are kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter

as it comes in for a landing to pick up security forces during a Humanitarian

Aid mission in Afghanistan Sept. 6.

 photo by Sgt. Michael Abney
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“The most important

thing that we have

when we go into combat ... is the resolve of

the American people.

With the American

people resolved,

there’s no issue at all,”

Gen. Richard B. Myers,

chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff

and he was shooting at coalition

aircrews every day as they enforced the Northern and Southern

“no-fly” zones. “And now he’s in jail

and will be on trial very shortly,”

Myers said.

The Iraqi interim government is

“pretty much accepted as legitimate by the Iraqi people,” the

chairman said, and the United

Nations is shepherding the political

process. Elections are scheduled

for January, with final elections set

for December next year. Schools

and clinics are open and working

and the coalition is working with

Iraqis to repair the infrastructure

Saddam neglected.

 “Iraq sent a soccer team to

the Olympics,” Myers said. The

team did well in the games and

“wasn’t beaten for not winning a

medal,” as when Saddam’s son

ran the country’s sports program.

The chairman said that things

are changing in Iraq, and the troops

who have contact with Iraqis

understand how much they

appreciate the changes. But Iraq

“is still a very challenging environment and unfortunately we still

have a lot of tragedies over there

both for our troops and innocent

Iraqi citizens.”

Myers said leaders understand

the troops are fighting in tough

nasty conditions. He said forces in

Iraq fight in 120- and 130-degree

temperatures while wearing full

protective gear. Still, service

members know it is “better to fight

extremists in Fallujah than it is to let

them fester there and fight them

somewhere else,” Myers said.

Myers thanked military

members and their families for

their sacrifices. He said Americans need to understand the

sacrifices that American military members and their families are making.

“There are parts of America

that understand pretty well,”

Myers said. “There are others

probably where every day goes

on and it’s just another nice day

in the United States of America.

They don’t have a good appreciation for the sacrifices made by

others on their behalf.”

But if those Americans think

about it, they will understand that

what’s standing between them

and “perhaps the severest threat

our country has ever faced” is

the United States military.

Myers said all Americans are

counting on servicemembers.

“Our children and grandchildren

are counting on them and I’m

very confident that they will do

the right thing,” he said.

Myers said that when he

travels in the United States he

always reminds Americans that

this is a nation at war. “I think

people need to be reminded,”

he said. “There are no Victory

Gardens like World War II.

We’re not saving scrap

metal or rationing rubber and

gasoline. It’s pretty much

business as usual for most of

the population.

“On the other hand, the most

important thing that we have

when we go into combat ... is

the resolve of the American

people,” he continued. “With the

American people resolved,

there’s no issue at all.”

Time to 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.

For example, the Constitution of Virginia requires individuals be registered in the precinct in

which they live by Oct. 4 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/
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Yongsan, Republic of Korea -- Sgt. Samuel E. Cowell, 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion, receives the 8th

United States Army Sergeant Audie Murphy Award from Lt. Gen. Charles Campbell, commander, 8th Army,

during induction into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club ceremony July 16. Cowell was also selected 8th U.S.

Army Noncommssioned Officer of the Year and Intelligence and Security Command NCO of the Year. He will

be competing Sept. 12-17 in the Army’s third NCO of the Year competion at Fort Lee, VA. Readers can look for

a story about Cowell and his accomplishment in a future issue of the INSCOM Journal.

 photo by Pfc. Jason A. Merrell

INSCOM NCO of the Year

Columbia, Md. – United

States Strategic Command is

sponsoring the “Government

Symposium on Intelligence,

Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Transformation...Showing the

Way Ahead” Sept. 28-30 at the

Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver,

Colo. The symposium will

bring three-letter government

agency directors and senior

military personnel together to

discuss the challenges and

opportunities ISR transformation presents.

The impetus for this symposium is the Unified Command Plan, Change-2 (UCP-2),

signed by President George W.

Bush, which directs the consolidation of historically discrete

Department of Defense ISR

functions under one unified

command. UCP-2 tasks

STRATCOM with this responsibility, and the Initial Operating

Capability for commands

unified ISR functionality is

October 1.

The symposium features

briefings on contemporary

issues by intelligence community and DoD leaders, including

USSTRATCOM, Joint Forces

Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National

Security Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency. Preliminary topics are

DoD ISR Integration, ISR

Advocacy, Information Integration, and Network-Centric ISR.

For additional information,

visit: www.federalevents.com,

or call 888-603-8899.

(Editor’s Note: This is a privately sponsored event, and is

not affiliated with INSCOM or

its personnel.)

U.S. STRATCOM sponsors transformation symposium
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by Curt Biberdorf

Army News Service

Assault Kitchen to feed troops faster

The Assault Kitchen is scheduled to replace the Kitchen, Company Level Field Feeding in 2007. The Assault

Kitchen was developed by the Food Service Equipment Team under Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems

at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass.

 photo by Sarah Underhill

NATICK, Mass. — The

ability to quickly feed hot

meals to forward-deployed,

fast-moving warfighters is

what the Army will gain when

the Assault Kitchen delivers its

heat-on-the-move capability to

the field.

Intended to replace the

“Kitchen, Company Level

Field Feeding” beginning in

2007, the Assault Kitchen will

provide a better way to feed

company-sized military units,

according to officials.

The Assault Kitchen was

developed by the Food Service Equipment Team under

Product Manager Force

Sustainment Systems at the

U.S. Army Soldier Systems

Center in Natick, Mass.

”The KCLFF is an assortment of odds and ends. Many

times, frontline units don’t take it

to the field other than a component here and there,” said Doug

Brown, a mechanical engineer

and project officer for the Assault

Kitchen.

“They tend to not want to

operate with the whole system

because of the setup involved. It

takes more time and effort to

use when compared to the AK.”

The Assault Kitchen consists of

a Humvee and trailer packed

with equipment that either

eliminates, transfers or replaces

the collection of loose KCLFF

items with a setup where every

component has its place on a

mobile platform.

A Humvee carries six insulated beverage containers, three

pan carriers to keep food trays

warm, five insulated food containers, a 5-gallon fuel can, fire

extinguisher, utensil box,

maintenance kit for the ration

heater, and a ration heater to

prepare Unitized Group RationHeat and Serve tray packs or

No. 10 food-service cans

strapped into the cargo area.

A trailer carries eight water

cans, an ice chest, three

tables, cargo netting to hold

tray pack boxes, stock pots, a

cradle for use in preparing hot

beverages and an awning to

cover the serving area during

bad weather.

The heart of the AK is its

ration heater, officials said. It

uses non-developmental and

commercial technology that

allows operation on common

battlefield fuels, and it draws

electricity generated from the

Humvee through a mounted

power inverter.

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We used already-developed

ration heaters and as many

existing pieces of commercial

equipment as possible,” said

Scott Mannka, an engineering

technician, about the 1-year-old

project that produced two

prototypes. “It’s the only way

we could build AK prototypes

fast.”

The AK heater tank is

turned on with a switch and

operates for 10 hours on 5

gallons of fuel. The portable,

stainless steel water tank heats

up to 18 tray packs, 15 No. 10

food-service cans or a combination of the two in 30-45

minutes, and it can heat them

while driving, which is not an

option with the KCLFF’s open

flame burners, according to

Brown.

Thermostatic control

assures the heater tank’s water

temperature stays below the

boiling point, but a relief vent is

a backup to prevent overpressure. Other safety features

include sensors or switches to

shut off the burner if the water

depth in the tank falls below 6

inches or the heater tank

exceeds specified angles.

The Assault Kitchen feeds

up to 250 troops in one location

or as many as 500 troops daily

in multiple locations, and setup

is completed in as little as 10

minutes with two cooks, according to Brown. Packing up

to be ready to “jump” to the next

feeding site is equally as fast.

Two approaches to using

the Assault Kitchen were

followed during a user demonstration earlier this year. Brown

said both prototypes were

praised by troops who tried

them.

In January at Fort Stewart,

Ga., troops tried a “pit stop”

feeding method, hauling the

kitchen to the Soldiers with a

fuel and ammunition supply

convoy. Tankers and infantrymen either met the kitchen and

convoy at a designated location

or the supply convoy went to

them.

At the National Training

Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., in

March and April, the kitchen

stayed with forward units at

all times and was re-supplied

with rations and water whenever possible.

”The vision at first was not

to stay with a forward unit at

NTC,” Mannka said. “They

liked it a lot. They were impressed. They gained confidence with it every day they

used it.”

The team plans on refining

the system and completing

additional testing during the

next two years, combining the

best features of the two

prototypes into one prototype

before production approval in

2006. Brown said current

plans for production are for

the Army, Marine Corps, and

potentially the Air Force, to

combine their requirements

for the Tray Ration Heater and

the Assault Kitchen into a

large economical production

contract.

For more information

about the U.S. Army Soldier

Systems Center, visit

www.natick.army.mil

(Editor’s note: Curt Biberdorf

is the editor of the Warrior

magazine.)

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noncommissioned officer,

many of these endeavors

would not have succeeded, or

even existed. The NCO has to

be the positive influence in both

peace and war. NCOs make

things happen.

The NCO must always

remember that planning is

done at a higher level, but

implementation of orders is an

NCO responsibility. The NCO

is responsible for teaching and

training his or her subordinates,

not only in war fighting techniques, but also how to approach the populace, how to

understand and appreciate their

culture, and how to treat them as

they would want to be treated.

Trying to understand the rules

they live by is as foreign to our

culture as ours is to theirs. A smile

to civilians from one of our troops

is a language that anyone can

understand, and lays a foundation

that reconstruction can build on.

NCOs and their troops are

crucial to showing the population

that America liberates, not

conquers; that we truly want to

help their people gain a better

life. It is imperative that NCOs

realize that they are the key to

winning not only wars, but also

the peace.

(Editor’s note: Roger W. Putnam

is a retired command sergeant

major who served as the VII

Corps CSM in the early 1980s.)

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