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1985
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
memorandum
subject)
Operational Readiness
of
the
SUN STREAK Prototype
Operational
Group
(C)
to:
DT
SGI J
SGI J
SGI J
1.
(S/NOFORN/WN INTEL)
The
recommended
strength
of
personnel
for
the
DIA
SUN
STREAK
Project
(DSSP)
Prototype
Operational
Group
as
contained
in
the
FY
CBJB
(identified
as
DRAGOON
ABSORB)
is
the
minimum
strength
necessary
to
collect
quality
intelligence
information
using
psychoenergetics
(Remote
Viewing).
This
figure
is
the -result
of
a
review
of
INSCOM's
psychoenergetic
activity
(CENTER
LANE)
operational
experiences
since
1979
and
lengthy
discussions
on
individual
and
unit
operational
readiness.
SGI J
2.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
and
I
have
discussed
the
concept
of
operational
reacmiest^several
times
over
the
past
nine
months.
Those
discussions,
along
with
the
need
to
provide
written
rationale
for
the
number
of
spaces
remje^e^^Drompted
a 1 i z e
earlier
thought
processes.
and
HmHHH prepared
a
concept
paper
that
discusse^ope^Sional
readiness
and
provides
rationale
for
the
recommended
minimum
manning
level
of
the DSSP Prototype Operational
Group (end
1).
3.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
The
concept
paper
is
not
intended
to
be
an
operational
plan,
but
will
serve
as
the
basis
for
that
section
of
the
operational
plan
which
will
discuss
capabilities.
This
paper
also
provides
rationale
for
acceptance
of
limited
tasking
in
response
to
intelligence
requirements /problems
.
Enel
Concept
Paper
BRIAN BUZBY
LTC
,
USA
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BY:
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SUN STREAK
OPERATIONAL READINESS
April
1985
SUMMARY
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
Individual
readiness,
which
is
the
foundation
for
unit/organizational
readiness,
has
at
its
core
individual
training
in
structured
perception
and
accurate,
reliable
reporting.
Modifying
this
training
aspect
are
the
elements
of
practice,
personal
motivation,
and
physical/mental
conditioning.
Training
is
most
important,
but
because
remote
viewers
function
as
"equipment
and
operator"
fused
in
one,
the
impact
of
other
factors
and
personal
inclemencies
must
be
dealt
with
as well.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
Since
individual
readiness
is
the
lowest
common
denominator
of
unit
readiness,
it
is
evident
that
a
lack
of
individual
readiness
coupled
with
a
lower -than -accept able
manning
level
would
significantly
decrease
the
unit's
capability.
In
an
intelligence
collection
activity
where
operative personnel
are
the
fundamental means
of
collection
(SUN
STREAK),
a
basic
organizational
"critical
mass"
must
be
maintained
to
mitigate
the
effects
of
incomplete
training,
personal
inclemency,
etc.,
and
provide
a
viable
viewer /interviewer
mix
to
allow
a
satisfactory
complement
of
both
discrete
and
joint
collection
operations.
Sufficient
operational
manning
is
necessary,
further,
to
provide
for
independent
verification
and
corroboration
of
remote
viewing
accuracy
in
highly
volatile
or
nebulous
collection
situations.
Ultimately,
the
proposed
12-person
organization
is
the
minimum
acceptable
to
insure
reliable
and
uninterrupted
operational
readiness
and
timely,
accurate
intelligence
production.
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