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Vol. 77, No. 37 Sept. 20, 2019 Carson commemorates 9/11 Photo by Scott Prater Maj. Gen. Randy A. George, right, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and will never forget what happened 18 years ago. On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked Fort Carson, joins Command Sgt. Maj. T.J. Holland, senior enlisted leader, 4th Inf. and deliberately crashed passenger jets into the World Trade Center in New York Div. and Fort Carson; and Don Addy, chairman of the board of trustees, Colorado 30 City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. Another hijacked passenger jet crashed into Group, in laying a wreath at the 9/11 memorial on post Sept. 11. They were joined at a field near Shanksville, Pa. Since then, the U.S. military and first responders have the memorial by Fort Carson first responders, Soldiers and community members who heroically answered the call due to the extraordinary events. Red Ribbon award ASAP team receives DOD award By Aleah M. Castrejon This year marks the 29th annual award and the ASAP, said his team of 14 people worked together. Mountaineer editor Fort Carson Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP) “It’s not possible without the team,” Lana said. did not disappoint with the number of events it put “They are creative, they’re innovative, they’re dedicated, Red Ribbon week began in 1990 when the DOD on during the year. they don’t call out sick. They want to come here and joined in a national effort to encourage Soldiers and “(Winning the award) validates the hard work, do this job because they know the importance of it, community members to remain drug free by creating an dedication and effort that we’re putting into the and they’re incredibly good at it.” award program, which it issues to each service’s military community (and it) is definitely paying off,” said The ASAP staff worked with Pikes Peak DUI installation or program with the best anti-drug program. Anthony McCollin, prevention chief, Army Substance Task Force, Fountain Valley Communities That Care Each year, one winner is selected from each service to Abuse Program. and other agencies. The various events the team receive the Secretary of Defense’s Community Drug This is the second time Fort Carson won the award, Awareness Award. the first being in 2017, and William Lana, manager, See Award on Page 4 Message board Inside Gate 4 will be closed for maintenance Saturday at 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday. Page 8 Pages 16-17 Page 21 2 MOUNTAINEER — Sept. 20, 2019 Commentary Army cyber awareness MOUNTAINEER Commanding General: Safeguard against suspicious tweets Maj. Gen. Randy A. George By Joe Lacdan cognizant that, even if it’s not attacking Soldier X or unit Y, Garrison Commander: Col. Brian K. Wortinger Army News Service these accounts, these online activities are targeting general Americans and it further polarizes our divisions.” Garrison Public Affairs Officer: Dee McNutt WASHINGTON — The tweets surface innocently in Twitter feeds, often passing as legit news or normal Countering the threats Chief, Print and Web Communications: social media posts. To help combat disinformation and other cyber threats Rick Emert Often, Soldiers may not even know they have been — such as online hackers and cyberattacks — the Army fed disinformation. According to a Clemson University has been developing and fielding next-generation electronic Editor: Aleah M. Castrejon academic, Russian hackers applied disinformation tactics warfare systems. to spread divisive, political tweets to Soldiers and other The Army has developed “I2CEWS” or intel, Staff writer: Scott Prater Americans. Army leaders discussed the threat at an information, cyber, electronic warfare and space elements Sports writer: Walt Johnson Association of the U.S. Army “Hot Topics” forum Monday nested inside the Multi-Domain Task Force. on cyber and networks. “That’s the element that’s intended to penetrate Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall Army leaders want Soldiers to be aware of A2/AD (anti-access/area-denial technology) formations disinformation tweets and posts created by foreign agents, and disintegrate formations,” said Brig. Gen. Richard This commercial enterprise newspaper is especially when perusing social media. Disinformation Angle, deputy commanding general of operations, an authorized publication for members of the agents could be using duplicate or fraudulent accounts of Army Cyber Command. “It’s up. It’s running. It’s being Department of Defense. Contents of the military members and often pose as senior U.S. military Mountaineer are not necessarily the official exercised … and it’s doing some great work.” view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government leaders, according to experts. A2/AD refers to technology used by near-peer or the Department of the Army. Printed circulation Darren Linvill, communications professor at Clemson adversaries designed to deny freedom of movement to is 8,000 copies. University, has sifted through millions of tweets by potential enemies, including U.S. forces. The editorial content of the Mountaineer Russian, Chinese and Saudi accounts and said that The Army has also established the advanced tactical is the respon sibility of the Public Affairs Office, Twitter ranks as the online tool foreign agents most technology course, taught at Fort Bragg’s John F. Fort Carson, Colo., Tel.: 526-4144. The e-mail address is [email protected]. frequently use to spread misinformation. Russian users Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. The course The Mountaineer is posted online at in particular have grown skilled in the use of Twitter and trains Soldiers to defend, inform and exploit within the http://www.fortcarsonmountaineer.com. can quickly gain followers, he said. digital terrain through advanced knowledge of computer The Mountaineer is an unofficial Linvill broke online disinformation in Twitter into systems and social media platforms. publication authorized by AR 360-1. The two categories: offensive and defensive. While the The 30-day course trains Soldiers on basic digital Mountaineer is printed by Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, a private firm in majority of foreign agents use “defensive” tweets, force protection, targeting and sub-net target isolation and no way connected with the Department of the often in response to negative news, the Russians primarily analysis. Soldiers who meet the prerequisites are eligible Army, under exclusive written contract with use “offensive” tweets to spread dissidence through the to take the course. Fort Carson. It is published 49 times per year. social media platform. “There is a sense of urgency and need for speed,” Angle The appearance of advertising in this “They have decided it’s in their best interest to mess said. “Because as we develop these concepts, we have to publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the with us, pushing the political conversations in this country recognize this threat is here today, it’s not theoretical.” Department of the Army or Colorado Springs to polarizing different directions,” Linvill said. “It’s To help advance the ability to counter against Military Newspaper Group, of the products or fundamentally an offensive operation.” cyberattacks, Soldiers take part in cyber-themed exercises services advertised. The publisher reserves the Col. Gittipong Paruchabutr, director of information including a Cyber Blitz at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Cyber right to reject advertisements. operations, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, said Blitz is an annual exercise co-hosted by the Command, Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or the Army has taught identity management to help Soldiers Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, patronage without regard to race, color, religion, protect themselves against fraudulent use of social media. Surveillance and Reconnaissance — or C5ISR — sex, national origin, age, marital status, He added the Army assigned specialized teams to monitor Center, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and the physical handicap, political affiliation or any other such activities. Linvill said the offensive tweets have not U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. If personally attacked any U.S. Soldiers but Russians have Georgia. It teaches Soldiers how to employ cyberspace a violation or rejection of this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is confirmed, the printer used tweets to attack Ukrainian military members. electromagnetic activities across all aspects of Army shall refuse to print advertising from that source Paruchabutr said Soldiers should remain wary of doctrine, training and education. until the violation is corrected. For display polarizing tweets. 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