For the Navy Security community Vol. 1 No. 5 Spring/Summer 1988 NIMITZ, NIS host local police inside: New Departments Information Security Personnel Security Physical Security Law Enforcement Reserve News Fleet Kudos Legal Issues Military Working Dogs More. .. fS~~.!!,'Y Vol. 1 No. 5 Spring/Summer 1988 Security community Special features From the editor: Murder, robbery aboard ship ................................................. 8 Auxiliary Security Forces -- defined. .................................. .1 Since our last issue, I have received How to be a Spy in six easy lessons ..................................... 22 numerous phone calls ~d letters from Residential Security Measures --pamphlet. ........................... 29 people in the fleet, asking, "When are Navy names top MWD Teams. ........................................... .32 we going to see the next Sentry?" As Computer Security...................... .............. ....................... ...... 38 most of you probably already know, budgetary contraints held up this issue. Defending against terrorism: Part 5: Travel Security .............. .56 Hopefully, now that the new fiscal year News & Features is just around the corner, we will be NSIC's new Deputy Commander.. ....................................... .4 back on schedule. MAl convicted of espionage.. ................................................ 5 You will notice a lot of new ASF training at Willow Grove ............................................. 11 departments starting in this edition, such as Legal Issues, Information & USS NIMITZ Open House ..................................................26 Personnel Security, and a much Sailor sentenced for DUI manslaughter. ............................58 requested Reserve News section. These Departments new sections are representative of Sentry's expanded mission of addressing From the Commander. ............................................................ 3 all aspects of security, rather than just Selection Board results ........................................................... physical security and law enforcement. ww enforcement .................................................................... 14 With this new mission comes a new ·~ ~ Information & Personnel Security.................................... ... 1 and larger audience. Sentry is now also Military Working Dogs..... ..................................................... 31 being mailed to all Security Managers and other personnel who were on the I..,egal Issues .............................................................................40 distribution for the Information and Physical Security. .... .. .............................................................. 44 Personnel Security Newsletter, which was Reserve News .......................................................................... 48 absorbed into Sentry. Fleet Kudos ............................................................................. 54 I would like to thank all of those Commentary.................................. ............................ .............. 59 people in the fleer who have taken the time to submit articles and photographs to Sentry. But I would also like to ask a favor. Please sendACI1ON photos, not static, posed shots. Also, black & white prints are preferrable to color -­ please no Polaroid or other 'instant' photos! Submit articles and photos to Sentry Editor, Naval Security & Investigative Command, Code 24J, Washington, DC 20388·5000. Articles, photos and other material for publica• tion must be released by your com• manding officer, publ ic affairs officer or other releasing authority. 2 Sentry Spring/Summer 1988 From the Commander: Doing more with less udgetary contraints are hitting you just set your mind to it. Accept everywhere. Almost everyone the personal responsibility of budg­ Bof us has begun to feel the ef­ eting resources, and take action. fects of having fewer and fewer re­ Do your part. sources to work with. Most of all, don't be afraid to ::.,...,-::. Yet our work requirements make suggestions. If you have a RearAdm John E- Gordon have not decreased proportionately. good idea to help your department On the contrary, they have continued save money, speak up. Any practi­ to increase, and we are finding our­ cal idea would be welcome. lated. At times they almost seem selves having to do more with less. NSIC, as well as many other interchangeable. Articles on physi­ That means that we have to find new commands, is currently undergo­ cal security may have information and better ways of utilizing limited ing some major reorganization at security impact, and could be of use resources. the headquarters level in an effort to security managers. On the other This doesn't just apply to per­ to better aUocate resources. One band, personnel security articles can sonnel in managerial positions or small example of this effort is evi­ contain information of importance those who make command decisions dent in the changes to this newspa­ to law enforcement personnel. See­ on resource allocation, it applies to per. ing this relationship, we decided to every one of us -- every sailor, every A short time ago, the Infor­ provide information from both sides Marine and every civilian employee! mation and Personnel Security Di­ of the house to both audiences. We all have to tighten our belts and rectorate of the Naval Security and Keeping two separate publications make what we have go further. Investigative Command (NSIC), was not cost-effective. So, the Infor­ You may say, "What can I do to published a quarterly newsletter mation and Personnel Security News­ stretch Navy dollars? I'm just an MA2 for security managers Navy-wide. letter, as a separate entity, no longer -- the bottom of my local totem pole. I The lnfomiation and Personnel Se­ exists. But the information that was can't make command decisions?" But curity Newsletter focused primarily in it has been incorporated into Sen­ you can! What you do can provide the on matters of information and per­ try, and distribution was expanded to greatest assistance to the overall pic­ sonnel security, with some articles include the security manager audi­ ture of your command and the Navy. on security clearance adjudication. ence. Even such simple things as taking NSIC also put out another By combining these two pub­ proper care of your leather gear -­ publication, Sentry, which was is­ lications we can get more informa­ making it last. This alone could save sued from the Law Enforcement tion out to more people -- and we can valuable dollars in terms of replace­ and Physical Security Programs do it for less. ment costs. Directorate. This was primarily a That's doing more with less! You can help ensure that physical security and law enforce­ Let's all do our share and help proper periodic maintenance is per­ ment publication and was directed conserve the Navy's valuable re­ formed on security department ve­ toward security officers, Masters­ sources. hicles. This will make our cars and at-Arlns, and other law enforce­ trucks last longer and help avoid ex­ ment and physical security person­ pensive repairs, not to mention how nel of the Navy and Marine Corps. much it would cost to buy new ones. Although the many aspects There are many things you, as of security are viewed as individual an individual, can do that will help if subjects, all of them are closely re- Sentry3 Spring/Summer 1988 NSIC gets new Deputy Commander arine Corps Col. Wayne A. Coomes, 51, recently took over as Deputy Commander, Naval Security Mand Investigative Command (NSIC). The colonel comes to NSIC from his last assignment as Head, Intelli­ gence Management Branch, Intelligence Division, Head­ quarters, United States Marine Corps, and brings over 28 years of experience to the command. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Col. Coomes served two tours in the Republic of Vietnam during the war. His first tour, in 1965, included service as commanding officer ofCompany"B", 3d Tank Battalion. In 1969, he returned to Vietnam to serve as an Intelligence Analyst with the Military Assistance Command. Col. Coomes is a 1980 graduate of the Naval War College. He has also completed several other courses, in­ cluding the Armed Forces Air Intelligence Officer Course. Among numerous unit and service awards; the colonel's personal decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Col Wayne A Coomes Clusters, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Deputy Commander "V", and the Combat Action Ribbon.* Naval Security & Investigative Command Naval Security Force resource management ~38 or .45 -- not bothF by Lawrence N. Welch were applying a practical manage­ In the meantime, small arms NSIC Physical Security Specialist ment approach to conserve small arms ammunition and the needed dollars to hoever coined that time­ ammunition, save thousands of train­ acquire additional supplies are lim­ worn phrase, "it's not how ing man-hours, and limit wear and ited. W much you have, but how you tear on weapons. The Navy Security Force has to use it that really counts," probably was Conserving valuable resources make the best use of resources avail­ a very successful resource manager. becomes more critical as the Navy able. That means qualification with The new firearms training ini­ makes painful fiscal readjustments the duty weapon only! Either the .45 tiatives have proven to be quite expen­ due to budget reductions. or the .38 -- not