Security Training

and periodic checks can you assure the watch standing

Their responsibilities for security

of your personnel.

The importance of security and the penalties for

The usual means of training watch standers is by an

violating security regulations

apprentice program where the person stands watches

The techniques used by foreign intelligence

under instruction and supervision until he/she is

agents and agencies

qualified to do the job on his/her own. Whether or not

the person is qualified depends on the judgment of the

Their responsibilities for reporting any attempt

person assigned to instruct and supervise him/her. This

or suspected attempt of foreign intelligence

system is not always dependable for the following

activities to gain U.S. defense information

reasons:

Any IC personnel having duties in a telephone

1. The person in training may learn bad practices

exchange should be aware that although interior

as well as good from the instructor. This problem can be

communications within a ship are fairly secure, once

partially remedied by rotating the person's watch so

telephone conversations get to the beach, they are very

he/she receives indoctrination from more than one

easily intercepted by taps on land lines and interceptions

watch stander.

of microwave telephone transmissions.

2. A person can stand numerous watches without

As part of security training, personnel having access

experiencing a casualty, and without being exposed,

to classified information should be briefed periodically.

through simulation, to all the possible casualties the

The following points should be emphasized:

watch stander may experience.

1. Divulge classified information only to personnel

By recognizing the potential for these problems you

who have the necessary security clearance and who

can compensate for them by preparing watch-station

must have the information to perform their official

qualification checkoff sheets and by supervising the

duties.

indoctrination of watch standers to the extent necessary

2. Personnel who have classified information have

to ensure that they become fully qualified. By these

the responsibility for protecting it.

means you can be sure that the inservice training of

watch standers is delivering the qualified personnel that

3. Personnel must be alert and ready to defend

you need.

themselves against any possible espionage or

subversion.

SECURITY TRAINING

4. Discussing any classified information over a

telephone is prohibited.

As a supervisor, you will have responsibilities in the

In addition to routine briefings, personnel who have

security area, both in safeguarding information you

access to classified information should be briefed before

possess and in indoctrinating your personnel in proper

procedures for handling classified information. Your

traveling to or through communist countries where there

may be an attempt to subvert, or obtain, information

security training responsibilities are part of an overall

from them. If any of your subordinates have close

security, orientation, education, and training program

relatives living in communist controlled countries, they

that is the responsibility of your commanding officer

should receive a special briefing, which your command

and directed to all hands.

will arrange.

The object of security training is to develop in all

hands a sense of personal responsibility for protecting

TEAM TRAINING

classified information and equipment. This training is

done either through use of group lessons, using lectures

and films, or by having personnel study the Information

The following procedure, recommended for

Security Program Regulation Manual, OPNAV

training a team and its members, is especially applicable

Instruction 5510.1H, or other printed information on

to engineering casualty control training:

security. In and near areas where classified material is

1. Analyze the duties of each person in the team.

used and stored, posters are placed to remind personnel

of their duties in respect to security.

2. Permit the team (or individual) to perform a

rehearsal or "dry run" of the operation slowly and

The following list contains some of the things

without pressure.

personnel should be taught about security:

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