Facts of the Surveillance By Daniel Strauss and Brendan Sasso 06/08/13 The head of U.S. intelligence released new details on Saturday about the federal government’s secretive program to monitor Internet users. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper denied that the program, called PRISM, “unilaterally” obtains information from the servers of U.S. Internet companies. “PRISM...
Ms. Lynn Wright appointed to DDNI
To the Naval Intelligence Community, Please see VADM Card’s note below. Congratulations to Lynn Wright on her selection as the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence. Under the ongoing OPNAV N2/N6 reorganization, the importance of this position to the IDC and the Naval Intelligence Community cannot be overstated. And, I second VADM Card’s kudos for...
Flag Officer Announcements
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignments: Rear Adm. (lower half) Paul B. Becker, will be assigned as director for intelligence, J2, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Becker is currently serving as director for intelligence, J2, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith,...
DISES Vacancy Announcement Director, Electronic and Cyber Warfare Division (N2/N6F3)
For those looking for new opportunities within the IC, we thought you should be aware of this one: Link to OPM website: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/344086200 The vacancy announcement has been posted on USAJOBS for the Director, Electronic and Cyber Warfare Division. The announcement opens Wednesday, 05/22/2013 and closes on Friday, 06/21/2013. JOB SUMMARY: This position is...
Congratulations from VADM Card
Yesterday afternoon, the Senate confirmed RADM Branch for promotion to VADM and appointment as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6). I have been in contact with Ted and we will commence the transition process in earnest. We expect that transition to be completed in late July–right now, I expect 25...
CAPT (S) Kurt W. Juengling, USN Scholarship Awarded
Kimberlee Powell has been named as the recipient of the prestigious CAPT Kurt Juengling Scholarship award, based on her academic and athletic achievements, extracurricular activities and community service. The scholarship is named for Kurt Juengling, who was a rising star in Naval Intelligence. His record of achievement earned his selection to Captain on the...
IDC All Hands in Bahrain with RADM Cox
RADM Cox held an IDC All Hands call and visited with many of the commands at NSA Bahrain. Represented in the photo are senior IDC leaders from NAVCENT, NTCS Bahrain, NIOC Bahrain and NCIS.
Congratulations to New 1830 0-5′s!
Subject: Congratulations to New 1830 0-5′s! *********************************************** To the Naval Intelligence Community, I’m running behind because I just got back from a trip to NAVCENT Bahrain, but I wanted to express my congratulations to those great naval intelligence officers selected for promotion to commander on the most recent board. Well done, and well deserved...
Foreign Policy – Breaking The Kill Chain
An interesting article of interest to the NIP membership: ForeignPolicy.com May 16, 2013 Breaking The Kill Chain How to keep America in the game when our enemies are trying to shut us out. By Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Gen. Mark Welsh Our military services and national security leaders are consumed right now with reductions...
RADM Sumner Shapiro 2013-2014 Scholarship Winners
ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE REAR ADMIRAL SUMNER SHAPIRO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR The Naval Intelligence Professionals Foundation Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro scholarship awards for the 2013-2014 academic year. This year five scholarships of $3000 each were awarded to five exceptionally strong candidates....