Cid Eidws Specific 108-109

Front 1

DISCUSS USSOCOM

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USSOCOM mission is twofold:
Provide fully capable Special Operations Forces to defend the United States and its interests
Synchronize planning of global operations against terrorist networks

USSOCOM priorities include:
Deter, disrupt and defeat terrorist threats
Plan and conduct Special Operations
Emphasize persistent, culturally attuned engagement
Foster interagency cooperation
Develop and support our people and families
Focus on quality
Care for our people and families
Train and educate the Joint Warrior/Diplomat
Sustain and modernize the force
Equip the operator
Upgrade SOF mobility
Obtain persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems

Front 2

DISCUSS High Value Target vs. High Payoff Target

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High Value Target (HVT) – a target the enemy commander requires for successful completion of the mission
Loss of HVTs would be expected to seriously degrade important enemy functions throughout the friendly commander’s area of interest

High Payoff Target (HPT) – a target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to the success of the friendly course of action
HPTs are those high-valued targets that must be acquired and successfully attacked for the success of the friendly commander’s mission

Front 3

DISCUSS Missions and Responsibilities of Commands under Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)

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Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (NSWG-1)
Coronado, California
Navy O-6 Command
OPCON and ADCON of SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team THREE, SEAL Team FIVE, and SEAL Team SEVEN
ADCON of NSWU-1 (Guam) and NSWU-3 (Bahrain)
Deploys Naval Special Warfare forces worldwide to meet the training, exercise, contingency, and wartime requirements of the theater Commanders.
Pacific and Central Commands areas of responsibility

Naval Special Warfare Group TWO (NSWG-2)
Little Creek, Virginia
Navy O-6 Command
OPCON and ADCON of SEAL Team TWO, SEAL Team FOUR, SEAL Team EIGHT, and SEAL Team TEN
ADCON of Naval Special Warfare Unit TWO
Deploys Naval Special Warfare forces worldwide to meet training, exercise, contingency, and wartime requirements of the theater Commanders.
European and Southern Command areas of responsibility

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DISCUSS Missions and Responsibilities of Commands under NAVSPECWARCOM

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Naval Special Warfare Group THREE (NSWG-3)
Coronado, California
Navy O-6 Command
OPCON and ADCON of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One (SDVT-1) and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDVT-2)
Worldwide NSW undersea mobility responsibility

Naval Special Warfare Group FOUR (NSWG-4)
Little Creek, Virginia
Navy O-6 Command
OPCON and ADCON of Special Boat Team TWELVE, Special Boat Team TWENTY and Special Boat Team TWENTY-TWO
Deploys detachments worldwide to meet training, exercise, contingency and wartime requirements of Regional Combat Commanders
Worldwide NSW surface mobility responsibility

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DISCUSS Missions and Responsibilities of Commands under NAVSPECWARCOM

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Naval Special Warfare Group TEN (NSWG-10)
Fort Story, Virginia
Navy Captain (O-6),
OPCON and ADCON of Support Activity One and Support Activity Two
Deploys detachments worldwide to meet training, exercise, contingency and wartime requirements of NSWTF Commanders.
Worldwide NSW technological capability responsibility

Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG)
Dam Neck, Virginia
Type 2 Sea Duty CNO Priority ONE Major Command
Conducts research, development, testing, evaluation, and integration of current and emerging technology, special operations tactics and joint warfare in order to improve Naval Special Warfare forces joint war fighting capability.
Provides training, equipment and augmentation for Naval Special Warfare combat operations as required

Front 6

DISCUSS DIRECT ACTION

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Short duration strikes and other small-scale offensive operations principally undertaken by SOF to seize, destroy, capture, recover, or inflict damage on designated personnel or material

Front 7

DISCUSS SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE

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SOF conducting a wide variety of information gathering activities of strategic or operational significance. Used to:
Obtain or verify, by visual observation or other collection methods, information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of an actual or potential enemy
Secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area
Includes assessment of chemical, biological, residual nuclear or environmental hazards in a denied area
Includes target acquisition, area assessment, and post-strike reconnaissance

Front 8

EXPLAIN FOREIGN INTERNAL DEFENSE

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SOF’s primary contribution in this interagency activity is to organize, train, advise, and assist host nation (HN) military and paramilitary forces. Many capabilities required for FID include:
Instructional and foreign language skills
Advanced medical skills
Familiarity with a wide variety of demolitions, weapons, weapon systems, and communications equipment
Area and cultural orientation

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EXPLAIN UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE

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A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted by indigenous or surrogate forces that are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. UW includes:
Guerrilla warfare and other direct offensive, low-visibility, clandestine, or covert operations
Indirect activities of subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities Evasion and escape

Front 10

EXPLAIN Counter Proliferation (CP) of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Refers to the actions taken to seize, destroy, render safe, capture, or recover WMD. SOF provides unique capabilities to monitor and support compliance with arms control treaties.
Conduct or support SR and DA missions to locate and interdict sea, land, and air shipments of dangerous materials or weapons
Organize, train, equip, and prepare for operations in support of US Government CP objectives

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EXPLAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

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planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals
Planned operations conducted to convey selected information to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning
Ultimately influences behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals

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DISCUSS INFORMATION OPERATIONS

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Involves actions taken to affect adversary information and information systems while defending one’s own information and information systems. The following SOF missions support IO:
Direct Action
Special Reconnaissance
Psychological Operations
Civil Affairs Operations
Foreign Internal Defense

Front 13

DISCUSS TYPES OF AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS

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Amphibious Assault – Involves the establishment of a landing force (LF) on a hostile or potentially hostile shore. The organic capabilities of Amphibious Forces (AF), including air and fire support, logistics, and mobility, allow them to gain access to an area by forcible entry
Basic requirement is necessity for swift buildup of sufficient combat power ashore
Initial zero capability to full coordinated striking power

Amphibious Raid – Type of amphibious operation involving swift incursion into or temporary occupation of an objective followed by a planned withdrawal

Amphibious Demonstration – Show of force conducted to deceive with the expectation of deluding the enemy into a course of action unfavorable to it

Amphibious Withdrawal – Extraction of forces by sea in ships or craft from a hostile or potentially hostile shore.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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Lead Agency in charge of Geospatial Analysis and products at NATIONAL level
Combat support agency
Works with Commercial imagery as well as DoD
Provide and NGA Support Team in direct support of each COCOM’s JIOC

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National Reconnaissance Office

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Lead Agency charged to design, build, and operation of National Reconnaissance satellites
Collects, processes and stores raw images, where NGA takes over for analysis

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National System for Geospatial Intelligence-Direct Action

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Governing body over Geospatial programs
Lead over technology, policies, testing, capabilities, doctrine, activities, and personnel

Front 17

Define and discuss the following Geospatial tools and systems: IPL, WARP, ARC-GIS, SOCET-GXP

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IPL
Image Product Library
Storage device for raw imagery, part of DCGS-N suite
WARP
Web-based Access Retrieval Portal
SIPR and JWICS based website for accessing and retrieving DoD airborne, commercial, and national Imagery
ARC-GIS
ARC-Geospatial Information System
Geospatial analysis tool
SOCET GXP
Soft Copy Exploitation Tool- Geospatial Exploitation Information System
Enhanced Electronic Light Table software program used on DCGS-N architecture
Provides precise geo-location abilities as well

Front 18

Define and Discuss Operational Intelligence (OPINTEL)

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OPINTEL is the result of analyzing and combining multi-source intelligence information into a product used by Commanders to identify adversary critical vulnerabilities, Centers of Gravity (COGs), and critical nodes in-order to effectively employ assets.

OPINTEL is performed through:
Watch Standing
Threat Assessments
Briefings
IPOE
Country Overview (Threat)
Message Preparation and Reporting
Fusion analysis

Front 19

Define and Discuss the steps of the Intelligence Cycle

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1. Planning and Direction
Identify and prioritize information requirements
2. Collection
Tasking organic, attached and supporting collection resources to gather information
3. Processing and Exploitation
Conversion of collected information into a form suitable for producing usable intelligence
4. Analysis and Production
Integration, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of information from all available sources
5. Dissemination
Provide the right amount of appropriately classified intelligence when, where and how it is needed

Front 20

Decribe the role of GCCS in performing OPINTEL [ref. a]

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The uses of GCCS in OPINTEL include:
Viewing Common Operational and Tactical Picture
Disseminate Common Intelligence Picture
Red Database Management
Threat area plotting
Access and Update Modernized Integrated Database

Front 21

Explain the purpose of Intelligence Information Reports (IIR)

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The purpose of Intelligence Information Reports is to convey raw, unbiased, objective data.

Front 22

Discuss the 6 phases of the Joint Targeting Cycle

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1 Commanders Objective
2 Target Development
3 Capabilities Analysis
4 Commanders Decision
5 Mission Planning
6 Combat Assessment

Front 23

Define and discuss the following:
No-Strike List
Restricted Target List -
Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List –

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No-Strike List – List of objects protected from military action in accordance with international law or ROE

Restricted Target List - list of targets that require approval from a joint force commander or higher authority

Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List – list of selected targets where there are no restrictions and are approved for military action

Front 24

Discuss the Collateral Damage Methodology:

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Unintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects that would not be lawful military targets in the circumstances ruling at the time.

Front 25

Define Geo-positioning

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Methods that facilitate the location of one point relative to the surface of the earth.

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Collection Management is broken into two sections

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Collections Requirements Management (CRM): Defines what intelligence systems must collect
Focuses on the requirements of the customer, is all-source oriented and advocates what information must be collected

Collections Operations Management (COM: specifies how to satisfy the requirements
It focuses on tasking specific systems within a discipline, or across multiple disciplines to collect information addressing the customer’s requirement

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DEFINE and DISCUSS the purpose of Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR) and Request for Information (RFI)

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Priority Intelligence Requirements are critical items of information or intelligence related to the enemy or battle space that is required in a timely manner to support a decision

Request for Information is a request by a consumer for information or products that is not necessarily related to standing requirements or scheduled intelligence production

Front 28

DISCUSS the Importance of Providing feedback to Collection Managers

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Feedback is key and critical in ensuring that the customer’s needs are being met. Without it the collection manager does not know what is still priority, whether or not needs have been met, and whether or not tweaks and adjustments are necessary to the overall collections strategy

Front 29

DISCUSS the collection capabilities of the following Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors and platforms

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F/A-18 SUPER HORNET with SHARP
EO/FMV
MQ-1B Predator
EO/FMV/SI
MQ-8B Fire Scout
EO/FMV
RQ-4 BAMS
EO/FMV
SCAN EAGLE
EO/FMV

Front 30

Define the following terms:
Terrorism -
Counter Intelligence -
State Sponsored Terrorism -
State Directed Terrorism -.
Insurgency -

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1. Terrorism - The unlawful use of violence or threat of violence to instill fear and coerce governments or societies. Terrorism is often motivated/committed based on religious, political, or ideological beliefs.

2. Counter Intelligence - Information gathered and activities conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, sabotage, or assassinations. CI is conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations, persons, their agents, international terrorist organizations, or activities.

3. State Sponsored Terrorism - Terrorist group that receives substantial support (money, training and weapons) from a state but the actions of the group are autonomous.

4. State Directed Terrorism - Terrorists who operate as an agent of a host government and receive substantial intelligence, logistics and operational support from the sponsoring government.

5. Insurgency - The organized use of subversion and violence by a group or mov

Front 31

Define direct questioning:

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Ask questions directly related to information
Make no efforts to conceal purpose
Use questions to rapidly debrief individuals
Establish a baseline to detect deception
Questioning by designated personnel

Front 32

Discuss the following DoD Terrorism Threat Levels

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1. High - Exceptional terrorist threat of mass casualty attack against substantial DoD presence.

2. Significant - Direct terrorist threat to individuals or small groups of DoD personnel.

3. Moderate - Potential collateral threat to DoD personal from indiscriminate terrorist activity.

4. Loss - No credible indications detected of terrorist threat to DoD personnel.

Front 33

Discuss the following:
1. HUMINT -
2. Military Source Operations -
3. Interrogation -
4. Tactical Questioning/Debriefing -

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1. HUMINT - A category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources.

2. Military Source Operations - The collection, by humans, of foreign military related intelligence.

3. Interrogation - The systematic effort to procure information to answer specific collection requirements. Achieved by direct and indirect questioning techniques of a person in custody.

4. Tactical Questioning/Debriefing - Direct questioning by any Department of Defense personnel of a captured or detained person. Conducted in order to obtain time-sensitive, tactical intelligence information. Occurs at or near the point of capture or detention and is consistent with applicable law.

Front 34

Define and discuss FORMICA:

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Foreign Military Intelligence Collection Activities

Front 35

Define what constitutes the following:

1. Prisoner of War -

2. Detainee -

3. Double Agent -

4. Espionage -

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1. Prisoner of War - A detained person (as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949) who, while engaged in combat under orders of his or her government, is captured by the armed forces of the enemy.

2. Detainee - A term used to refer to any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force.

3. Double Agent - Agent in contact with two opposing intelligence services, only one of which is aware of the double contact or quasi-intelligence services.

4. Espionage - The act of obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defense of a country. The information is obtained with the intent, or reason to believe, that the information may either be used to injure of the United States, or be advantageous to a foreign nation.

Front 36

Describe the four steps of the counter intelligence process:

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1. Prepare CI estimate - known factors on location, disposition, composition, strength, activities, capabilities, weaknesses, and other pertinent information.
2. Conduct CI Survey - assesses a unit’s security posture against the threats detailed in the CI estimate.
3. Develop CI Plan - details the activities and operations that the command uses to counter hostile intelligence, sabotage, subversion, and terrorist threats.
4. Implement CI Measures - both active and passive encompass a range of activities designed to protect against hostile intelligence, espionage, sabotage, subversion, and terrorism threats.

Front 37

Explain the Commander, Naval Cyber Forces minimum language proficiency standards for the following languages

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As measured by the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT):
Arabic = L1+/R2 or L2/R1+
Chinese (Mandarin) = L1+/R2 or L2/R1+
Persian Farsi= L1+/R2 or L2/R1+
Hebrew = L2/R2
Korean = L2/R2
Russian = L2/R2
Spanish = L2/R2

Front 38

Define the following levels of language proficiency as defined by the Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR):

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a. 0+ Memorized proficiency – comprehends memorized utterances
b. 1 Elementary proficiency – minimum survival needs, courtesies, travel; simple Q&A. Slow speech understood, repetition needed.
c. 1+ Elementary proficiency, plus – comprehends simple conversations about survival or social situations; beyond immediate survival needs. Faster speech may be understood
d. 2 Limited working proficiency – comprehends limited conversations on routine social demands and limited job reqs

Front 39

Define the following levels of language proficiency as defined by the Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR):

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e. 2+ Limited working proficiency, plus – understands most routine social demands and most work reqs and discussions on concrete topics; understands some implications
f. 3 General professional proficiency (goal in DoD) – able to understand essentials of all speech; understands opinions; rarely asks for paraphrasing or explanations; can follow news/phone calls; cannot understand slang or dialect

Front 40

Define the following levels of language proficiency as defined by the Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR):

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g. 3+ General professional proficiency, plus - Comprehends most content of various forms and styles of speech pertinent to professional needs, & general topics and social conversation. comprehends many cultural references; Increased ability to understand native speakers talking quickly, using nonstandard dialect or slang
h. 4 Advanced professional proficiency - Understands all forms and styles of speech for professional needs. Understands fully all speech with extensive and precise vocabulary in all standard dialects on any subject relevant to professional needs within his/her experience, including social conversations; all intelligible broadcasts and telephone calls; and many kinds of technical discussions and discourse.

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Define the following levels of language proficiency as defined by the Inter-Agency Language Roundtable (ILR):

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i. 4+ Advanced professional proficiency, plus – Understands extremely difficult and abstract speech & understands all forms and styles of speech pertinent to professional needs & social conversations. Comprehends native speakers using extreme nonstandard dialects and slang, as well as to understand speech in unfavorable conditions. Accuracy is close to that of the well-educated native listener but still not equivalent

j. 5 Functionally native proficiency - Comprehension equivalent to that of the well-educated native listener

Front 42

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the following Center for Information Dominance subordinate organizations with respect to the Navy's Language, Regional Expertise and Culture strategy (CLREC):

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Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (CLREC)

CID is the executive agent for CLREC
Receives language training requirements determined by NAVCYBERFOR (CID)
Assisted by NAVCYBERFOR to:
Develop and implement language training and guidance on training plan development and implementation (CID)
Coordinate language training efforts to satisfy Fleet/op reqs (CID)
Manage Navy-training quotas to ensure equitable distribution for all CTIs (CID)

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Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the following Center for Information Dominance subordinate organizations with respect to the Navy's Language, Regional Expertise and Culture strategy (CLREC):

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b. Navy Language Foreign Language Testing Office (NFLTO)

NFLTO is a component of CLREC
Manages admin of language testing
Responsible for testing program under NETC’s ADCON
DLPT integrity (security, destruction, report loss/compromise, record keeping)
DLAB (Def Lang Aptitude Battery)/DLPT delivery
Coordinates Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI; speaking DLPT) with DLIFLC

Front 44

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the following Center for Information Dominance subordinate organizations with respect to the Navy's Language, Regional Expertise and Culture strategy (CLREC):

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CID Unit Monterey (CIDUM)

Develops Fleet-ready Sailors and Navy linguists
Provides guidance, training, and support to all Navy students receiving language training at DLIFLC, Monterey, CA

(DLIFLC: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; there are two DLIFLCs: west in CA and DLIFLC east in Washington, D.C.)

Front 45

Identify the foreign languages associated with the Cryptologic Language Programs at the following CID Learning Sites:

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a. CID LS Ft Meade - Russian
b. CID LS Ft Gordon - Arabic/Persian-Farsi/Hebrew
c. CID LS Kunia – Chinese/Korean
d. CID LS Medina – Spanish

Front 46

Discuss the duties associated with the following positions:
COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGER (CLPM)

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a. Command Language Program Manager (CLPM)

Manage command language program (training & testing)
Execute training & readiness functions as directed by CO
Develop & maintain Individual Language Training Plans (ILTP) for every linguist
Maintain language database with DLPT scores/training
Provide annual command language program input to CO
Develop, implement and maintain oversight of remedial language study
Document DLPT results in CHANDELIER (language database)
Ensures CTIs submit training after action reports within 5 days

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Discuss the duties associated with the following positions:
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE ADVISOR (TLA)

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b. Technical Language Advisor (TLA)

At NIOCs; must meet language standards; and have completed two operational tours
Advises ADET via MCCEP on selection of courseware for MCCEP
Annually reviews language training materials
Develop, maintain, and grade evals, exams, and assessments of technical language materials
Ensure publication of current language training news and feedback to commands (web page, monthly newsletter, POD notes)

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Discuss the duties associated with the following positions:
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE MENTOR (TLM)

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c. Technical Language Mentor (TLM)

CTIC or senior CTI1 at NIOCs; must meet DLPT standards; no less than two operational tours
Enrolls CTIs in MCCEP, monitors progression and reports progress to NIOC N7 and CO via TLA
Identify and forward technical lang materials to MCCEP for use
Develop and maintain ILTPs for every linguist
Develop technical lang training materials based on mission/tgt data

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Identify the foreign languages associated with the following Navy Enlisted Classifications:

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a. 9ARB - Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
b. 9CMN – Chinese Mandarin
c. 9HEB - Hebrew
d. 9KOR - Korean
e. 9PES – Persian-Farsi (Iranian)
f. 9SPA - Spanish
g. 9RUS - Russian