Book Description

Navy Tactics Techniques and Procedures NTTP 3-13.3m Marine Corps Training Publication 3-32b Operations Security (OPSEC) Edition September 2017 In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed national security decision directive (NSDD) 298, establishing a national operations security (OPSEC) program and creating a national OPSEC structure. NSDD 298 requires each Federal agency or organization supporting national security missions with classified or sensitive activities to establish an OPSEC program. Due to the Department of the Navy's (DON) inherent national security mission and use of classified and sensitive information, NSDD 298 serves to inform the DON OPSEC program. OPSEC is a formal program which identifies and protects both sensitive unclassified and classified information that ensures mission success. This document provides relevant U.S. Navy and Marine Corps tactics, techniques, and procedures from myriad reference materials to assist the command OPSEC program manager, and ultimately the commander, in taking prudent OPSEC considerations into account during day-to-day activities and the mission planning process. Navy tactics, techniques, and procedures (NTTP) 3-13.3M/Marine Corps tactical publication (MCTP) 3-32B provides commanders with an OPSEC overview, OPSEC evolution, and guidance for some of the most crucial aspects of OPSEC: that of identifying critical information, and recognizing the collection methods from potential adversaries. This document also explains the Department of Defense (DOD) OPSEC five-step process, the baseline of every OPSEC program. NTTP 3-13.3M/MCTP 3-32B addresses the areas of OPSEC and force protection; public affairs officer (PAO) interaction; the role of the U.S. intelligence community in coordination with OPSEC; the OPSEC, ombudsman, or family readiness officer (FRO) relationship; and the conducting of OPSEC assessments. This publication includes separate chapters and appendixes on Web risk assessment (WRA), OPSEC in contracts, OPSEC during fleet workups, and guidance to implement effective programs at the individual unit, strike group, and shore establishment levels.