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RAINFALL (Pine Gap) Classification Guide
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CLASSIFICATION GUIDE TITLE/NUMBER: (U//FOUO) NSA/CSS
Activities at Joint Defense Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG) 10-2
PUBLICATION DATE: 3 September 2009
OFFICE OF ORIGIN: (U) F78 Chief of Staff
POC: (U//FOUO)
ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY:
,
Associate Director for Community Integration, Policy and Records
Project Description:
(U//FOUO) The organizational designator for the NSA/CSS activity at Joint
Defense Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG) in Australia is F78 and the NSA/CSS
unclassified coverterm for the activity is RAINFALL. JDFPG is near the
town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
(S//TK//REL) The primary responsibility of the NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG
is collecting, processing, analyzing, forwarding, and reporting SIGINT
derived from the Mission 7600 and Mission 8300 collection systems.
(S//TK//REL) According to the 24 September 2008 Director, NRO
memorandum: The NRO’s classified name for the site is the Australian
Mission Ground Station (AMGS); the NRO’s UNCLASSIFIED name is
Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG). Consult the NRO classification
guide for guidance on NRO equities such as when associating JDFPG with
the AMGS or SIGINT overhead mission numbers (e.g. 7605).
Description of Information
1. (U//FOUO) The fact of an
NSA/CSS presence at JDFPG.
2. (U) The coverterm RAINFALL.
Classification/Markings
UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
Reason
N/A
Declass
N/A
UNCLASSIFIED
N/A
N/A
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3. (U) The association of the
coverterm RAINFALL with
NSA/CSS.
4. (U//FOUO) The fact that
RAINFALL is the coverterm for
the NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG.
5. (C//REL) The fact that the
Producer Designator Digraph
(PDDG) for the NSA/CSS activity
at JDFPG is ZZ.
UNCLASSIFIED
N/A
N/A
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N/A
N/A
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6. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
organizational designator for the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG is
F78.
7. (C//REL) The fact that the
SIGAD for the NSA/CSS activity
at JDFPG is USJ-599.
8. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG has
communications connectivity
with other unspecified U.S.
intelligence agencies and foreign
partners.
9. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
following message
systems/circuits are used by the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG:
• FOXTROT Circuit
• GOLF Circuit
• BOWGRACE
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N/A
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N/A
N/A
(U) Details may be
classified and/or
compartmented.
UNCLASSIFIED//
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
N/A
N/A
(U) Details may be
classified and/or
compartmented.
10. (U) The fact that the USAF
detachment at JDFPG provides
administrative support to U.S.
Air Force Technical Applications
Center (AFTAC) DET 421
personnel.
11. (C//REL) The fact of a SIGINT
mission at JDFPG.
UNCLASSIFIED
N/A
N/A
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(U) The fact of an NRO
presence at JDFPG is
UNCLASSIFIED.
(C//REL) A PDDG is an
alphanumeric digraph
assigned to U.S. SIGINT
System and Second Party
elements that collect,
process, and report
transmitted, radiated, or
emitted signals. While the
association of the letters
ZZ with JDFPG is not
sensitive, the fact that that
ZZ is a PDDG used by
JDFPG must be protected
in order to protect
JDFPG’s SIGINT mission.
(C//REL) Any reference to
use of the named circuits
for SIGINT purposes shall
be classified accordingly.
See item 11.
(C//REL) AFTAC DET 421
personnel do not support
JDFPG’s SIGINT mission.
(U) Details may be more
highly classified and/or
compartmented.

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12. (C//REL) The fact that the
SIGINT mission at JDFPG
includes Signals Development
(SIGDEV) work on a variety of
unspecified signals.
13. (C//REL) The fact that the
SIGINT mission at JDFPG
includes performing off-line and
on-line signals analysis on
collected signals.
14. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG
supports Personnel Recovery
(PR) and Combat Search and
Rescue (CSAR) operations.
15. (S//REL) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG
collects, with SIGINT assets,
distress voice signals, data
signals,
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N/A
N/A
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16. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG
supports a specific military
operation (e.g. OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM;
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM)
when no details of that support
are revealed.
UNCLASSIFIED//
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
N/A
N/A
17. (S//REL) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG
provides SIGINT support to
NATO operations.
(U) Details may be more
highly classified and/or
compartmented.
(C//REL) Without
reference to SIGINT.
(C//REL) Any reference
SIGINT support shall be
classified accordingly.
See item 11.
(U) Details may be
classified and/or
compartmented.
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(U) The fact that the
NSA/CSS activity at
JDFPG supports military
operations in general is
also
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR
OFFICIAL USE ONLY.
(S//REL) The NSA/CSS
activity at JDFPG may
provide SIGINT support
to a NATO operation,
military or non-military,
regardless of whether the
U.S. is directly involved in
the operation.
(U) Details may be more
highly classified and/or
compartmented.
18. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
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N/A
N/A
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NSA/CSS activity at JDFPG has
Operations, Support, and
Engineering sections.
19. (C//REL) The fact that the
following types of training are
conducted at the NSA/CSS
activity at JDFPG:
• SIGINT/Intelligence training
20. (U//FOUO) The fact that the
following types of training are
conducted at the NSA/CSS
activity at JDFPG:
• Information Assurance
training
• OPSEC training
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N/A
N/A
* (U) Declassification in 25 years indicates that the information is classified for 25 years from the date a document is created or 25
years from the date of this original classification decision, whichever is later.
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