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(U) Finding the Achilles' Heel
FROM:
NSA Representative to JWAC (S112)
Run Date: 11/24/2004
(U//FOUO) The Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), located in Dahlgren, Virginia, is an
operational warfighting analysis center staffed primarily with scientists and engineers.
Approximately 525 civilians and 57 military work at the JWAC. The military are predominantly
Navy and Air Force, but all four services are represented. Subordinate to the Joint Forces
Command (JFCOM), JWAC directly supports combatant commands, components, and
interagency customers. JWAC is not an intelligence center and has no intelligence or Indications
& Warning production requirements... So what does the JWAC do?
(U//FOUO) JWAC provides the combatant commands, Joint Staff, and other customers with
effects-based precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes in order to carry out
the national security and military strategies of the United States during peace, crisis, and war.
JWAC has the ability to conduct comprehensive technical analyses to identify critical networks,
nodes, and other points of influence within a threat's infrastructure systems. Recommendations
are made for both kinetic and non-kinetic solution sets.
(U//FOUO) JWAC provides "responsive" analytical solutions based on desired effect, objective
and end state; and analysis and assessment based on a combination of network expertise and
weapon understanding. Developmental areas include: Automated Information Extraction System
(AIES), Advanced Collateral Damage Estimation Tool (ACDET), etc.
(U//FOUO) The NSGI Warfighter Imagery Library -- an NGA-sponsored imagery library that
provides rapid access to over 7 years of overhead imagery -- is located at JWAC. Remotely
accessible via SIPRNET and JWICS, its vital statistics include 24 x 7 operations, 14 days-worth of
imagery online for fast access, over 2.5 million images online, and 100% coverage of 35
countries. In a related initiative, JWAC is now hosting two additional libraries for still-frame
airborne (U2/Global Hawk) and motion (PREDATOR) imagery. The Community Airborne Library
Architecture (CALA) provides a central repository for unexploited digital airborne imagery; it
provides web-enabled access for the Defense Department and Intelligence Community across
multiple security domains.
(U//FOUO) JWAC is a voracious user of intelligence products and services, including those
provided by NSA. However, the relationship is more than just customer and producer.
Opportunities for collaboration in the past resulted in timely, enhanced support to the warfighter
during the early days of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. As we continue the Global War on
Terrorism, new opportunities are identified and analytic partnerships are formed.
(U//FOUO) The Commander of JWAC is CAPT David Ott, USN. Executive Director is Mr. Bob
Tolhurst. Deputy Commander is COL Eric Stanhagen, USA. Deputy Executive Director for
Information is
(U//FOUO) There are JWAC detachments at several national agencies: CIA, DIA*, NSA, NGA,
and the Joint Staff. The JWAC liaison to NSA is located in the Information Warfare Support
Center. POC: LCDR
;
nsa.ic.gov;
(NSTS);
.
(U//FOUO) In turn, DIA, NGA, NRO*, and NSA maintain liaison offices at JWAC. They work with
the JWAC Deputy Executive Director for Information and the JWAC Intelligence Directorate to
identify and resolve any issues that impede collaboration.
(U//FOUO) Current NSA POCs include:
SID Senior Executive Account Manager (SEAM) for JWAC;
@nsa.ic.gov;
(NSTS);
, CRD Account Manager for JWAC;
@nsa.ic.gov;
(NSTS);
, NSA Representative to JWAC;
@nsa.ic.gov;
(NSTS);
*(U) Notes:
NGA = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, formerly known as the National Imagery and
Mapping Agency (NIMA)
DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency
NRO = National Reconnaissance Office
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108