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What’s Happening at NSA/CSS Hawaii

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Several senior NSA leaders visited NSA/CSS Hawaii. The facility is also upgrading its IT systems. 

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Dec 05, 2005

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Mar 01, 2018

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U//FOUO) What's Happening at NSA/CSS Hawaii FROM: Colonel Mark Westergren, USAF Signals Intelligence Director, Hawaii (HSID) Run Date: 12/05/2005 (U//FOUO) The latest quarterly update from a Cryptologic Center... The Director of NSA Visits NSA/CSS Hawaii (S) On 18 November, NSA/CSS Hawaii welcomed the Director of the NSA, LT General Alexander. While at NSA/CSS Hawaii, the Director spent a lot of time touring the facility and shaking hands. He "coined" several personnel for outstanding individual achievements and presented the HSID Counter-Terrorism Department (HS2I) with the Director's Team Excellence Award for 2004. With over 100 nominations annually, this award is earned by the cryptologic team that demonstrates the highest levels of excellence in esprit de corps, customer focus and results. (U//FOUO) On 14 November, NSA/CSS Hawaii SID welcomed the Signals Intelligence Deputy Director, Mr. Charlie Meals. OPERATIONS HIGHCASTLE (U//FOUO) The NSA/CSS Hawaii is undergoing the HIGHCASTLE (HC) Information Technology infrastructure modernization. The HC modernization, integration, and legacy support program will standardize corporate services, voice processing, and analysis and reporting architectures for its customers in the field. HC hosts and integrates agency standard software tool sets and applications. To the greatest extent possible, the HC architecture parallels and mirrors that used by NSAW analysts, and provides a flexible, cost-effective system capable of supporting an expanded or changing mission at sites worldwide. (U//FOUO) For further info, see the HIGHCASTLE home page . (U//FOUO) See the most recent updates from other Cryptologic Centers: (U//FOUO) What's Happening at NSA/CSS Georgia (S//SI) U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Visits NSA/CSS Texas "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108