March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980
Semper Fi! The U.S. Marine that occasionally got into trouble and even once escaped from the WWII German POW camp Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape):
This is the sixth video in a six-part series examining the history of Navy cryptology, with particular emphasis on the role and development of traffic analysis (Reconstruction of a simple organizational network based on chatter).
Shortly after I achieved my 2nd year Navy anniversary at the NCS (R) Washington site at Cheltenham, MD. LANT HFDF NCO was the major mission with a number of miscellaneous missions occupying the 2-level brick building. The building looked more like a mansion house with a field of some Rhombic Antennas in the side 40-acre patch of open space. The flash ckt and report ckts from the HFDF LANT NET stations was all MM. There was no Tech Control for the single Half Duplex circuit to somewhere covered by a Gorgon TSEC/KW-2 connected to TTY. The TTY was MOD 15/14 of MOD 19.
Continue reading “A little ancient Tech Control history, if you like or are interested, from this then CTM3/2 Dave Young”This is the fifth video in a six-part series examining the history of Navy cryptology, with particular emphasis on the role and development of traffic analysis (Continuity of target by routing systems).
For nearly seven decades, the Schneider family has contributed to the mission of U.S. Navy cryptology and information warfare. Spanning the Cold War, the Global War on Terrorism, and today’s cyber domain, three generations — Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician Collection Ronald Schneider, Chief Warrant Officer Five Kevin Schneider, and Ensign Christopher Schneider — represent a remarkable legacy of dedication, technical expertise, and operational service.
Continue reading “A Legacy of Service: Three Generations of Schneider Cryptologists in the U.S. Navy”
On March 22, 1982 – Ground was broken in Washington D.C. for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by Maya Lin of Yale.
Some little known information regarding the Memorial:
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