Early in 1924, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Edward W. Eberle, encouraged the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet (CINCAF), Admiral Thomas Washington, to expand radio intelligence facilities in his area. As a result of this encouragement, in 1924, the first shore-based intercept station was established in the American consulate in Shanghai. Its primary target was the diplomatic radio network serving the numerous Japanese consulates throughout China. Shanghai also copied both Naval and commercial traffic (Japanese and British).
Continue reading “Shanghai, China (Station A) Moved to USS Monocacy (PG-20)”
Don’t buy-in to what the main stream media or certain politicians are saying about the recent military operations. (Operation Midnight Hammer, Operation Epic Fury or Operation Absolute Resolve). These people amplify complex and polarizing narratives in a attempt to confuse and divide the public. Each of these operations have been a resounding success.
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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).
Station HYPO 