The Waterline
March 1, 2012
Vol. XXIX No. 9
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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
NDW tightens security with NCACS By MC2 Kiona Miller, NDW Public Affairs
Naval District Washington (NDW) implemented the Navy's newest method of monitoring and granting access on to installations with an identification management system known as Navy Common Access Control System (NCACS) on Oct. 31, 2011. Commander, Installation Navy Command's (CNIC) regions are using the system to screen contractors, vendors and service providers who are not entitled to a Common Access Card (CAC) but request access to an installation. "In 2004, President Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD12) policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. Since that time, CNIC has developed and deployed NCACS, a system for use at the installations for vetting and clearing pre-approved contractors," said Robert Russell, with NDW's Operations Department. The system is set in place in accordance with CNIC's Notice 5530 and complies with the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DoN) security policies and regulations.
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller
Cpl. Mark Mondy, from the Naval District Washington Police Department, checks the identification of a Washington Navy Yard visitor. "[The goal is] to ensure that people with a reason to be on the installation have access and that "bad" people are not able to enter the installation and do harm to our people or hamper our mission accomplishment," said Brian Kelm, deputy commanding officer for
Navy installations to conduct exercise Solid CurtainCitadel Shield 2012 From U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs NORFOLK (NNS) -- Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) are in the final stages of planning the Force Protection and Anti-Terrorism (FP/AT) exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield (SC/CS) 2012 to be conducted on naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States March 19-24. These annual exercises are designed to enhance the training and readiness of Navy security forces to respond
See SC/CS, Page 4
Naval Support Activity Annapolis (NSA Annapolis). According to Russell, evidence that the system is a success is in the statistics. To date, more than 500 individual requests have been denied by NCACS for issues ranging from
See NCACS, Page 6
Women's History month: WWII era WAVES Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command After a twenty-three-year absence, women returned to general Navy service in early August 1942, when Mildred McAfee was sworn in as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the first female commissioned officer in U.S. Navy history, and the first director of the WAVES, or "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service". In the decades since the last of the Yeomen (F) left active duty, only a relatively small corps of Navy
Nurses represented their gender in the naval service, and they had never had formal officer status. Now, the Navy was preparing to accept not just a large number of enlisted women, as it had done during World War I, but female Commissioned Officers to supervise them. It was a development of lasting significance, notwithstanding the WAVES' name, which indicated that they would only be around during the wartime "Emergency". Establishing the WAVES was a
See WAVES, Page 5
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theft to active warrants, with the highest percentage being in drug cases at 35 percent. "The program is a success. We have had over 500 people turned away from having additional access to the installation," he said. "These are 500 people that, before this system, may have been able to get on our bases." At NSA Annapolis alone, NCACS found more than 50 applicants with criminal records since it was instituted this past summer. "We have identified personnel with felony convictions and personnel who are on the Department of Homeland Security Terrorist Watch List," said Kelm. "One person had a rap sheet in excess of 100 pages." Kelm also mentioned that NSA Annapolis has had minor challenges during the initial roll out phase; however, the installation has implemented modifications to close those loop holes. He went on to say that the new process was a culture change for many people and commands at the installation, but his team worked closely with leadership to make the system work smoothly. "This is a system whose time has come and it is a valuable tool to ensure smooth access to installations while maintaining effec-
Around the Yard, Page 2
Special Olympics, Page 7
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The Women's Reserve U.S. Naval Training Center, in Bronx, New York on the facilities of Hunter College, provided basic training for Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard women recruits.