security operations at the nevada test site
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Security Operations at the Nevada Test Site. Phil Mertz WSI Plan & Operations Division. Welcome to Nev-va-duh. Comedian George Carlin said there're 400,000 words in the English language and seven you can't say on television. Actually there're eight; the one George missed was Ne-vah-da. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Security Operations at the Nevada Test Site
Phil MertzWSI Plan & Operations Division
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Welcome to Nev-va-duh
4 Comedian George Carlin said there're 400,000 words in the English language and seven you can't say on television. Actually there're eight; the one George missed was Ne-vah-da.
4 Tom Brokaw (NBC News)4 George W. Bush (President)4 John Kerry (Senator & Presidential Nominee)4 Michelle Obama (Wife of Barack Obama)4 Mitt Romney (Governor) 4 Joe Scarborough (MSNBC & Congress)4 George Stephanopoulos (Senior Political Adviser & ABC News)4 Brian Williams (NBC News)
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Nevada Test Site Geography
• 1,375 Square Miles • Safe• Secure• Remote
– Surrounded by Nellis Air Force Range and Bureau of Land Management land
– Controlled access• Emergency Services• Law Enforcement• Housing and Cafeterias• 3 Air Strips• 5 Helicopter Pads
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Property Protection
4 Patrols Used to Conduct Inspections– Security Interests – Structures, Equipment, Classified Matter
4 Check for Unsecured NNSA Property – Warehouse and Storage Areas– Normally Secured Buildings Found Unlocked and Unattended– Report of Improperly Secured Material and/or Equipment
4 Patrols Randomly Check Unattended Vehicles – Found Unsecured with no Keys – Found Unsecured with Keys– Exceptions: Vehicles Located at DAF or Tunnel Portals used for
Emergency Evacuation
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Property Protection
4 Conduct Vehicle Searches In/Out Bound Traffic– Vehicle Search Matrix– Prohibited Articles– 100% of All Temporary Badged Personnel
4 Property Removal Authorization– Radiological Material Clearance Sticker (Rad Free)– Radioactive Material Sticker– FRM-0946 Government Property Shipment, NLV Complex and the NTS– Property Pass
• Removal of Portable Equipment on a Continuous Basis– Vehicle Property Pass
• Removal of Property Transported in a Designated Vehicle on a Continuous Basis
4 Exemptions – FBI Agents – Office of Secure Transport – Emergency vehicles – U.S. Mail
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Primary Mission and Strategy
4 Defense in Depth4 Concentric Layers of Security4 Security Stations and Active Patrols Support
– Denial Strategy to Protect Category II or Greater SNM Against• Theft• Sabotage• Diversion• Unauthorized Control
4 Capable of Forming Tactical Response Teams– Armored Vehicles– Increased Caliber Weaponry
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Primary Mission and Strategy
4 Special Response Teams– Resolve Incidents that Require Force options
4 Dedicated Teams with Specialized Weapons/Equipment4 Trained and Equipped for Effective Ready Response
– Interdiction– Interruption– Neutralization
4 Strategies Conducted Against Adversary– Containment– Denial– Recapture– Recovery– Pursuit
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Device Assembly Facility
The DAF is a Collection of 30 Individual Steel-Reinforced Buildings
Entire Complex Covered by Compacted Earth
Complex Spans 100,000 Square Feet
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Support Stockpile Stewardship
Big Explosives Experimental Facility (BEEF)
Subcritical Experiments
Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER)
Nonproliferation Test Evaluation Complex (NPTEC)
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Support Homeland Security
Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex (Rad/NucCTEC)
For More Information on These Programs
http://www.nv.doe.gov/nationalsecurity/stewardship/daf.htm
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Vehicle Support and Maintenance
4 Armored Patrol and Response Vehicles– HMMWV’s– Badgers– Bearcats
4 Preventive Maintenance and Safety Checks– Conducted by Supervisors/SPO’s During Shift Exchange
4 Special Attention– Vehicle is Safe to Operate– Mechanically Sound
4 Fleet Services– Performs Due/Major Maintenance Services– Vehicle Services Performed Every 500 Hours
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Vehicle Support and Maintenance
4 Commercial Vehicles– Chevy, Ford, and Dodge
• Full Size Pick-up Trucks• Vans• Sedans
4 Preventive Maintenance and Safety Checks– Conducted by the Operator
4 Fleet Services– Performs Due/Major Maintenance Services– Vehicle Services Performed Per Manufacture Guide
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Weapon Support and Maintenance
4 SPO’s Responsible for– Daily Maintenance– Maintenance After Firing on Range
• Disassembly• Clean and Lube• Assembly• Function Check
– Scheduled Training, Assigned Weapons will be Function Checked
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Weapon Support and Maintenance
4 Armors Responsible for– Routine Maintenance of all Weapons
• Semi-Annually IAW Weapons Maintenance Schedule• Directed by the Director, Training Division
– All Repairs and/or Maintenance Performed in Accordance • Department of Defense Manuals (Military Type Weapons)• Factory Repair Manuals (Commercial Type Weapons)
– All Weapons will be Technically Inspected Every Six Months– Repair and/or Adjustments Affecting the Function or Accuracy
• Weapon must be Test Fired• Recertification for Duty Use.
– Defective Weapon Which Cannot be Immediately Repaired• Tagged "DEFECTIVE" IAW Equipment Tag-Out Procedures• Removed from Operational Use • Stored Until Repairs can be Effected
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QUESTIONS