JMRTC ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1986-1986

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• Publication Date: September 2, 1986
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OP 86-2110
2 September 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director
Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science and ?technology
FROM: Commander, Joint Military Reserve Training Command
SUBJECT: JMRTC Annual report for 1985-1986
Attached is the annual report of the Joint Military Reserve Training
Command, the Agency's cadre for military support in time of mobilization. The
unit had an unusual opportunity at the ceremony last June honoring General
Donovan to represent the Agency in a significant and highly visible way. The
list of activities in the summary report provides an indication of the less
obvious but more substantial ways that the unit serves as a unifying link
between the CIA and the military services. We continue to look for other
means of increasing the value of the program to the Agency, Defense, and the
individual reservists.
Attachment:
As stated
UNCLASSIFIED WHEN SEPARATED
FROM SECRET ATTACBMENT
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JOINT MILITARY RESERVE TRAINING CO 1AND (JMRTC)
ANNUAL REPORT 1985-1986
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services including
Army,
Air Force Navy,
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Marine Corps. Seventy percent of-the unit's members are
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assign ea in the Washington, D.C. area.
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2. The JMRTC training program prepares Agency reservists to serve in a
military role during a contingency situation requiring mobilization. To
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prepare Agency reservists for this role, the JMRTC program is designed to:
support of various elements of the active military forces. The JMRTC
currently consists of Lofficers and enlisted personnel from all
1. The Joint Military Reserve Training Command (JMRTC) combines the Agency's
Army, Air Force, and Marine Reserves under a joint command subordinate to the
Director of Personnel. The JMRTC exercises its responsibilities through a
joint staff and several subordinate groups which conduct an extensive reserve
training program, arrange (with the assistance of the Military Support
Section) annual active duty training tours, and manage special studies in
a. Enable Agency reservists to maintain their military reserve
.status and proficiency in their military specialities.
b. Provide Agency reservists with active duty training experiences
and i~~ " ills that would assist them in performing their wartime
duties.
3. The JMRTC also works toward objectives that are associated with situations
short of mobilization to include:
a. Making the expertise of JMRTC members available to DoD. This is
done through the two-week annual training tours and a special projects
program, which is conducted outside of normal duty hours.
b. Giving each reservist an opportunity to enhance his/her ability to
perform his/her peacetime Agency job by dealing with intelligence
consumers and analysts in other agencies. This growth is also
accomplished by reservist participation in military exercises and training
programs that would not be available to an individual in the normal course
of Agency employment.
c. Furthering Agency relations with the military services through the
good will and understanding that are developed as a result of active duty
tours, special projects, and visits to military facilities.
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4. The JMRTC accomplishes these objectives through a series of ongoing
activities:
a. An after-hours training program conducted on Monday evenings in
the auditorium. The 1985-1986 program examined a wide range of issues
concerning US military readiness. The program drew upon knowledgeable
speakers from outside and inside the Agency, including several JMRTC
members, to provide an understanding of strategic and tactical military
threats posed to the US, as well as how the US and other NATO members are
equipped to meet those threats.
(1) The lecture program is part of the unit's continuing
training cycle which provides Agency reservists with insider views of
military topics and trends, discussions of the concerns of the
services, the military's perspective on intelligence issues, and in-
depth treatment of selected global threats to US national security.
The training program affords Agency reservists an opportunity to look
beyond their areas of specialization and gain a broader view of the-
world situation and security issues. Because many of our auditorium
meetings cover timely and important topics, they are sometimes
attended by other Agency employees who are not reservists. Meetings
are occasionally publicized through bulletin board announcements and
memoranda to interested Agency offices, but most guests learn of these
meetings through conversation with members of the unit or through our
briefing of new EODs. Reservists receive points toward retirement for
participating in these sessions, but not pay. The highlight of these
sessions is usually the question and answer period that follows the
formal presentation. All presentations are given on a non-attribution
basis and the majority of the speakers are refreshingly candid,
particularly in responding to questions from our reservists.
(2) The 1985-1986 program consisted of 34 presentations, the
first of which was an update on the military reserves. Several
speakers then provided their views on the military threat from the
Soviet Union and it allies: This past year we started off with an
overview of Soviet/Warsaw Pact forces and capabilities that was
followed by a description of the forces available to the US and other
NATO members to counter the Warsaw Pact threat in the European
theater. Subsequent speakers examined Soviet and Soviet-surrogate
power projection capabilities in the Third World, including those of
Soviet special operations forces. They were followed by speakers who
outlined US capabilities to respond to limited war contingencies.
Some of the more notable speakers included: the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, who provided the keynote
address for the training year; Major General Stephen Nichols who gave
a wide-ranging talk on Soviet force development and NATO responses; a
group of officers, including the G-2, from the US III Corps at Ft.
Hood, Texas; Colonel James R. Carlson of OSD, who briefed on NATO's
nuclear modernization program; Lieutenant Colonel Ray Smith, USMC, who
commanded the battalion that led the US intervention in Grenada; and
of the NIC Analytic Group, who lead a team of DDI
analysts in a comprehensive briefing on Cuban activities in the Middle
East, Africa and Latin America.
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b. Special unit activities included range firings and briefings at
nearby military facilities, ana physical fitness test. The range
firings were conducted on two weekends during the year at Fort Meade to
improve the proficiency of unit members with Agency, military, and certain
foreign weapons. These firings were arranged through
Commander of the Control Group. Last year 50 members fired the
Smith and Wesson .38 cal. special revolver, the Browning 9mm automatic,
the Army's newly procured Barreta revolver, and the riot shotgun--three of
which are the Agency's principal weapons. They also received
familiarization training on the Soviet AK-47. In November, a group of
JMRTC personnel visited the Indian Head missile propellant facility where
they were briefed on the methods used for manufacturing propellant
(a process unchanged for the past 40 years). Those who attended viewed
every step of the production and test pr cess and found the s 7sion very
informative. The tour was coordinated by the
Commander of the Navy unit of JMRTC.
A particularly notable unit activity this year was the special
ceremony honoring William J. Donovan for his role in World War I. The
JMRTC served as the military host to the New York National Guard regiment,
the Fighting Sixty-Ninth, and on behalf of the Agency accepted a number of
articles associated with Colonel Donovan, These included his congressional
Medal of Honor and the battle flag of the unit.
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the i itary Support Section
represents the unit in accepting t e memorabilia. A contingent of some
forty officers from all four military services served as the uniformed
representatives of the Agency. Director Casey, Senator Moynihan and
military representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and
the United States spoke of the significance of World War I and the key
part it played in Donovan's life.
c. Two-week active dui tours for training. These tours enable
Agency reservists to participate in military training exercises, in
working tours at various locations in the US and overseas, or in required
military training programs. Most JMRTC members participated in exercises
or had working tours. For most Agency reservists, the payment for these
tours is the only compensation they receive for their participation in the
reserve program. These tours provide unit members with interesting and
rewarding experiences at the national level, working with JCS, DIA, NSA,
and ACDA, at major military headquarters, such as USAF, Department of the
Army, USMC, with major commands, such as, REDCC1, EUCCM, and SOUTHCOM, and
with a variety of CONUS and overseas organizations. During the past year
the number of overseas tours increased markedly as the Regional Support
Group sought to increase its direct assistance to EUCOM and SOUIHCOM. The
unit received many favorable comments from the military services on the
contributions made by our reservists during these tours.
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d. Special projects are carried out to assist the services with their
ongoing responsibilities. These projects are designed to make use of the
skills of our reservists in support of on-going services programs. The
projects provide tangible benefits to the individual reservist, his/her
parent unit, and the Agency. The projects involve using the highly
developed skills of our reservists to fill non-sensitive military
intelligence requirements. The Agency derives benefits from this effort
in the opportunities that it provides for professional development of our
employees and the improved relations with the military services that
result from this effort. Further details on this program are containedrin
the discussion below of the Special Studies and Regional Support Group.
5. The JMRTC was reorganized in August 1984 with the formation of four
subordinate groups (Mobilization Planning, Regional Support, Special Studies,
and Control) This new structure allows the JMRTC to provide more tailored
support to the Agency and the services and makes more effective use of unit
personnel. It also better prepares our reservists for the type of assignment
that they might be expected to assume in time of war. The new structure
requires more participation of unit members in support of group projects and
activities. During the past year, those officers participating have given
many additional hours of their own time and have benefited professionally from
the experience they have had. This organization of specialized subgroups also
enabled the JMRTC to use more effectively some of its members who are
currently assigned overseas.
a. The Mobilization Planning Group (MPG) assists in the planning,
testing, and exercising of Agency procedures for wartime contingencies or
other emergencies. During the 1984-1985 training year, the NIESO unit
commander prepared a draft JMRTC-NIESO Memorandum of Understanding and a
draft NIESO-conducted training program for JMRTC officers assigned to
NIESO. A listing of the number of kinds of positions NIESO desires to be
filled with JMRTC officers was coordinated with NIESO, and recruitment of
JMRTC officers has begun to fill those positions. In addition, NIESO
expressed interest in JMRTC's proposal for NIESO to provide money to the
Department of the Army to fund JMRTC officers participation for their
annual active duty training as well as periodic inactive duty drills.
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active duty assignments and special project work. During 1985-1986, the
RSG continued to expand the staffing of subunits established to support
EUCOM and SOUTHCOM and established a subunit to support CENTCOM. Also
during this period, the RSG refined its internal procedures for supporting
the commands with project work and active duty tours. It also continued
to emphasize developing working level relationships with supported
commands, and sent several officers on active duty tours overseas. As an
example of this special project work, Headquarters USAREUR recently has
requested assistance in a project to analyze specific East European
military capabilities. Two RSG officers who recently took active duty
tours with USAREUR will staff this project. As in the past, the commands
to which our officers have been assigned have praised our officers'
abilities and have indicated a strong desire to expand their relationship
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c. The Special Studies Grou (SSG), headed by
undertakes projects as required for a variety of Washington-area military
organizations including the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Army),
the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), the Joint-Chief of
Staff, and the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCCM). It also
performs project work for the Agency which is of direct benefit to the
Department of Defense and for which one or more military services provide
sponsorship. Over the past twelve months, the SSG focused its efforts
almost exclusively on the development of an automated data base that
contains information on persons, places, and programs (P3) related to
Soviet chemical warfare. This data base will be used by the US Army
Foreign Science and Technology Center (a part of INSCOM) as well as by
CIA/OSWR, which holds much of the raw information. The value of the
project to the US Army was demonstrated when the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Intelligence asked to sponsor our work on the project. The number of
officers involved in the project ranged from three early in the year to as
many as eight at year's end. The number of participants increased partly
because the hours which an individual devotes to the project are
flexible: work can be done any time after hours or on weekends. The
participants have already loaded over half of OSWR's current hard copy
holdings into the data base.
d. The Control Group consists of those members who are assigned
outside the Headquarters area or who are unable to participate fully in
other unit acitvities because of military educational commitments or
work-related circumstances. The commander of this group was active last
year surveying the personnel assigned to him and encouraging their
participation in other unit activities. We eventually hope to involve
members of this group in projects which we undertake in support of
overseas commands. This arrangement will enable Agency reservists serving
overseas to maintain their reserve affiliation and to perform meaningful
work in support of one of the commands.
e. An Air Force element in the JMRTC desianated ence Reserve
Detachment (IRD) 28, commanded by provides
specific intelligence support to tile r Force, other Department of
Defense components, and the Intelligence Community during their inactive
duty training periods. Last year, IRD 28 produced intelligence studies
for Air Force organizations, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the
Defense Mapping Agency. Project sponsors have extended strong support and
high praise for the wide array of project assistance the unit has provided
over the past year. For this project work, which involves continuing
research and analysis, the members of IRD 28 receive pay from the Air
Force. IRD 28 completed 12 projects during CY 1985 and now has 15 active
projects. Among the largest of these projects are:
(1) Analysis supporting, as part of a CIA/Defense Mapping Agency
project, the development of special intelligence graphics covering the
Soviet Union.
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(2)I Support for DIA HUMINf collection activities in the areas of
operational programs, report preparation, administration, CI policy, and
financial and information management.
(3) L ]Support for the active duty Air Force representative to the
COMIREX Consumer Support Center
(4) Intelligence research for Projec which is
designed to provide new insights on Soviet Air Force tactics and capabilities
for use by Air Staff operational planners.
(5) Planning and programming support to the Office of the Special
Assistant to t e ]Director of the Intelligence Community Staff (D/ICS) for
Emergency Planning.
(6) 0 Research support to the Defense Intelligence College (DIC) on
such subjects as counterinsurgency in Morocco, military helicopter sales in-
the Third World, and political instability in Southern Africa.
(7) Assistance to the DIC in the production of an SF,T
intelligence collectors handbook; in the review of national-security course
material (SNF), and the development of three courses of instruction--European
Economics, Military Balance in Europe, and Issues in the Pacific.
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