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MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV//
 
SUBJ/NAVY-MARINE CORPS BLUE DART TERRORISM THREAT WARNING MESSAGE//
 
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/242302ZSEP1997//
 
REF/B/DOC/OPNAVINST 3100.6G/YMD:19950601//
 
REF/C/DOC/MCO 5740.2F/YMD:19961206//
 
NARR/REF A IS NAVOP 011/97 IMPLEMENTING THE NAVY BLUE DART
TERRORISM THREAT WARNING MESSAGE FOR NAVY.  REF B IS NAVY
SPECIAL INCIDENT REPORTING (OPREP-3, NAVY BLUE AND UNIT SITREP)
PROCEDURES.  REF C IS MARINE CORPS OPREP-3 SIR: SERIOUS INCIDENT
REPORTS PROCEDURES.//
POC/C. MARTIN/MAJ/USMC/LOC:N347E/TEL:(202)433-9109/TEL:DSN: 288-9109
//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS MESSAGE ESTABLISHES A DON-WIDE AT/FP THREAT
WARNING SYSTEM.
 
2.  BACKGROUND.  NAVY IMPLEMENTED THE BLUE DART MESSAGE THAT
REPLACED SPOT REPORTS TO DISSEMINATE IMMINENT TERRORISM THREAT
WARNINGS (REF A).  THIS SYSTEM PROVIDES AN IMMEDIATELY
RECOGNIZABLE, IMMINENT TERRORISM THREAT WARNING TO
ENABLE COMMANDERS TO TAKE ACTION NECESSARY TO PROTECT NAVY
PERSONNEL AND ASSETS FROM TERRORIST ATTACK.  THIS SYSTEM HAS
PROVEN ITSELF IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.  THIS MESSAGE EXPANDS
THE BLUE DART COVERAGE TO THE MARINE CORPS.
 
3.  THE NAVY/MARINE CORPS BLUE DART MESSAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED
BY THE NAVY ANTI-TERRORISM ALERT CENTER (NAVATAC) WHEN
INTELLIGENCE INDICATES THAT A SPECIFIC, IMMINENT, AND CREDIBLE
TERRORIST THREAT EXISTS.  IN ADDITION, ANY COMMANDER WITHIN DON
MAY SEND A BLUE DART MESSAGE.  EXERCISE BLUE DART MESSAGES
MAY BE USED.
    A.  NAVY/MARINE CORPS BLUE DART MESSAGES MUST MEET THE
FOLLOWING THREAT DEFINITIONS:  SPECIFIC, DEFINED AS A PARTICULAR
LOCATION OR ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIED; IMMINENT, DEFINED AS AN
EVENT TO OCCUR WITHIN 72 HOURS; AND CREDIBLE, DEFINED AS
CORROBORATED INFORMATION OR INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A
SOURCE OF ASSESSED RELIABILITY.
    B.  BLUE DART MESSAGES WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE CODE WORDS
QUOTE BLUE DART UNQUOTE IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND REQUIRE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY IMMEDIATE GENADMIN MESSAGE FROM ALL ACTION
ADDRESSEES.
    C.  A BLUE DART MESSAGE IS INTENDED AS AN INTELLIGENCE
WARNING TO OPERATING FORCES BASED ON ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
FUSION AND ANALYSIS.  PROTECTION OF THREAT WARNING INFORMATION
WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE
CONSISTENT WITH THE NEED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO
THREATENED ORGANIZATIONS IN A TIMELY FASHION.  NAVY/MARINE CORPS
BLUE DART MESSAGES SUPPLEMENT AND IMPROVE ON EXISTING MESSAGES
USED TO DISSEMINATE TERRORIST THREAT INFORMATION.
 
4.  COMMANDERS WILL CONTINUE OPERATIONAL REPORTING AS REQUIRED
IN REFS B AND C.  BLUE DART MESSAGES DO NOT REPLACE OPERATIONAL
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
 
5.  WHEN A NAVY/MARINE CORPS BLUE DART, NAVATAC SPOT, OR OTHER
TERRORISM THREAT WARNING MESSAGE IS RECEIVED, COMMANDERS WILL
REVIEW ON-SCENE THREAT CONDITIONS AND LIBERTY POLICIES IN THE
THREATENED AREA.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ANY MODIFICATIONS OR
DEFENSIVE ACTIONS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO A NAVY/MARINE CORPS BLUE
DART MESSAGE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY IMMEDIATE GENADMIN MESSAGE,
WITH THE CODE WORDS QUOTE BLUE DART UNQUOTE IN THE SUBJECT LINE,
TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND DIRNAVCRIMINVSERV WASHINGTON
DC/NAVATAC/24/, AND INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC/N3N5/N312/N34/ OR
CMC WASHINGTON DC/PO/POS/POC/, AS APPROPRIATE, AND THE
SERVICING NCIS FIELD OFFICE.  THIS NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
REPORTING REQUIREMENT DOES NOT REPLACE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS
OUTLINED IN REFS B AND C OR UNIFIED CINC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
 
6.  THIS POLICY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL CANCELLED, CHANGED
BY MESSAGE, OR A PUBLISHED SECNAVINST.
 
7.  THE POCS FOR NAVY/MARINE CORPS BLUE DART MESSAGE POLICY ARE
MAJ C. B. MARTIN, CNO (N347E), TEL: (202) 433-9109/DSN 288-9109;
LCDR B. D. LEWIS, NAVATAC, TEL: (202) 433-9433/DSN 288-9433; OR
MAJ T. B. MOCKBEE, CMC (POS-16), TEL: (703) 614-4177/DSN 224-
4177.
 
8.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE RICHARD DANZIG, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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