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NARR/REF A IS USD(I) MEMORANDUM DIRECTING BRAC IMPLEMENTATION OPSEC 
PLANS. REF B IS NAVADMIN 267/03, VCNO PERSONAL FOR MESSAGE CONCERNING 
OPSEC. REF C IS FFC CURRENT OPSEC POLICY AND AWARENESS MESSAGE. REF D 
IS OPNAV OPSEC INSTRUCTION.// POC/DAVID GLEESON/LCDR/OPNAV N3IO/LOC: 
WASHINGTON, DC
/TEL: 703-697-7869 DSN 227/EMAIL: DAVID.A.GLEESON(AT)NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. 
PER REF A, INFORMATION REQUIRED TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT BASE 
REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE (BRAC) DECISIONS IS POTENTIALLY OF GREAT VALUE 
TO OUR ADVERSARIES. BY IMPLEMENTING BRAC, THE DOD IS SIGNIFICANTLY 
SHIFTING THE ADVERSARY S UNDERSTANDING, COMPILED OVER MANY YEARS, OF 
U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE, DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITIES, RESOURCES AND 
LIMITATIONS. TO ENSURE OUR ADVERSARIES DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
GATHER INFORMATION ON BRAC, ALL MILITARY SERVICES AND DEFENSE AGENCIES 
HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND EXECUTE OPSEC PLANS TO MITIGATE THE 
LOSS OF CRITICAL INFORMATION DURING BRAC IMPLEMENTATION.
2. ACTION: A. ALL BRAC IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY/INSTALLATION COMMANDERS 
SHALLDEVELOP OPSEC PLANS PER REF A (PLAN TEMPLATE AVAILABLE AT 
WWW.NIOC-NORFOLK.NAVY.MIL, OPERATIONS TAB, OPSEC SUPPORT OPTION). PLANS 
ARE TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE BRAC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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AND REVIEWED BY COMMANDERS EVERY SIX (6) MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE BRAC 
IMPLEMENTATION, OR WHENEVER A CHANGE TO THE BRAC IMPLEMENTATION 
BUSINESS PLAN IS ANTICIPATED.
B. FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF OPSEC PLANS, FACILITY/INSTALLATION 
COMMANDERS SHALL COMPLETE A SELF ASSESSMENT (FORMS AVAILABLE ON NIOC
WEBSITE) AND EVALUATE THE NEED FOR A FORMAL ASSESSMENT FROM THE NAVY 
OPSEC SUPPORT TEAM (NOST). THE FORMAL ASSESSMENT IS NOT REQUIRED BY REF 
(A), HOWEVER, IT IS PROVIDED AS A TOOL TO ALL INSTALLATION COMMANDERS. 
TO SCHEDULE A FORMAL ASSESSMENT, NOST MAY BE CONTACTED AT THE FOLLOWING 
EMAIL ADDRESS: OPSEC(AT)NAVY.MIL.
3. RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.// 
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