Awards...
2008 Rivet Amber Award Presented to GySgt Jacob Murdock, USMC at TECHINT 2008
Presented by (from left to Right) Mike Decker, Deputy Director of Marine Corps Intelligence; Robert Chiralo, Chairman, ATIA; Bruce Allen, ODNI/MCE
Rivet Amber Award
Presenter: Robert Chiralo, Chair, the Advanced Technical Intelligence Assn.
Criteria:
The MASINT Association's RIVET AMBER award recognizes an individual's or a unit's effective operational contributions, notable influence and distinguished service to the MASINT profession.
Citation/Awardee: GySgt Murdock, USMC, Headquarters Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, Ground Sensor Platoon, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Currently stationed at
Camp Pendleton, California and awaiting
deployment to Iraq).
GySgt Murdock's submission clearly led the rest with demonstrated excellence in support to the Warfighter, improvement in MASINT operations, and advancement of the MASINT/Advanced Technical Intelligence discipline.
Sgt Murdock’s training, reputation, and expertise were critical in one of the most important ground sensor missions in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This mission had national level attention because of its complexity and the level of confidence placed in its successful outcome. GySgt Murdock improvised and created eight sensor employment teams from an organizational strength of six teams to greatly increase sensor coverage in Iraq. As a result fifteen battalions were provided increased situational awareness within their areas of operations. He established a headquarters element for the ground sensor platoon at Camp Fallujah, providing teams located throughout the 88,000 square miles of Al Anbar Province a single point of contact for any issue relating to the manning, support and employment of the sensors, including a means of accounting for lost or malfunctioning equipment. His liaison was not limited to Marine units but included training with British ground sensor employment teams as well. This liaison opened lines of communications providing the exchange of employment tactics, techniques and procedures. He instituted a new way of monitoring the Omni-sense persistent surveillance systems resulting in its becoming one of the premier ground sensor monitoring systems in Al Anbar. In every venue, GySgt Murdock built support for the sensor community and advanced the systems operational utility. For his many accomplishments and extraordinary dedication to duty, GySgt Murdock is most deserving of the special recognition afforded by the Rivet Amber Award
MASINT Community Founder’s Award
Presenters: Bruce Allen, MASINT Community Executive,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI/MCE)
Mike Fletcher, Chair, the MASINT Committee
Robert Chiralo, Chair, the Advanced Technical Intelligence Assn.
Criteria:
The National MASINT Community presents the MASINT Founder's Award to recognize outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to national MASINT goals and objectives. Awardees contributions encompass any area of MASINT, including technology, collection operations, analytic techniques and procedures, information dissemination, and training. Awardees may come from any group, including Defense, Civil, academic, industrial, or other areas that contribute to the defense of the United States and/or the betterment of society.
The nominees and their contributions will be judged by the Awards Boards of the National MASINT Committee and the MASINT Association in accordance with their respective priorities. The recipient's accomplishments must be certified by the Chairs of both organizations as being of the highest caliber and be widely recognized as singularly significant.
1st Citation/Awardee: Kenneth W. Miller
During his government career with the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1989, Kenneth W. Miller provided significant contributions in all measures of eligibility for the Measurement and Signature Intelligence Community’s Founder’s Award. Not only was he around at the “birthing” of MASINT, he “spanked that baby into life” in the mid-to-late 1970’s as Air Force COBRA programs became operational national collection capabilities. He was one of the key intelligence community individuals responsible for naming the new INT and was focused on broadening its utility for all national and military customers though timely exploitation and reporting. During his 35-year career, Ken Miller’s contributions in inventing and advancing the MASINT art for the benefit of all customers is well recognized. Kenneth Miller is applauded for his dedicated service to the nation as the original non-nuclear MASINT pathfinder and innovator and highly deserving of the recognition offered by this MASINT Community Founder’s Award.
2nd Citation/Awardee: Reinhard (Ron) Olesch, accepting the award on behalf of her late husband iwas Ron’s wife, Mrs. Susan Olesch, accompanied by their three daughters, Betsy, Emily and Heidi.
Reinhard (Ron) Olesch (1941-2007) distinguished himself both as an exceptional innovator and as an enthusiastic advocate for MASINT during more than 40 years of service to the Nation. He began his career as a research engineer for the Army working on radar. In this position he co-authored several defense-related patents. After joining the Department of Energy in 1983, he continued his work in MASINT-related technologies and was greatly respected for his ability to field highly successful operational programs derived from experimental research conducted at the National Laboratories. Above all he was a professional whose enthusiasm, vision and dedicated service to the Nation and to the MASINT profession was of the highest order and most deserving of the recognition offered by the MASINT Community Founder’s Award.
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Past Awards Presented by our Association...
2005 Rivet Amber Award Presented to Mr. Darren Muff at MASINT IV
Jim Bower, Chairman
(right) presents Mr. Darren Muff for the
MASINT – Advanced Geospatial Intelligence Flight, United Kingdom
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Center. to top
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