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By IS2 (IW/SW/AW) José Toro
NIOC Hawaii PAO
PEARL HARBOR (NNS) – Sailors and civilians assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Wahiawa Annex gathered to celebrate the opening of Building 590 with a ribbon cutting ceremony May 9.
The building will be utilized by several Navy Cyber Protection Teams to support defensive cyber operations.
During the Ceremony, Capt. Todd Gagnon, Commanding Officer of Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Hawaii, acknowledged the amount of work and dedication needed to complete the three-year task with a collaborative effort from Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Hawaii.
Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) 1st Class Chiahua Pan noted key issues that he came across during his tenure as Building 590 Manager since November 2017.
“Wild grass was one of the biggest issues in maintaining the integrity of the perimeter, as well as technical issues that were hard to resolve,” said Pan.
Chief Yeoman Edward Crowell, served as site security manager for Building 590 from July 2017 to January 2018, and explained some of the other difficulties getting the modular facility ready.
“Long hours with contractors to get the job done, the consistency of watchstanders, repetitively briefing over 200 watchstanders, and getting all items for security measures were among other issues that had to be dealt with,” Crowell said.
Despite setbacks from proposed openings slated for January 2018, Gagnon said the completion is a huge step in gaining the seats necessary for command members and how NAVFAC took on the project challenges with good grace.
Modular facilities do not often receive a customary blessing upon opening. However, Lt. Ian Underhile, NIOC Hawaii’s chaplain, came to bless the building with a prayer.
Before the ribbon was cut, Gagnon shared a special round of thanks to four Sailors for leading the charge in handling numerous information systems, cables, and all software in about a week. Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 2nd Class Michael Turon, Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 2nd Class Jessy Wheeler, Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 2nd Class Joshua Torres, and Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 1st Class Emmanuel Millan, all assigned to NIOC Hawaii, each received a coin for their contributions to the efforts of opening Building 590.
“A coin is one way to say thanks, but the true thanks will come in seeing Sailors finally coming to work in their own space,” said Gagnon.
Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Jose Ocaña, the current site security manager of Building 590, is planning to make sure everybody has resources, security protocols are in place, and standard operating procedures are developed to keep the building running effectively.
NIOC Hawaii/Combined Task Force 1070 provides a wide range of information warfare support to the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F) and the National Security Agency, to include tailored signals intelligence and cyber operations. NIOC HI/CTF 1070 is headquartered on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and has multiple locations on the Island of Oahu and throughout the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. NIOC Hawaii/CTF 1070 is composed of more than 2,000 Active and Reserve Sailors and civilians and is a leader in integrating IW efforts across cyber, space, and electromagnetic domains.
Since its establishment, FCC/C10F has grown into an operational force composed of more than 15,000 Active and Reserve Sailors and civilians organized into 26 active commands, 40 Cyber Mission Force units, and 26 reserve commands around the globe. FCC serves as the Navy component command to U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command, and the Navy's Service Cryptologic Component commander under the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. C10F, the operational arm of FCC, executes its mission through a task force structure similar to other warfare commanders. In this role, C10F provides support of Navy and joint missions in cyber/networks, cryptologic/signals intelligence and space.
For more news and information from Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. 10th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/FCC/C10F/ or follow us on Twitter @USFLEETCYBERCOM.
| Date Taken: | 05.08.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2018 14:06 |
| Story ID: | 278851 |
| Location: | PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, US |
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