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209: 437: 1750:(WWMCCS) that outlined the NMCS in detail, to include the NMCC, ANMCC, NECPA, NEACP, and such other alternates as might be established, together with their interconnecting communications; and defined their relationship to the command and control "subsystems" of the service headquarters, the CINCs, and other DoD agencies. … The fixed underground ANMCC would be phased out as superfluous, whichever version was chosen, and the other NMCS facilities would be cut back to some degree according to one or the other. 511: 473: 561: 141: 550: 398: 522: 448: 1923:, software, display control elements, consoles and associated system support hardware at NORAD, SAC, the National Military Command Center (NMCC), and the Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC). Currently, data is received at each of the four CCPDS sites directly from the Satellite Early Warning System (SEWS) and directly from the PAVE PAWS sensor systems. The NMCC, ANMCC, and SAC also receive data indirectly from the 599: 484: 44: 409: 1097: 930:" with underground and mobile alternate command centers. An 8 March 1962 JCCDG plan for a 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m) addition to the JWR was too expensive, and the group postponed NMCC planning until WWMCCS planning was completed (a concept was complete in late March.) On 2 June 1962 Secretary McNamara issued a memorandum directing that the 1544:, capable of receiving the Chief of Staff and key officers. … on 1 October 1962…the underground facility…formerly designated the Alternate Joint Communications Center (AJCC), was renamed the Altername National Military Command Center (ANMCC). The term AJCC remained in use but now applied only to the Army-managed communications complex at the ANMCC site. 1746:(NMCS) composed of four major elements: the National Military Command Center (NMCC), an evolution of the JCS Joint War Room; the Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC), a redesignation of the JCS installation at the AJCC; and two mobile alternates, the NECPA and the NEACP. The following October he issued a DoD directive on the 935:
1962 revised the plan which SECDEF approved in early July. September refinements in the plan were approved by SECDEF on 17 October in DOD Directive S-5100.30, which conceived the WWMMCCS with five types of C systems with the NMCS to serve the president/SECDEF/JCS as the primary type of system and containing the NMCC, the ANMCC, 3
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ALERT NETWORK NUMBER 1 On 1 July 1958, a new Alert # 1 network was placed in operation (the old network was to remain in operation as a back-up until 1 August 1958). The new network connected NORAD on 1 July 1958 with 33 Stations that required air defense alert and warning information. This included
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be put into operation, and a committee under the director of the Office of Emergency Planning recommended on 11 June 1962 that the NMCS include civilian executive departments for emergencies. The JCS approved the NMCS plan on 19 June, and the Joint Command Control Requirements Group formed in June
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and key military commanders across a broad spectrum of planning and operational activities from day-to-day and crisis operations to conventional and nuclear war. The use of this information system, involving 83 Honeywell 6000-series CPUs at 26 sites. … Command Center Processing and Display System
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and SAC 465L programs to pre-battle systems approved a Post-Attack Command Control System (PACCS) for SAC and a Backup Interceptor Control (BUIC) system for ADC and NORAD". The Raven Rock JACE "was activated on 11 July 1961 under USAF Brig. Gen. Willard W. Smith staffs permanently stationed in
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The NMCC was begun in early 1962 (opened early October) when the JCS area with the Joint War Room was expanded from ~7,000 sq ft (650 m) to ~21,000 sq ft (2,000 m) by 1965 (the Pentagon's "Navy Flag Plot" coordinated the
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manages the operations of the information system facilities and maintains operational control of the Crisis Management Automated Data Processing System for the National Military Command Center.
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Buss, L. H. (Director) (1 October 1958). North American Air Defense Command Historical Summary: January–June 1958 (Report). Directorate of Command History: Office of Information Services.
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Sturm, Thomas A. (August 1966). The Air Force and the Worldwide Military Command and Control System, 1961–1965 (Report). Historical Division Liaison Office, US Air Force. pp. 70–71.
1595:) were receive-only stations. …the new system…gave NORAD the ability to tell which station received its alert messages and which did not. The new system also had two master stations -- 862: 2003: 877:(JWR) consoles became operational in November 1960 and on December 21, the AFCP reverted to a USAF mission when its "joint and national responsibilities" ended. The September 1960 833:
designated the AFCP as the "national air defense warning center", and Raven Rock's scope "was broadened in April 1957 activation prior to emergency if JCS thought it necessary."
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Moved to a "more permanent" Pentagon facility in early 1951, the 2nd AFCP location had "a communications center war room, which prepared status displays" (an "Emergency
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campaign mission "U.S.S.D" and zombies map "Five" take place in the war room of the Pentagon, appearing almost identical to the real-life counterpart.
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which links the Pentagon and the Kremlin. Data into the NMCC includes the warning "on the size, origin, and targeting of an attack" (e.g., from the
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Washington and an administrative section at Ft. Ritchie" (rotations began in October 1961), and development of the USAF's "separate, austere
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By 1959, the services as well as JCS regarded Raven Rock as their primary emergency deployment center. For the Air Force, it served as
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In July 1956 in the Pennsylvania bunker, a joint "War Room Annex was established" and was operated by the Air Force. In 1955 the
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Report 50 recommended "interlocking the various fixed command posts" into a "coupled command system" with mobile centers and a "
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The more than 300 people in the NMCC have responsibilities that are operational in nature. The NMCC is not funded through the
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The NMCC includes several war rooms, uses more than 300 operational personnel, and houses the United States side of the 1963
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as the "DoD Executive Agent" for NMCC logistical, budgetary, facility, and systems support; the NMCC operators are in the
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Wainstein, L.-Project Leader (June 1975). The Evolution of U.S. Strategic Command and Control and Warning, 1945-1972:
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walk from the Pentagon's National Military Command Center where they received operational briefings on March 23, 2003.
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The Air Force Command Post (AFCP) was "hastily set up" on June 25, 1950, to replace the 1948 war room when the
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Actions Office incorporated into the command post early in 1952"). Alternate AFCP sites in 1951 were at
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Current Operations Section (two senior operations officers (SOO) and one current operations officer (COO))
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began. On the Pentagon's floor, the AFCP served "as a reception point for radio messages between
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additional NMCC expansion enlarged it to ~30,000 sq ft (2,800 m) and included the
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film has a scene set in an imaginative representation of the National Military Command Center.
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after-duty hours." After a direct telephone line was installed in mid-July 1950 between
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Sturm, Thomas A. (Summer 1969). Emergence of the Air Force Command and Control System.
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Irvin, William D (November 1961). "Defense Communications Agency, A Progress Report".
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Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense 1945-1960
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collocated command center operations in the 1954 ADC blockhouse (later into the 1963
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was "operated by the Air Force as an adjunct to the AFCP" and received reports from
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HQ ("the beginning of the Air Force air raid warning system"); in August "President
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
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The WWMCCS "ADP upgrade program" included 1972 computer installations (e.g., 2
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Emergency Action Element (three senior emergency actions officers, EAO, EA NCO)
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The World Wide Military Command and Control System evolution and effectiveness
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The Air Force and The Worldwide Military Command and Control System: 1961–1965
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blockade.) The NMCC was initially considered an "interim" location until the
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the "installation of a SAC display warning system" included 3 consoles in the
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Leadership (one DDO and one assistant deputy director for operations (ADDO))
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Main war rooms for the President and Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon
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such agencies as major commands, air divisions, regions, and the
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When directed by the NCA, the NMCC is responsible for generating
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air defense was based on warning data compiled by local
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Directorate. "The NMCC is responsible for generating
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