Fort McCoy earns honors in Army OPSEC Awards competition

Courtesy Photo | Awareness about operations security, or OPSEC, for Department of Defense employees, military members, and others is critical to mission success. During August and Antiterrorism Awareness Month, DOD personnel are reminded to remember OPSEC. (U.S. Army Graphic Illustration)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

11.20.2019

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Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

The Department of the Army recently recognized the staff within the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security (DPTMS) Multimedia-Visual Information Branch and Security Branch for achieving top recognition in the 2018 Army Operations Security (OPSEC) Achievement Awards competition.

Fort McCoy was recognized for achievements in all four categories.

Fort McCoy’s Corey Allen, as the installation OPSEC program manager, earned second place in the individual achievement category. Fort McCoy Garrison earned second place in the Organization Achievement Award category.

The installation also achieved three placings in the Multimedia (Print) Achievement Award category and the Multimedia (Video) Achievement Award category.

A second-place multimedia achievement award for video was given for the video “Family OPSEC.” A second place was given for the poster “No OPSEC Downtime,” and a third place was awarded for the poster “‘Task Force OPSEC.”

“This is a great achievement for Fort McCoy,” said David Cochran, chief of the DPTMS Plans, Operations and Security Division. “This is the fifth year in a row the Department of the Army has recognized Fort McCoy’s OPSEC program.”

Awards like this are possible only through the collaborative efforts of the DPTMS Security Branch, Visual Information Branch, and support from the Fort McCoy leadership and workforce, Cochran said.

According to Army Regulation 530-1, “Operations Security,” OPSEC is a process of identifying critical information and analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities.

Additionally, OPSEC protects sensitive and critical information from adversary observation and collection in ways that traditional security programs cannot.

The Army OPSEC Achievement Awards recognize Army personnel and organizations for significant OPSEC accomplishments and the creative and innovative application of techniques and methods to solve problems related to OPSEC and the promotion of OPSEC programs through the creation of OPSEC awareness products, such as videos and other media, Cochran said.

(Article prepared by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security and the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office.)

• Date Taken: 11.20.2019
• Date Posted: 11.20.2019 16:01
• Story ID: 352669
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US