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The United States Navy and Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) have funded the development of a computer/web-based training course that will make sensitive site exploitation (SSE) information and training accessible to more collectors, operators, analysts and any personnel who may need initial or refresher site exploitation training. The following survey will help identify critical skills that are not being adequately covered in other formal training. Your participation will help guide the design and development of this SSE training initiative.
Survey Instructions
You have been selected to participate in this survey based on prior training and/or SSE skills. Please assess SSE functional areas based on their importance to overall mission success or those areas not currently being adequately taught. The training will be designed for use by a wide range of end users and situations.
Please keep the following in mind as you complete the survey:
- Exploitation sites can vary greatly and may include rooms, buildings,
compounds, caves, sniper hides, etc.
- The training is intended to serve a variety of communities, including the
Department of Defense (DoD), intelligence community and law enforcement
- The target audience will include operators, collectors and analysts
- The training will be designed for all areas of the world, including CONUS
and all COCOMs and is not limited to one geographic area or theatre of
operation
- The training will address every aspect from collection, processing and
producing to disseminating intelligence
Survey Notes:
The survey should take 15-20 minutes to complete. You may not save the survey and return to finish it at a later time . Results are anonymous and will only be reported in the aggregate. If you have questions about this survey, please contact Eileen Fynan, [email protected].
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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| 1. What is your primary role in Sensitive Site Exploitation? |
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2. Select your current area of service. Check all that apply.
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| 3. Please list your title? | | |
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| 4. If you currently serve in the military, select your branch. |
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Please select your response to the following statements:
5. Each individual involved in SSE missions should understand the purpose, importance and potential intelligence value that can be obtained through proper SSE missions.
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6. Understanding processes involved in identifying, collecting, preserving and documenting evidence during SSE operations is critical to mission success.
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SSE Pre-mission Planning
Pre-mission planning involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as incorporating intelligence briefings in mission planning, identifying SSE team organization and roles, identifying limitations of the search area, observing and analyzing sites and materials of interest, and conducting rehearsals. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of SSE pre-mission planning.
7. How often do you perform pre-mission planning?
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8. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of SSE pre-mission planning?
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9. Rank the following SSE pre-mission planning processes in order of importance.
1=most important; 7=least important
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| Determining the sequence of actions in a standard SSE mission |
| | | Identifying safety considerations: HAZMAT, clandestine labs, homemade explosives (HME) labs, etc. |
| | | Identifying and incorporating intelligence information useful to pre-mission planning: mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, civil considerations (METT-TC) |
| | | Evaluating the site: physical size of site, site activities, materials of interest locations, operational environment and effects, etc. |
| | | Identifying search site limitation: size of site, number search personnel, time on target, etc. |
| | | Use of logistical support: explosive testing equipment, metal detectors, X-ray, chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear/explosive (CBRNE) detectors, working dogs, females, cultural sensitivity teams, etc. |
| | | Use of combat multipliers: interpreters, tactical human intelligence teams, host nation security force (HNSF), civil affairs teams, etc. |
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10. What is the overall impact on mission success if pre-mission planning is not performed adequately?
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SSE Site Security
Establishing SSE site security involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as requesting emergency service support, receiving on-scene briefing, establishing entry and exit points and site control, and conducting personnel under control handling. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of establishing SSE site security.
11. How often are you involved in the planning and/or establishment of SSE site security?
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12. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the importance of establishing and maintaining SSE site security?
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13. Rank the following SSE site security processes in order of importance.
1=most important; 2=less important |
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| Establishing and ensuring site security |
| | | Conducting search, tag, report, evacuate, segregate and safeguard (S.T.R.E.S.S) of personnel under control handling |
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14. What is the overall impact on mission success if establishing and maintaining site security during SSE missions is not performed adequately?
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Site Assessment
Performing SSE site assessment involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as establishing roles and responsibilities, conducting biometric enrollments and systematic site processing, determining electronic counter measures (ECM) being used, evaluating physical evidence possibilities, operating GPS, looking for biological and structural hazards, marking hazards and determining appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of establishing SSE site assessment.
15. How often do you perform SSE site assessment? |
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| 16. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of performing SSE site assessment? |
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17. Rank the following SSE site assessment processes/concepts in order of importance.
1=most important; 6=least important
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| Techniques for conducting systematic site processing |
| | | Determining significance and relationship of found items |
| | | Identifying potential hazards (structural, biological, etc) |
| | | Recognizing environmental conditions that may affect SSE |
| | | Performing analysis of the objective (identifying significant areas of interest within the site, determining sequence of site processing, identifying team roles and responsibilities, possible hides and booby trap areas, etc) |
| | | Prioritizing actions based on changes in the operational environment |
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| 18. What is the overall impact on mission success if SSE site assessment is not performed adequately? |
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SSE Searches
Performing SSE searches involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as establishing searcher roles and responsibilities, conducting room and vehicle searches, performing search of craters related to post-blast SSE, sifting debris for evidence and searching for caches. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of conducting SSE searching.
19. How often do you perform SSE searches? |
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20. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of performing SSE searches?
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21. Rank the following SSE search processes/concepts in order of importance.
1=most important; 8=least important |
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| Developing a site specific search plan |
| | | Performing room searches |
| | | Performing peripheral searches (attic, roof, stairway, trees, gutters, natural boundaries) |
| | | Performing vehicle searches |
| | | Conducting cache searches |
| | | Performing post-blast SSE searches |
| | | Conducting search patterns (quadrant, spiral, grid, line) |
| | | How information obtained during SSE searches is used by all personnel involved in SSE missions (operators, collectors and intelligence analysts) during post-mission analysis and follow on mission planning |
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| 22. What is the overall impact on mission success if SSE searches are not performed adequately? |
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Identification of Significant Materials
Identification of significant materials includes, but is not limited to, such tasks as recognition of improvised explosive device (IED) components, identifying key components and features of clandestine drug and homemade explosive (HME) laboratories, recognizing tool marks and fractured items, examining weapons for safe condition and handling, collecting documents and media, using appropriate techniques to collect trace evidence samples and appropriately package and label evidence. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of identifying significant materials found during SSE missions.
23. How often do you perform procedures related to the identification of significant materials during SSE missions?
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| 24. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of identifying significant materials of interest during SSE missions? |
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25. Rank the following SSE processes/concepts related to the identification of significant materials of interest in order of importance.
1=most important; 11=least important |
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| Identifying equipment and precursors consistent with the manufacture of illicit drugs |
| | | Identifying safety considerations specific to clandestine drug manufacturing laboratories |
| | | Identifying equipment and precursors consistent with the manufacture of HME explosives |
| | | Identifying safety considerations specific to homemade explosives and clandestine HME laboratories |
| | | Identifying the most useful DNA materials to collect |
| | | Identifying significant documents to collect (identification, money, bank statements, etc.) |
| | | Identifying objects that may contain significant tool marks or fractured items for future comparison |
| | | Identifying pre- and post-blast IED components |
| | | Using colormetric explosive and drug test kits on scene |
| | | Using handheld field analysis equipment on scene |
| | | How information exploited from materials of interest information is used by all personnel involved in SSE missions (operators, collectors and intelligence analysts) during post-mission analysis and follow on mission planning |
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| 26. What is the overall impact on mission success if identification of significant materials during SSE missions is not performed adequately? |
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SSE Scene Documentation
SSE scene documentation involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as listing photographer roles and responsibilities, sketching the overall scene, using a video camera to record the scene, taking the appropriate number and type of photographs, including overall scene, 360° photographs of each area, medium range photographs of areas of interest, deceased/detainee photography and photographing latent prints developed with fingerprint powder before attempting to lift. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of performing SSE scene documentation.
27. How often do you perform SSE scene documentation procedures?
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28. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of performing SSE scene documentation?
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29. Rank the following SSE documentation processes/concepts in order of importance.
1=most important; 13=least important |
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| Determining sequence and types of photographs to take upon arrival at scene |
| | | Determining when to take long range, medium range and micro (close up) photos |
| | | Implementing lighting strategies to produce photographs of value to intelligence analysts |
| | | Techniques for photographing latent prints developed with fingerprint powder on scene |
| | | Techniques for photographing footprints and tire tracks |
| | | Techniques for photographing and documenting post-blast scenes |
| | | Techniques for photographing detained/deceased personnel |
| | | Use of biometric enrollment equipment on detained/deceased personnel |
| | | Establishing and maintaining chain of custody documentation |
| | | Advantages and disadvantages of using video cameras for scene documentation |
| | | Advantages and disadvantages of drawing sketches for scene documentation purposes |
| | | Identifying key elements to include in scene sketches |
| | | How documentation gathered during SSE missions is used by all personnel involved in SSE missions (operators, collectors and intelligence analysts) during post-mission analysis and follow on mission planning |
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| 30. What is the overall impact on mission success if SSE scene documentation is not performed adequately? |
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SSE Evidence Collection
SSE evidence collection involves, but is not limited to, such tasks as selecting appropriate packaging material for varying types of evidence, using appropriate PPE to prevent cross contamination, collecting and packaging fingerprint items in a manner that prevents smudging or destruction of prints, locating latent fingerprints, collecting evidence from victim/suspect, swabbing dried evidence using sterile water on swab, using non static containers to collect sensitive electronic equipment, using Faraday bag to remove cell phones from network, and completing and maintaining chain of custody documents. Answer the following questions from a holistic (rather than task specific) perspective of collecting evidence during an SSE mission.
31. How often do you perform SSE evidence collection procedures? |
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32. How would you rate the formal training (instructor led and/or web-based) that you have received regarding the tactical and strategic value of SSE evidence collection?
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33. Rank the following SSE evidence collection processes/concepts in order of importance.
1=most important; 11=least important |
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| Determining appropriate safety precautions for evidence collection |
| | | Selecting appropriate collection and packaging techniques for materials of interest encountered during SSE operations (unknown solids and liquids, DNA, trace evidence, etc.) |
| | | Selecting appropriate packaging of transportable items (firearms, notepads, knives, glassware, clothing, etc) |
| | | Selecting appropriate collection and packaging techniques for trace evidence samples (drugs, HME, precursors, cutting agents, etc.) |
| | | Collecting evidence from large or immovable objects |
| | | Techniques for expeditious documentation of packaging containers to aid in post mission scene recreation |
| | | Locating, developing, lifting and preserving latent fingerprints from non-transportable items |
| | | Locating, documenting and preserving impressed evidence (writing on paper, footprints, tire tracks, etc.) |
| | | Techniques for ink and paper collection of fingerprints from detained/deceased personnel |
| | | Techniques for collecting media storage devices, cell phone components and sensitive electronic equipment |
| | | How collected evidence is used by all personnel involved in SSE missions (operators, collectors and intelligence analysts) during post-mission analysis and follow on mission planning |
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| 34. What is the overall impact on mission success if SSE evidence collection is not performed adequately? |
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35. Rank the following topics in order of importance:
1 =most important; 7 = least important |
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| SSE pre-mission planning |
| | | SSE site security |
| | | SSE site assessment |
| | | SSE searches |
| | | Identification of significant materials |
| | | SSE scene documentation |
| | | SSE evidence collection |
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Training Experience
The following questions relate to past experience with training technology and delivery.
36. How would you rate your level of web-based training experience? |
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37. Have you taken any courses through military learning management systems?
Check all that apply. |
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| 38. Of the military learning management systems listed in question 37, do you have a preference? Please explain why. | | |
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| 39. List all SSE training courses that you have completed. | | |
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