** NEWS FLASH -- URGENT ** STEAM SUDDENLY EMANATING FROM FUKUSHIMA REACTOR # 3 - WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE RADIATION CLOUD WITHIN 3 TO 5 DAYS

NEWS FLASH - URGENT - 

December 28, 2013  11:00 PM EST 

-- Persons residing on  the west coast of North America should IMMEDIATELY begin preparing for another possible onslaught of dangerous atmospheric radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site in Japan.  The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) says radioactive steam has suddenly begun emanating from previously exploded nuclear reactor building #3 at the Fukuishima disaster site in Japan. 

TEPCO says they do not know why this is happening and cannot go into the building to see what's happening due to damage and lethal radiation levels in that building. Experts say this could be the beginning of  a "spent fuel pool criticality (meltdown)" involving up to 89 TONS of nuclear fuel burning up into the atmosphere and heading to North America. Steam photo, full details and suggested methods to protect yourself appear below.

On December 28, 2013, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)  admitted steam was seen billowing out of reactor building #3, saying the steam appeared to be coming from what's left of the fifth floor of the mostly-destroyed building.  It is widely known that persons cannot get inside Reactor Building #3 because it is severely damaged and highly radioactive, so TEPCO cannot state for certain what is happening in that building or why. TEPCO admits they do not know why this steam is being generated, but matter-of-factly revealed today (December 28)  the steam was first spotted on December 19 for a short period of time, then again on December 24 and again on December 25.

Nuclear energy experts have told TRN that the ONLY way this could be happening is if radioactive material previously ejected from the reactor explosion in March, 2011 has mixed together with other materials and has begun its own self-sustaining reaction(s), also known as a "criticality."  Put simply, another "meltdown" may be taking place.

There are basically two possibilities if another meltdown is in progress:

1) Pellets of radioactive fuel, ejected when the reactor exploded, have mixed together and "mini" meltdowns are taking place with those small clumps of pellets.  This would not be a horrific problem and may be manageable, OR;

2) Pellets of radioactive fuel, ejected when the reactor exploded, went into the spent fuel pool located above the reactor and have begun melting down so seriously they are boiling off the water in the spent fuel pool.

Since steam is visible, experts tell TRN that Scenario #2 above is is the most likely scenario and if so,  it would be an absolute nightmare -- WORSE than the original Fukushima disaster!  The Spent Fuel Pool was situated on the fourth floor above Reactor #3, and if this is the source of the steam, the situation could escalate rapidly out of control.

The As shown in the diagram at left, the spent fuel  pool  is not a contained structure; it is literally a "pool" filled with water, to keep old fuel cool. (The metal radioactive fuel, once removed from a nuclear reactor, remains hot enough to melt itself for two to three YEARS after being removed from a reactor.)  The experts tell TRN that if steam is coming out of reactor building #3 this could very well be the start of a much worse radiation release because once the spent fuel pool begins its own reactions, all of it will be uncontrolled and uncontrollable.

To provide insight into how much trouble this could be, the chart below proves that, according to TEPCO, reactor #3 was loaded with 566 fuel assemblies.  The spent fuel pool in reactor building #3 contains 514 assemblies; about 89 TONS.  If that "goes critical" there's nothing to contain the radiation which will go directly into the air.

The video below was taken several months ago by TEPCO. It shows that the roof is totally blown off reactor building # 3 and shows a robotic crane being operated by remote control, trying to clear debris from the Reactor # 3 spent fuel pool.  TEPCO is forced use robotic cranes operated by remote control because the area is so contaminated, anyone entering the area would die from radiation within one hour.

Imagine, now, 89 tons of nuclear fuel boiling away that spent fuel pool water and releasing 89 tons of deadly radioactive fuel directly into the air.  Two to three days later, the west coast of north America would be "fried" by levels of airborne radiation and "hot particles" which could kill.

PREPARATIONS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER  ( We do **** NOT **** sell any of the products suggested below )

1) Keep up-to-date on developments via the Internet. The mass-media is not reliable because like the government, they want to avoid any mass panic.  While that is a noble goal, withholding information as was done previously when the Fukushima disaster struck in March, 2011, allowed people to get exposed to radiation which could kill them now - or years from now.  TRN believes people have a right to know, so as to make an informed decisions about whether to protect themselves or not. 

2) Go immediately (RIGHT NOW) to your local home improvement or hardware store for rolls of plastic, Duct tape, WIDE masking tape and  a couple rolls of self-adhesive weather stripping. You want to have a roll or two of the type of plastic that is used by painters; (the kind they use to cover your floor and furniture in case paint drips) and a roll or two of Duct tape.  Don't deploy this yet, but if the radiation arrives, you'll HAVE what you need and won't be battling a million other people trying to get some when the danger actually hits.  You can use the plastic and duct tape things to cover the insides of your windows, doors, AC electric plugs, light switches, bathroom exhaust vents, stove exhaust vents, -- even ceiling vents, to TRY to keep out radiation particles once you know they're arriving.  (NOTE: this may not be 100% effective.  Houses have loads of nooks and crannies which allow air from the outside to get inside.  If you cover the largest ones, you're at least giving yourself and family a fighting chance.)  These supplies are available immediately at: Home DepotLowes Walmart TrueValue Ace Hardware and many other retail stores.

3) If radiation is identified as heading toward your area or has arrived in your area:

a) Cut sheets from the roll of plastic, large enough to cover your windows, window frames/woodwork, sliding glass doors, doggie doors, etc., and do so on the INSIDE of your house.  Once the sheets are cut to size, secure that plastic to your inside walls using Duct tape.  You want to cover things inside not outside so the weather doesn't cause the plastic to make noise or perhaps rip off during high wind, rain or snow. The duct tape should cover 100% of the edge of the plastic, making a good seal AROUND the window, sliding glass doors, doggie doors, etc.  It is important to note that the plastic should go AROUND the woodwork on the inside the window/door and NOT merely around the inner perimeter of the window itself.  Gaps between the window assemblies and exterior walls might not be air-tight; especially in older homes where the silicone weather sealant around windows/doors is worn or in earthquake prone areas where the shaking has loosened-up window/door seals.  This will help seal out radiation particles in the air so they shouldn't be able to get inside your home.  Those of you in private homes should do this sealing onEVERY opening to the outside (doors, windows, vents) on every floor of your home, from the basement to the attic.  Those of you who do not have basements, will usually find vents along the slab foundation which are designed to naturally ventilate under the house.  SEAL THESE from the outside as best you can.  Similarly, those of you without full attics, will usually see vents of some type for the roof rafter area. SEAL THESE as best you can too. (PLEASE don't fall off any roof or off any ladder. Be careful!)

b) Cut smaller sheets from the roll of plastic to cover electrical outlets and  light switches inside the house. Those outlets and switches are breaks in the walls to the inner structure of the house.  The inner structure gets naturally ventilated under the eaves and awnings of the house.  While the air flow is not generally a lot, it IS there;  you want to seal it out.  As with the windows, use Duct tape to hold the plastic a full inch or two around the entire perimeter of the light switch our electrical outlets.

c) Cut sheets from the roll of plastic to cover vents: Bathrooms, stoves. Remember, this is just a TEMPORARY situation and the radiation will usually blow-over or dilute within a week or so.  While none of us likes the smell in the bathroom after it is used, it's better to put up with that for a few days than have radiation in there from the vents.  BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU CHOOSE TO COVER A STOVE EXHAUST VENT; YOU DON'T WANT THE PLASTIC GOING ON FIRE IF YOU'RE COOKING.

d) DO NOT use duct tape or plastic over your main entry/exit door. If, God forbid, there's a fire, you want to be able to exit fast and not be battling duct tape to get out.  Instead, maybe check to see the weatherstripping around the door is in good shape or at worst, add a layer of new weatherstripping to what's already there.  The bottom of the door sill can be covered with a rolled-up towel if necessary,to prevent drafts at the bottom of the door.

NOTE: Duct tape, when removed, may damage the surface of the wall it was stuck to.  It may peel off paint or even the paper covering of Sheetrock when you remove it.  If this is a concern, you may wish to utilize WIDE masking tape instead.  We do not recommend masking tape, but it may be viable if you are concerned about peeling off the duct tape when the emergency is ended.

4)  Get a minimum "NIOSH N100-certified" filter mask for yourself and each member of your family. NIOSH stands for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) which is an agency of the US Government.  They rate protective gear for various industries and the lowest possible level of mask with any hope at all of filtering out radiation particles must be rated by NIOSH as N100.   The masks cost about $30 on Ebay and look like the one in the image at left below.

SERIOUS NOTE: There are TIME CONSTRAINTS on the use of the N100-rated mask in a hostile environment.  Having such a mask is not a license to go out and have fun.  It is a limited mask, with limited capability for a limited time period, to help protect you in this type of emergency.

Of course, you can go all-out and get some super-mask for several hundred dollars, but the minimum you need is an N100 rated mask.

Whatever you do, don't try to get "cute" and figure you can "get away with" a mask that is rated N95 or lower.  An N95 mask will NOT filter out the tiny particles involved here and you will be fooling yourself if you buy any mask rated less than N100.

It is important to understand that a "hospital mask" normally used by Doctors, WILL NOT PROTECT YOU AT ALL from radioactive particles.  The particles are so small, they can fit right through a typical surgical mask used by doctors.  If you breathe-in any "hot Particles" of radiation, they will wreak havoc on your lungs and cause very rapid deterioration of your health. Cancers, Leukemias, Hemorrhaging . . . . you get the idea.

5) About your job and going to work during a radiation emergency . . . .

Those of us with jobs can't simply call-in and tell the boss we can' come to work today because we're afraid of the radiation. So start discussing this situation with your bosses first thing TODAY. See if the company as a whole is willing to develop some type of strategy to deal with taking time off due to a radioactive plume coming onto the west coast of north America from Japan, making things unsafe for a few days.  Start the conversation.  Don't wait until things spiral out of control and people are panicking.

6) If you HAVE to go out, clothing will get contaminated; be prepared to protect yourself

Wear an NIOSH N100 mask at all times when you are outside your house during the plume's arrival and presence.  Yes, you're probably going to feel like a jerk; especially when the uninformed, the ignorant and those "in denial" about the real danger, start poking fun at you.  Just remember you'll have the last laugh.

A VERY helpful tool for this situation is a disposable TYVEK suit and booties.  You can get them at most home EBAY for about $8.

Tyvek coveralls are one-piece garments, usually white, commonly worn by mechanics, painters, installation installers, and laboratory and cleanroom workers where a disposable, one-time use coverall is needed.   They are also used for some light HAZMAT applications, such as asbestos and radiation work but do not provide the protection of a full hazmat suit.  Wear it to work, when you get inside, take it off right at the doorway and throw it away in a garbage can near the door.  It's done. Don't touch it again. Then go wash your hands and face to wash away whatever may have accumulated on them.  These suits are also available at the retailers listed above (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.).
improvement stores and on 

If you simply refuse to walk outside dressed-up like a Bunny, you must realize that Clothing worn while you are outside will have contamination on it.  This is unavoidable. Once you've been outside and enter your job, remove your outerwear and place it as close to the door as you can. You may want to pack a change of clothing in a tightly closed gym bag, to change-into at work. Having a change of clothes for when you get to work might not be a bad idea.  The change of clothes ought to include FOOTWEAR.

When you're outside, your footwear is going to be picking up the contamination that fell onto the ground. This is unavoidable.  What you CAN do, is take those shoes off once you get where you're going, and thereby not track the radiation into wherever you are.  You may want to get "Disposable Plastic Shoe Covers" to help avoid at least SOME of the radiation getting onto your shoes.  These shoe covers are cheap, and you throw them away as soon as you get inside your destination.

For Eye protection, we suggest a cheap pair of Swimmer's Goggles.  They vary in cost from 99 cents to about $10 on Ebay - or your local sporting goods store. The purpose of this is to prevent radioactive particles from landing on your eyeballs.  Swimmer's goggles will fit the bill pretty well and you can wash them off once you get to where  you're going, and use the goggles again the next time you go out.  Radiation washes off with soap and water.

7) IN AND OUT OF YOUR HOUSE

The same procedures listed above for going to and from work, should be used by you and your family when going to/from home.  After all, you don't want to bring radiation into your house on your clothes, shoes etc, or walk-it-through the whole house once you arrive.  Put a coat rack just-inside the entry door.  Put a shoe rack too.  First thing everyone does when they walk in the door - ditch the outerwear and shoes right then and there.  YOU DO NOT want to be tracking radiation into and all over your house, then spewing it up into the air when you vacuum and it comes out with the vacuum exhaust air.  You want to stop the radiation as close to the door as you can.  If you prefer, put a clothes hamper -- LINED WITH A PLASTIC LAWN-AND-LEAF-SIZE BAG just inside the front door and change your clothes the moment you get in.  When the hamper is full, seal-up the bag, take it to the washer and wash the radiation away.

8) Wash obsessively during the emergency

External radioactive material washes off with soap and water.  When you consider that everything you touch and all the air that touches you OUTSIDE can be contaminated, it is important to WASH exposed body parts (face & hands) with soap and water often.  When you get home from your daily routine and get out of potentially contaminated clothing, take a shower before anything else.  A SHOWER, NOT A BATH.  Showering will allow the radiation to fall off you and go down the drain whereas a bath could possible allow the radioactive materials to cling to your body as you leave the bathwater.   Sadly, this brings us to one, final, MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR problem: Water comes from reservoirs and reservoirs are out in the open; radiation has and will continue to fall into our water supplies.

LOCAL OFFICIALS CAUGHT DELIBERATELY CONCEALING RADIATION IN DRINKING WATER

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists the maximum safe levels and government-approved methods for removing, radiation in water.  Yet according to KHOU-TV in Texas, local and state officials in that state deliberately conspired for YEARS to alter the results from their municipal water tests, to deliberately CONCEAL high levels of radiation in municipal water!  If local and state officials in one state have already been caught deliberately concealing radiation in water, can any rational person believe they aren't doing it now in other states -- or won't do it (again) in the future? You can read that story and watch the KHOU-TV news video HERE.

In fact, KHOU-TV found that the radiation in local water was so severe, that it made the underground water pipes and the water heaters inside homes radioactive;  in some cases 11 times more radioactive than allowable by law!  The pipes and water heaters were so radioactive that none of those things could be scrapped in a junk yard!  You can read this separate KHOU-TV story and watch the video HERE.

Given the irrefutable proof above we suggest equipping your sinks and shower head(s) with a water filter.  Now, getting radiation out of water is NOT simple.  Paper filters do nothing in that regard.

Granular Activated Carbon filters have shown SOME ability to remove SOME types of radiation.  Reverse-Osmosis has shown good ability to remove other types of radiation.  ION Exhange is the final method which has shown good ability to remove radiation.  Yet getting all these types of filters in ONE system is not easy and it is considerably expensive.  As such, we suggest that having a filter of some type is better than having no filter at all.  Of course, once the filters become saturated with pollutants, they're useless, so expect to change-out those filters PRECISELY in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendation or even more frequently.  Yes, this will cost a few bucks, but this is an extraordinary situation calling for extraordinary response.  What good is all the safety you exercise with the steps above, if you then eat, drink and bathe-in contaminated water?

The suggestions above are just that SUGGESTIONS.  What you choose to do - or not do - is, of course, up to you. One thing is clear, though: Fukushima is acting up again and when it does, the wind and, later, the sea will carry the results to North America within days.

http://breakingthenewstoday.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/news-flash-urgent-steam-suddenly.html

BARCELONA CLUBBERS GET CHIPPED – BBC TRYING TO SELL YOU ON RFID CHIPPING

BBC Science producer Simon Morton goes clubbing in Barcelona with a microchip implanted in his arm to pay for drinks. 

Having the chip inserted was a breeze

Imagine having a glass capsule measuring 1.3mm by 1mm, about the size of a large grain of rice injected under your skin. 

Implanting microchips that emit a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) into animals has been common practice in many countries around the world, with some looking to make it a legal requirement for domestic pet owners. 

The idea of having my very own microchip implanted in my body appealed. I have always been an early adopter, so why not. 
This is a sales pitch, not objective journalism.

Last week I headed for the bright lights of the Catalan city of Barcelona to enter the exclusive VIP Baja Beach Club. 

The night club offers its VIP clients the opportunity to have a syringe-injected microchip implanted in their upper arms that not only gives them special access to VIP lounges, but also acts as a debit account from which they can pay for drinks. 

This sort of thing is handy for a beach club where bikinis and board shorts are the uniform and carrying a wallet or purse is really not practical. 

Thumping heart
 
I met the owner of the club, Conrad Chase, who had come up with the idea when trying to develop the ultimate in membership cards and was the first person implanted with the capsule, made by VeriChip Corporation. 

Nurse Laia held a rather large needle

With a waiver in his hand Conrad asked me to sign my life away, confirming that if I wanted the chip removed it was my responsibility. 

Four aspiring VIP members sat quietly sipping their beverages as the nurse Laia began preparing the surgical materials. 

Like a scene from a sci-fi movie, latex gloves and syringes were laid out on the table as the DJ played loud dance tunes that made my heart thump, or was it just fear? 

Questions were going through my mind. Would it hurt? What are the risks? What if I want to get it out? 

I ordered another drink. 

Comfortably numb
 
Laia started by disinfecting my upper arm and then administered a local anaesthetic to numb the area where the chip would be implanted. 

With the large needle in her hand, she tested the zone which made me flinch and led to another dose of the anaesthetic. 

The chip is contained in a tiny glass capsule

With a numb arm, Laia held up the rather large needle containing the microchip and inserted it beneath the layer of skin and fat on my arm. 

She pressed the injector and it was in - my very own 10 digit number safely located in my body. 

The chip is made of glass and is inert so there is no risk of it reacting with my body.

It sits dormant under the skin sending out a very low range radio frequency so it will not set off airport security systems.

The chip responds to a signal when a scanner is held near it and supplies its own unique ID number. 

The number can then be linked to a database that is linked to other data, at the Baja beach club it make charges to a customers account. 

If I want to leave the club then I can have it surgically removed - a pretty simple procedure similar to having it put in. 

Now, the question of did it hurt. Having the chip inserted was a breeze, no real pain to report of. 

The real pain was the sore head the following day after a night on an open bar tab.


You can hear more about Simon's experiences on the BBC World Service programme Go Digital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3697940.stm  

 

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CHINA MAKES US NAVY SHIP CHANGE COURSE

December 14, 2013

Tension: Sailors on parade in front of China's first aircraft carrier, which was in the confrontation with the USS Cowpen. Photo: AP

A US Navy guided-missile cruiser had a confrontation with a Chinese military ship in the South China Sea this month, underscoring rising tensions in the region over China's newly declared air defence zone.

The USS Cowpens, operating in international waters, and a Chinese naval vessel "had an encounter that required manoeuvring to avoid a collision" on December 5, the US Pacific Fleet said on Friday. 

"This incident underscores the need to ensure the highest standards of professional seamanship, including communications between vessels, to mitigate the risk of an unintended incident or mishap." 

China was probably angry that the Cowpens may have been trying to spy on China's only aircraft carrier, which was operating in the area, said Dean Cheng, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Centre in Washington.

"This was not an accident," he said. "It was deliberate. The Chinese are raising the ante."

The US government lodged protests over the incident with Chinese officials in Beijing and Washington, said a State Department official who asked not to be named. 

The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

Ultimately, officers on the Chinese and US vessels communicated and both warships manoeuvered to ensure safe passage, said a US Defence official who asked not to be identified. 

While the near-collision was resolved peacefully, Dr Cheng said it hinted at the growing risk of confrontation as China sought ways to assert its sovereignty in the region.

China last month unnerved its neighbours by declaring an air defence identification zone in the East China Sea that overlaps with Japan's zone and includes uninhabited islands claimed by both nations.

"I think we're going to see much more tension in the air and on the surface," Dr Cheng said. "In the South China Sea, we've been seeing a steady ratcheting up of pressure."

The Chinese vessel tried to force the Cowpens to stop, causing a military stand-off,  news website Washington Free Beacon said. The Cowpens continued on its course because it was operating in international waters.

After a second Chinese ship sailed in front of the Cowpens and stopped, the US vessel was forced to change course to avoid a collision, the Free Beacon said.

"It's getting dangerous out there," said Patrick Cronin, a senior adviser for the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington. "Accidents happen. People can get killed out there through these manoeuvres. We need more efforts at ways to tamp down or avert crises as they arise."

Cronin said the incident appeared to be a "tit-for-tat" response to the US refusing to recognise China's new air defence zone.

"We're making them look impotent with respect to the ADIZ," Dr Cronin said, using the acronym for air defence identification zone.

By trying to block a US ship, China was engaging in "coercive diplomacy – it's neither war nor peace", he said.

Bloomberg

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-makes-us-navy-ship-change-course-20131214-hv5oy.html#ixzz2oZEcQ3y2

AUSTRALIAN ARMY INTELLIGENCE CORPS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Australian Intelligence Corps
Active	6 December 1907 – present
Country	Australia
Allegiance	Australian Army
Branch	Army
Type	Corps
Role	Military intelligence
Motto	"Forewarned, Forearmed"
Anniversaries	6 December
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	HRH The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals.
Insignia
Colours
Abbreviation	AUSTINT

The Australian Intelligence Corps (AUSTINT) is a corps within the Australian Army. It was formed on 6 December 1907 and provides intelligence personnel in every formation headquarters in the Army.^[1] The corps currently consists of 169 officers and 232 other ranks.^[2]

Contents

• 1 Role
• 2 History
• 3 Corps Embellishments
• 4 Training
• 5 See also
• 6 Notes
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Role

The role of AUSTINT is to provide intelligence support consisting of knowledge of the enemy and the area of operations. Its role also includes the active and passive measures undertaken to prevent the enemy from acquiring intelligence about friendly forces and their intentions.

History

The corps was formed on 6 December 1907 with the aim of providing training for soldiers in intelligence work, including collecting and recording topographic and military information about Australia, its dependencies and foreign countries (especially those of the Pacific region), as well as preparing strategic and tactical maps and plans. The first Director of Military Intelligence was Lieutenant Colonel James Whiteside McCay.^[1]
The corps was disbanded on 30 September 1914 and replaced by Intelligence Sections of the General Staff in each Australian military district. It was re-formed in 1939 and was tasked with the following: intelligence; security; passport control; rail, air and shipping security; censorship; and prisoner of war interrogation and data compilation.^[1] The corps has been formally allied with the British Army Intelligence Corps since 1950.^[3]

Corps Embellishments

The AUSTINT badge

The AUSTINT colours are green on scarlet on black. Green symbolises the Corps' alliance with the British Army Intelligence Corps, black for the Corps' links with the Australian Staff Corps and scarlet, signifying the Corps combat support role.
The AUSTINT badge was modelled on the British Army Intelligence Corps badge and accepted in 1953.^[4] It has the motif of a white and red Tudor rose which is flanked by laurel leaves and rests on a scroll inscribed with "Australian Intelligence Corps". A crown surmounts the whole motif. The Rose symbolises security, confidentiality and trustworthiness, derived from the Cromwellian use of a rose displayed to indicate when secret matters were being discussed. The laurel wreath depicts honour and the crown represents allegiance to the Sovereign.

Training

Members of the Intelligence Corps work in the following areas:

• Intelligence analysis;
• Combat intelligence;
• Security intelligence;
• Language translation and interpretation;
• Electronic warfare;
• Human intelligence;
• Counter intelligence;
• Imagery intelligence; and
• Psychological operations.

Recruits can now join AUSTINT through direct entry. Soldiers accepted into the Intelligence Corps attend 11 weeks employment training, consisting of a three week introduction course and an eight week land intelligence course. Both courses are conducted at the Defence Intelligence Training Centre in Canungra, Queensland.^[5] Training for Intelligence Corps soldiers is broken into two main streams, text and diagram.^[6] Officers are able to enter the Intelligence Corps after completing their officer course at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. However they must undergo a rigorous selection process before being employed in the Corps.^[2]
Intelligence Corps staff work with the Defence Intelligence Organisation, Defence Signals Directorate and Defence Security Authority. There are also intelligence officers and staff on most of the major Army commands and headquarters providing operational or counter intelligence support.

Corps of the Australian Army
Combat
Royal Australian Armoured Corps Royal Australian Artillery Australian Army Aviation Royal Australian Engineers Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Combat Support
Royal Australian Corps of Signals Australian Army Intelligence Corps
Combat Service Support
Royal Australian Chaplains Department Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Royal Australian Army Dental Corps Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Australian Army Psychology Corps Royal Australian Corps of Transport Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Australian Army Legal Corps Royal Australian Corps of Military Police Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Royal Australian Army Educational Corps Australian Army Public Relations Service Australian Army Catering Corps Australian Army Band Corps
Training Corps
Corps of Staff Cadets
Former Corps
Royal Australian Army Service Corps Royal Australian Survey Corps Australian Army Veterinary Corps Australian Staff Corps Australian Instructional Corps Australian Army Transportation Corps
v t e

See also

• Defence Intelligence Organisation
• Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation
• Defence Signals Directorate
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Notes

1. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b c} Dennis (et al) 2008, p. 65.
2. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} "Careers Explorer: Intelligence Corps Officer". Defence Force Recruitment. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
3. Jump up ^ "Heritage of the Australian Intelligence Corps". Australian Intelligence Corps Association. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
4. Jump up ^ "Stay Army: Australian Intelligence Corps". Australian Department of Defence. Retrieved 2007-03-29.^{[dead link]}
5. Jump up ^ "Careers Explorer: Analyst Intelligence Operations". Defence Force Recruitment. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
6. Jump up ^ "Stay Army". Australian Department of Defence. Retrieved 2007-03-29.

References

• "Australian Army Website". Australian Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
• Dennis (et al), Peter (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. Second Edition. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

External links

• Defence Intelligence Organisation
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• Australian Intelligence Corps Association
• Australian Army Intelligence Corps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Army_Intelligence_Corps

THE AUSTRALIAN INTELLIGENCE CORPS – AUST INT

The role of the Australian Intelligence Corps (Aust Int) is to provide the intelligence support comprising knowledge of the enemy and the area of operations as required by commanders and staffs at all the right levels of command.

No successful operation can be planned or conducted until sufficient information has been obtained on an adversary and the prevailing conditions have been analysed by intelligence staff.

There are three levels of intelligence: strategic, operational and tactical. Strategic intelligence is concerned with military and economic capabilities of foreign nations. Operational intelligence is concerned with the potential military operations in a theatre level conflict whilst tactical intelligence is concerned with producing intelligence on an adversaries' organisation, capabilities, tactics and intentions and the geography of the battlefield.

Members of the Aust Int Corps are employed in a number of Corps specialty areas including:

Combat Intelligence, Counter Intelligence, Imagery Analysis and Linguists. Combat Intelligence is primarily concerned with the production of tactical intelligence.

Counter-intelligence is primarily concerned with the protection of Army's personnel, information and equipment from foreign interference and from espionage, sabotage and subversion.

Imagery analysis is concerned with the identification, interpretation and analysis of data collected from photographs and other sensors. Linguists are employed to translate foreign language documents and provide interpreter services to deployed forces. 


UNIT PATCH

http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Corps/The-Australian-Intelligence-Corps