On 11 January 2011, the AFCEA Quantico-Potomac Chapter hosted a luncheon at The Clubs at Quanctico.  The topic for the luncheon  was an update on the U.S. Marine Corps Guam relocation.  We were honored to have as our guest speaker, Mr. Bill Febuary, the Deputy Director, Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) office, Marine Forces Pacific.   In his current role Bill continues to work the U.S. Marine Corps Guam relocation of Marine Forces Pacific.  The luncheon was well attended and the presentation was well received.

A copy of the brief can be downloaded here.

Speaker Biography

Bill is a distinguished former Marine Colonel who made Hawaii his home after retirement from the Marine Corps in 2007.  While on active duty his primary duties centered on his occupation as a Communications-Electronics Officer.  Some of his duties include serving as an instructor at the Command and Control Systems School; G-6 Operations Officer for III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa Japan; Chief, Technology and Architecture Division, in the Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems J-6 Directorate for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he attended all career professional development courses culminating with the Nation War College.  Unique opportunities included an assignment as a Liaison Officer to the House of Representative; Operations and Executive Officer for Mobile Training Team (Team Blue) assisting the Colombian Marine Corps; and as Directorate for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5, to help develop a strategy for the war on terrorism.

After his retirement from the Marine Corps in July 2007, he worked Asia-Pacific rebasing issues for Lockheed Martin.   In 2008, Bill joined Cubic Inc and served as the lead planner for Guam relocation effort for the Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) office, Marine Forces Pacific.   In 2009, he accepted a civil service position as the Deputy Director, DPRI and continues to work the Guam relocation for Marine Forces Pacific where he is serving today.

BrigGen Kevin J. Nally

The Quantico-Potomac AFCEA Chapter conducted an Industry Mixer on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. This was a special event that was industry sponsored in support of our guest of honor, Brigadier General Kevin J. Nally, the newly assigned Director C4 and USMC CIO. BrigGen Nally’s biography is included below to provide our guests with his professional career.

The event was held at the Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico located at Quantico, Virginia.

You can download BrigGen Nally’s brief here:  1 Dec AFCEA Brief by BrigGen Nally

Pictures from the event:  Industry Mixer

Biography

Brigadier General Kevin Nally is the Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4), and the Deputy DON Chief Information Officer (DDCIO) for the United States Marine Corps.

Brigadier General Kevin Nally was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in May 1981, after graduating from Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and Natural Resources.

After completing The Basic School and Communications Officer Course, he was assigned to the 1st Marine Amphibious Brigade where he served as a Communications Platoon Commander for the Marine Service Support Group-37 and later as a Communications Platoon Commander for the Brigade Service Support Group. During this tour, Brigadier General Nally attended SCUBA School, Pearl Harbor where he served in an additional duty capacity as a search and rescue diver.

In 1985, he was reassigned to Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Los Angeles, California where he served as an Officer Selection Officer.

In 1988, Brigadier General Nally attended Command, Control, Systems Course in Quantico, Virginia. After graduating in 1989, Brigadier General Nally was assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division where he served as the Communications Platoon Commander during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Following this, he was assigned to Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division as the Executive Officer.

In 1992, Brigadier General Nally was assigned as the Operations Officer, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot/Eastern Recruiting Region, Parris Island. In 1995, Brigadier General Nally was transferred to the 3rd Marine Division where he served as the S-6, then the S-3, and finally as the Executive Officer for the 4th Marine Regiment. In 1996, he served as the Commanding Officer, Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.

In 1998, Brigadier General Nally was assigned as the Deputy Director, J6, United States Forces, Japan and completed a Masters in Information Systems Management.

From 2000 to 2002, Brigadier General Nally was the Commanding Officer of Support Battalion, MCRD/ERR, Parris Island. From May of 2002 to July 2003, Brigadier General Nally was the Director, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.

Brigadier General Nally is a 2004 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces with a concentration in Information Strategy. Following this assignment, he served from 2004 until 2006 as the Deputy Director for C4, United States Central Command where he deployed twice in support of OIF/OEF. In 2006, Brigadier General Nally was transferred to Camp LeJeune, NC, where he served as the II MEF AC/S G-6 and subsequently as the II MEF Chief of Staff. From 2007 until 2009, he served as the Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School in 29 Palms, CA. He served as the AC/S, G-6, MCAGCC/MAGTF-TC from 2009 until 2010.

His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three gold stars, the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

A special thanks to John Irvine who gave a timely and informative brief about the art and science of Digital Forensics Analysis and Cyber Profiling.

The presentation can be downloaded here:  CrucialBrief02Nov10.pdf.

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John Irvine, Crucial Technology

Speaker: John Irvine, Director, Technical Analysis Department

Company: Crucial Security

Biography:
John joined Crucial Security (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Harris Corporation) in April 2006 as the Director of Technical Analysis, wherein he manages the daily operations of a top-rated staff of computer forensic examiners, software reverse engineers, and other analytical specialists.  A senior computer forensic examiner himself with over thirteen years of experience in the field, John has performed digital forensic analysis as both a contractor and a Federal employee for the FBI, CIA, and DEA. While he specializes in counterterrorism computer forensics, he also has considerable experience in criminal, counternarcotics, counterintelligence, and computer intrusion digital forensic cases.

A Northern Virginia native, John earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Management, his Master’s Degree in Information Systems, and his Graduate Certificate in Software Systems Engineering from George Mason University.  Additionally, John holds the “Certified Forensic Computer Examiner” (CFCE) and the “EnCase Certified Examiner” (EnCE) industry-recognized certifications.

On 30 Sep 2010, the Quantico-Potomac Chapter hosted SES Jim Craft.  SES Craft spoke in conjunction with Modern Day Marine about the current posture of USMC information systems and the future information environment.

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SES James Craft - Deputy Director C4/Deputy CIO USMC

As Deputy Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) Directorate, Headquarters Marine Corps, Mr. Craft serves as Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) and deputy G-6 for the Marine Corps. He leads approximately 1500 Civilian Marines in the Information Technology (IT)/Information Assurance (IA) occupational fields and assists the Director in overseeing annual Marine Corps IT/C4 investments of approximately four billion dollars.

Mr. Craft entered the Senior Executive Service in October, 2006 and has four and a half years previous Federal civilian service.

From September 2005 to October 2006, he served as Senior
Telecommunications Advisor, Afghanistan Reconstruction Group, US Embassy Kabul, the senior lead for US government reconstruction and development activities in the Afghan Information Communications Technology (ICT) Sector and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. Mr. Craft quickly focused disparate efforts from various US government departments and agencies and the private sector into a coordinated program which greatly improved performance and attracted private sector investments. He established effective interagency and public/private sector working groups both in the US and in Afghanistan which increased the level of collaboration, speed of execution, and overall results.

From March 2005 until his departure for Afghanistan in September, Mr. Craft was a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers Washington Federal Practice, leading technology engagements supporting the Department of Defense and other organizations. There he led winning business development and proposal efforts which resulted in the firm obtaining a place on government contracts with a combined ceiling totaling forty billion dollars.

From January 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Craft was the Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO) for Raytheon’s Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) Company. He led IT, IA, and customer engagements, and chaired the Raytheon-wide Information Security and Information Management Technical Interest Group. At the request of NSA, Mr. Craft led a consortium of companies (large and small businesses) and professional associations addressing certification and workforce issues related to the security engineering profession.

From January 2003 to January 2004, he was the Director of IT Strategic Planning for Raytheon IIS and IT Director for the Mid-Atlantic region. He was the executive assisting the IIS CIO align the IT investments to the business objectives and customer needs. Additionally, he provided technical oversight and support for a wide range of client and business development work.

From November 2001 to January 2003, he was the IT Director for the $1.1 billion Strategic Systems Business Unit in Raytheon’s C3I Company, leading successful efforts to improve performance, lower cost and guide the IT organization through a large-scale corporate reorganization.

From January 1998 to November 2001, Mr. Craft led the creation of a new IA Program at the US Agency for International Development as the Agency’s Information Systems Security Officer. This program received an “A+” FISMA score only a few years after its creation and has maintained this high standard since. He also chaired the Security Practices Subcommittee of the Federal CIO Council which created a Federal Best Security Practices pilot initiative, leading the development and implementation of various government-wide best security practices such as Certification and Accreditation.

From 1983 to 1998, Mr. Craft led security and information technology departments and teams, managed projects, and served as a contributing analyst and engineer with SRA International, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and Betac Corporation. Much of this work was in the National Security Emergency Preparedness and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence areas.

From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Craft served in the Marine Corps as a Communications Officer achieving the rank of Captain and served for three years as a logistics officer in the Marine Ready Reserves.

In June 2007, he was awarded the Department of Defense Exceptional Public Service Medal for his work in Afghanistan. In December 1999, Mr. Craft received both the US Agency for International Development Annual Inspector General Achievement Award for the development of a significantly enhanced Agency Information Systems Security Program and the NSA Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model program achievement award for leading successful government-wide efforts to share best security practices. Mr. Craft has also received various industry awards throughout his career.

Mr. Craft holds a BS degree in business management from George Mason University. He is a graduate of the National Defense University Information Resources Management College Advanced Management Program, with both CIO and CNSS 4011 IA Certificates, and completed the Federal Executive Institute.

Ray Letteer, USMC DAA

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Mr. Ray Letteer Director, Information Assurance Division within the Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) Department, Headquarters Marine Corps was the guest speaker at the Quantico-Potomac AFCEA Chapter on June 16th.  Mr. Letteer provided an overview the Marine Corps Information Assurance Program and Certification & Accreditation (C&A) as it relates to Information Assurance requirements for the Marine Corps and for Industry.

Highlights included mission requirements for his position, issues that currently cause concern and require resolution, and the certification and accreditation requirements as related to cyber security quality assurance.  Mr. Letteer also focused on understanding information and terminology as associated with the utilization of documentation and standardization to meet C&A requirements.  He discussed IA Control Inheritance to demonstrate that “ Applications inherit IA Controls from the workstation/server on which they reside; Workstations/Servers inherit IA Controls from the environment in which they reside”.

Mr. Letteer wrapped up the presentation with a focus on a balance of all the IT factors and stressed that utilization of Security Technical Implementation Guides (“STIGS”) as the key in the certification process.  Assessing risk was the last major point of the presentation to insure the right balance to reduce risk, but at the same time to provide operational access to enable the Marine Corps to meet mission requirements.   An active question and answer period followed the presentation.

Ray A. Letteer

Director, Information Assurance Division, C4

Serves as the Senior Information Assurance Official for the Marine Corps as required by the Federal Information Systems Management Act (FISMA). Responsible for the overall creation, promulgation, and execution of the Marine Corps Information Assurance Program (MCIAP).  Serves as the supervisor for the Information Assurance (IA) Division and as the Designated Approval Authority (DAA) for the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN), managing the $10M IA budget in the Command, Control, Communications, & Computer (C4) department. Requirements include working IA programs and related security projects of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO), as well as the investigative and forensic standards of the Department of Justice. It also includes coordinating and approving law enforcement and counter-intelligence cybercrime investigation access to Marine Corps systems.

Mr. Letteer establishes and oversees all Marine Corps base-line security policies, to include firewall settings, wireless security standards, forensic and incident handling methodologies, cyber-investigations, system security architecture, and certification & accreditation processes. He is also co-chair the Department of the Navy (DoN) Information Assurance Workforce Working Group (IAWWG), and the Marine Corps voting representative to the DoD IA Panel (IAP), IA Steering Group (IASG), IA Senior Leaders (IASL), Enterprise Security Solutions Group (ESSG), DoD IA Security Accreditation Working Group (DSAWG), and the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS).