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NSW Intelligence Team Trainer Sharpens Spears Of Sailors
by U.S. Navy Lt. Joseph Chua
Information Warfare Training Command San Diego
November 29, 2020
The Naval Special Warfare Intelligence Team Trainer (NSWITT) at
Information Warfare Training (IWTC) San Diego provides intelligence
officers and enlisted (E4-O4) personnel the skills to conduct real
time masters-level intelligence support to special operations forces
in deployed remote environments with little to no supervision.
 “NSW
ITT throws NSW information warfare professionals in an environment
manufactured to reflect the mission sets based on the current
deployed SEAL Team operations being conducted and truly puts their
team cohesion to the test by magnifying the stressors they will
experience on the deployment,” said Lt. Kristoffer Abonal, NSWITT
instructor.
Lt. Kristoffer Abonal continued, “Students are assessed and
critiqued on their utilization and mastery of NSW tradecraft
fundamentals they learned in the NSW Intelligence Course and have
since spent the entirety of their task group integration training
phase of the pre-deployment cycle refining in order to provide full
spectrum intel support to the full range of SOF operations being
planned and conducted downrange. Students provide end-of-day
intelligence briefs to senior NSW leaders ranging from the
commanding officer of their SEAL Team, to the Naval Special Warfare
Command director of intelligence, highlighting the level of
importance and vested interested senior NSW stakeholders have in NSW
ITT.”
The five-day course uses realistic scenarios based on
real-world current operations to exercise intelligence support
across the full range of Naval Special Warfare operations.
“The team trainer offers an agile way of changing problem sets and
gives an opportunity to simulate real-world scenarios,” added Chief
Intelligence Specialist Stephen Gondry.
The NSWITT further
prepares intelligence personnel to fulfill their missions as a key
part of the information warfare community as they collect, analyze
and disseminate of critical information; participate in
reconnaissance missions; provide intelligence support to special
operations forces and multinational military forces; advise
executive-level decision makers in U.S. government; and conduct
analysis of the inner workings of adversaries and develop unmatched
intelligence of the battlespace during wartime.
“As a ST-17
reservist body, I have limited opportunity to access to these tools
so it is very useful to be able to come here and train,” commented
Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Brian Gardner. “The course
emphasizes the importance of teamwork and gives an opportunity to
sharpen our skills.”
The IWTC San Diego team was also lauded
for the training.
“Mr. Mike Moss is vital for the community,”
said Lt. Michael Denning. “He’s a phenomenal instructor.”
IWTC San Diego, as part of the Center for Information Warfare
Training (CIWT), provides a continuum of training to Navy and joint
service personnel that prepares them to conduct information warfare
across the full spectrum of military operations.
With four
schoolhouse commands, a detachment, and training sites throughout
the United States and Japan, CIWT trains over 22,000 students every
year, delivering trained information warfare professionals to the
Navy and joint services. CIWT also offers more than 200 courses for
cryptologic technicians, intelligence specialists, information
systems technicians, electronics technicians, and officers in the
information warfare community.
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