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Purple Dragon Team Mission (OPSEC)

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OPSEC was originally developed during the Vietnam War under the command of Admiral Ulyssess Sharp. The “Purple Dragon” team mission was to determine how the enemy was could gather information on military operations. The data the team got, lead them to the conclusion that the United States military needed to alter tactics and procedures of handling classified information and military in order to reduce an enemy 's ability to make predictions based on the knowledge gained. After the war OPSEC was formally established as a national program when President Ronald Regan signed the National Security Decision Directive Number 298 in 1988. The program was created and implemented as a result of the Purple Dragon team’s notable efforts in the Vietnam War. OPSEC is a process of protecting information that might give someone knowledge of a bigger picture. It is also protecting critical information deemed mission essential. The purpose of OPSEC is to deny your enemy the possibility of gaining information that can be used to hurt or hinder operations, to make sure the enemy can’t easily guess what’s going to be happening next. Little pieces of information like paper shredding and conversations on unsecure lines, can potential give the enemy a clear scope of what is to come. OPSEC violations that have occurred, have caused a lot of concern in the world we live in today.
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