Unit 18 Resource Control Duties

UNIT 18 RESOURCE CONTROL DUTIES

18d. Identification of Basic Facts and Terms about Perform or Lead ABGD and Resource Security Duties

  • Participants are required to achieve a minimum passing score of 70% on the written test.

SF Composition and Responsibilities

  • ID Forces: Protect resources that support global DAF mission directly.

  • Security Forces (SF): Act as enterprise leaders for delivering ID armed response capability.

    • On-duty SF response elements necessary for restricted and controlled areas that contain PL resources.

    • Crucial for detecting, responding to, and neutralizing hostile actions in both normal and emergency conditions.

  • SF Flights: May vary in size based on required missions.

    • Personnel must know individual responsibilities and possess a working knowledge of all positions within the flight.

Flight Commanders

  • Definition: Officers who oversee each flight when authorized.

    • Responsible for everything the flight does or fails to do.

    • Duties include ensuring:

    • Individual and collective training.

    • Equipment and conduct standards.

    • Flight welfare both on and off duty.

Flight Chief

  • Typically senior noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) or equivalent civilian defenders.

    • Responsibilities include:

    • Management of the flight.

    • Leadership, coaching, and mentoring assigned Defenders.

    • Guiding and supervising flight sergeants.

    • Overseeing flight operations during normal and emergency conditions.

    • Training, operational, and administrative oversight of the flight.

Flight Sergeant

  • Role: Tactical leaders for flight operations.

    • Responsibilities include:

    • Managing operations and training functions of the flight.

    • Preparing and posting duty schedules and scheduling leaves.

    • Note: Flight Sergeants, Flight Chiefs, and Flight Commanders must ensure:

    • Posted forces understand their role in ID operations.

    • Executing ID operations and knowing about threats, security gaps, or vulnerabilities.

    • At least one should check posted posts at least once per shift.

Base Defense Operation Center (BDOC)

  • Function: Command and control center for ID operations in normal and emergency conditions.

  • Personnel in BDOC roles should possess high caliber due to the demanding and critical nature of their duties.

Supervisory Roles

Squad Leaders

  • Responsibilities:

    • Supervise and conduct collective and individual training for squads.

    • Training dimensions involve on-the-job and proficiency training requirements.

    • Must adjust supervision based on site-specific METT-TC factors to effectively anticipate, deter, detect, assess, warn, defeat, delay, defend, and recover.

Area Supervisors

  • Role: Senior ID force personnel assigned to a specific Area of Operation (AO).

    • Responsibilities include:

    • Managing area security operations supporting PL resources.

    • Monitoring well-being of forces posted in the area.

    • Frequent checks of each posted ID force member are required.

Entry Controllers (EC)

  • Duties: Control entry to specific locations, such as installations and restricted/cordoned areas.

    • Implement controls ensuring only authorized personnel gain access to the areas for which they are responsible.

    • Assistant ECs may perform vehicle and personnel searches while aiding ECs as needed.

Fire Team (FT) Leaders

  • Responsibilities: Supervise team personnel.

    • Ensure collective training for the entire Fire Team and individual training for team personnel.

Fire Teams (FTs)

  • Composition: Consist of four ID force personnel or combinations of internal/external SRTS and security patrols.

    • Purpose: Respond to threat situations and may operate in smaller teams.

Security Response Teams (SRTs)

  • Defined for installations supporting PL-1, 2, or 3 resources.

    • Structure: Composed of two properly trained, armed, and equipped ID force personnel.

    • Functions include observing assigned resources and responding immediately to alarms generated from IDS or personnel incidents.

    • Must respond instantly as outlined in the IDP to neutralize adversarial threats before they impact resources.

    • Separation: If approved, two-person SRTs can operate individually but must reconvene as a two-person element for alarm responses.

Internal and External SRTs

  • Internal SRTs (ISRT): Two-person teams dedicated to interior restricted area monitoring.

    • Can be located externally within facilities or small geographic locations.

  • External SRTs (ESRTs): Operate inside or outside assigned restricted areas.

Sentry Roles

  • Close-in Sentry (CIS):

    • Maintains surveillance over designated areas.

    • Alerts BDOC about unusual situations and prevents unauthorized entries.

  • Close Boundary Sentry (CBS):

    • Surveillance over boundaries of restricted areas or specific resources.

    • Employs IDS for monitoring.

Additional Roles and Responsibilities

Immediate Visual Assessment Sentries

  • Provide surveillance when closed circuit television systems are inadequate or visibility obstructed.

Alarm Monitors

  • Essential for monitoring IDS.

    • May dispatch SF in response to alarms and control access to alarmed storage structures.

Military Working Dog (MWD) Teams

  • Vital for securing PL resources in a proactive security role.

    • Can operate independently or integrate with IDS.

    • Should not be static as that degrades their detection capability.

    • Operational Use:

    • Conduct sweeps of observation and concealment areas.

    • Perform random exterior sweeps potentially up to 1000 meters from installations.

    • Execute interior sweeps randomly.

    • Conduct vehicle inspections at entry points.

Installation SF Patrols

  • Primary Functions: Deter threats, allow detection, and defeat adversaries.

    • Restrict patrol responses to those necessary for maintaining order and discipline.

  • Commercial Vehicle Inspector Function:

    • Conduct inspections of commercial vehicles entering installations.

  • Installation Access Control Overwatch Posts: Prevent unauthorized vehicle entries.

  • Town Patrol (Off-Installation Patrol): Patrols frequented by military personnel, alerts BDOC to unusual situations, apprehending and transporting military offenders when necessary.