Background DOD Instruction 4715.5 establishes policy and assigned responsibilities for managing environmental compliance to protect human health and safety outside the United States on installations under DoD control. The following reports were released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). DOD Instruction 4715.5 – Environmental Compliance at Installations Outside the United States DOD Instruction 4715.5 – Environmental Compliance at Installations Outside the United States, 1 November 2013 [24 Pages, 0.6MB] Final Governing Standard Report Archive FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS for Environmental Protection by United States Forces for the United Kingdom, 13 March 2013 [273 Pages, 5.9MB] FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS for Environmental Protection by United States Forces for…
Author: John Greenewald
Background According to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC): The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) has served the information needs of the Defense community for more than 70 years. DTIC reports to the Assistant Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering ASD(RE). Our mission is to provide essential, technical research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) information rapidly, accurately and reliably to support our DoD customers’ needs. More than 50 percent of the research records in the collection are available through the access controlled R&E Gateway, which is accessible to DoD personnel, defense contractors, federal government personnel and contractors, and selected…
Background Operation Dew took place from 1951-1952 off the southeast coast of the United States, including near Georgia, and North and South Carolina. Operation Dew consisted of two sets of trials, Dew I and Dew II. The tests involved the release of 250 pounds (110 kg) of fluorescent particles from a minesweeper off the coast. Operation Dew I was described in a U.S. Army report known as “Dugway Special Report 162”, dated August 1, 1952. The purpose of Operation Dew was to study the behavior of aerosol-released biological agents. More FOIA requests are open to give more background on this…
Background Mind control (also known as brainwashing, reeducation, brainsweeping, coercive persuasion, thought control, or thought reform) is a controversial pseudoscientific theory that human subjects can be indoctrinated in a way that causes “an impairment of autonomy, an inability to think independently, and a disruption of beliefs and affiliations. In this context, brainwashing refers to the involuntary reeducation of basic beliefs and values”. The following is a list of documents pertaining to mind control and research of the U.S. military and government. Declassified Documents Interrogation: Science and Art [371 Pages], December 2006 – U.S. military personnel and intelligence officers in particular are…
Background In the 1960s, U-2s could not reach certain remote targets because political difficulties prevented basing the aircraft in some foreign nations. The CIA and U.S. Navy, therefore, studied the idea of launching U-2s from aircraft carriers. Project Whale Tale fitted a few U-2s with arresting hooks like the one on display here. The hooks would snag cables strung across aircraft carrier decks and “capture” aircraft, bringing them to a quick stop. The small black plate on the shaft shows that this hook was used in five landings, and could be used up to 20 times. To withstand rough carrier…