TYPE COMMANDERS’ ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTIONS

overhaul. OPNAVINST 4730.5 requires an INSURV inspection for active ships at least once every 3 years. TYPE COMMANDERS’ ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTIONS Type commanders’ administrative inspections are held at least once each training cycle and are divided into a whole ship category and a department category. Administrative methods and procedures are examined to see if they are intelligent and efficient. They are also checked to see if they are directed toward keeping the ship prepared for wartime mission performance. MATERIAL READINESS INSPECTION The purpose of these inspections is to determine the material readiness of shipboard equipment and systems installations. These inspections are conducted once during each ship’s training cycle and are supervised by an officer who is qualified in the particular equipment or system. When practical, this officer will be assisted by an engineer finished by the systems command responsible for that equipment. In the interest of reducing costs and conserving manpower, these inspections are normally conducted concurrenty with, or as part of, the INSURV inspection. The material readiness inspection consists of three specific types of inspections: performance inspections, physical inspections, and maintenance administration inspections. The performance inspection includes, but is not limited to, the following actions: 1. Making the basic measurements listed on the MRC for the equipment and systems designated by the inspecting officer as essential to the primary mission and task of the ship being inspected. 2. Conducting system tests on designated systems at a test and calibration facility. If any of these tests are not done at the time or just prior to the inspection, they should be done shortly afterwards. In any event, additional measurements, as noted on system MRCs, should be taken at the time of the system test. 3. Conducting interference tests to determine if operating the equipment causes problems with other installed electronic equipment or if it is hampered by interference from other electronic or nonelectronic equipment. tests also identify the source The interference and amplitude of 4. interference emanating from nonelectronic equipment. Listing all approved modifications required but not made, as well as all unauthorized modifications. The physical inspection includes visually inspecting and determining the condition and adequacy of all equipment, cabling, repair parts, and tools. The maintenance administration inspection determines if there is an established Procedure for submitting SCLSIS and OPNAV 4790/2 and 4790/CK forms. Checks are also made to ensure that there is a procedure for listing field changes on field change plates and updating electronics publications. This inspection includes, but is not limited to, checking whether the quantity and rates of electronics personnel on board meet the ship’s allowance and whether the electronics personnel assigned to the ship are capable of supporting the allowed equipment. It also is used to see if there is an established program for on-the-job training (OJT) as well as a program for sending personnel to fleet and NMPC-controlled electronics schools. TEMPEST INSPECTIONS Compromising emanations, generally referred to as TEMPEST, are unintentional data-related or intelligence-bearing signals. These signals, if intercepted or analyzed, can disclose the classified information transmitted, received, handled, or otherwise processed by electrical information processing equipment or systems. Any electrical information processing device, whether an ordinary electric typewriter or a large complex data processor, may emit signals that can be intercepted and used to compromise security. The Navy holds TEMPEST inspections to measure these emanations and determine how they can be eliminated. There are two types of TEMPEST inspections. One is the instrumented TEMPEST survey, an on-site (field) test to determine the nature and amplitude of conducted or radiated signals that may contain compromising (classified) information. A field test normally includes detection and measurement of these signals, and analysis to determine correlation between emanating signals and classified information being processed. A National Policy Certification is issued to the ship when the ship’s equipment has been found to meet the requirements of the national policy. This permits the 2-19