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SUBJECT:
(U) Acquisition of Video Monitoring System to enhance
Operations and Training
1.
(U)
Request the procurement for
the authorization of resources
to procureya video recording/playback system for the training and
operational
use of the Prototype Operational Group (POG) of DIA's
SUN STREAK Project.
Such a system would significantly promote
accomplishment of the unit mission as follows:
a.
(S/WNINTEL)
Because of the nature of the training and
operational
activities of this organization, access to actual
sessions should be restricted to viewer and monitor/interviewer.
Nevertheless, a need frequently exists for additional personnel,
such as other student viewers or
interviewers, supervisers,
managers, or outside analysts to observe events within the session
context.
Attempts have been made to have additional personnel
personally observe training and operational sessions.
Results have
been less than satisfactory, as the presence of an extraneous person
often adversely effects the concentration and performance of the
viewer, as well as introduces an additional source of environmental
overlay, which may obscure or adulter the content of the sought-for
information.
A "closed-circuit" video camera/monitor/recording
system
would
allow real
time observation
and analysis of
session-chamber
events,
which
would
be
beneficial
for
managerial
evaluation of
outside-analyst
input and evaluation,
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training effectiveness, and observational
training of student
viewers and interviewers.
Such a video system would also allow
sessions to be both visually and auditorily recorded, where only
audio recording has been possible in the past. / Such systems are
widely used today in high school and college athletic programs as a
valuable tool in training enhancement.
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Teams and individual players
can be retrospectively shown both proper actions performed and
mistakes made, graphically demonstrating correct and incorrect
courses of action, as well as providing
coaching staff the
opportunity to not only evaluate strengths, but also identify points
requiring further improvement and concentration.
Asimilar video
The
Technique
ALSO permi
Fecording
capability
would^ allow the viewer after the fact to
observe his own correct and incorrect actions, and permit the
interviewer to observe in better detail the viewer's responses,
actions, and body movements, all of which are important not only as
signposts of viewer accuracy and proper mental process, but are also
relevant
to
the application of
neuro-linguistics, a
new
? biotechnology showing great potential for RV applications.
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b. (U) In operations, a system of this nature would allow a
permanent record of data obtained, much of which is not only
auditory, but visual in two or three dimensions as well .
Permanent
records would then permit more in-depth and thorough analysis,
lessening the possibility that
important
information
might
inadvertently be lost or overlooked.
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2.
(U)
Following is a tabulation of three possible configurations,
ranging from ideal to minimum acceptable:
a.
(U)
An ideal system would consist as follows.
Three remotely operated cameras -- one mounted on the wall above
and to the right of the interviewer, allowing a full and
unobstructed view of the remote viewer; one on the wall behind
and to the right of the viewer allowing a similar field of
vision of the interviewer; and one directly above the viewer's
end of the table, allowing a complete view of the viewer's
paper /modeling material.
Cameras must neither emit any sound
while recording, nor provide any other indication that they are
in operation.
A video mixing system with all ancilliary controls, permitting
any combination of full and split screen mixing for both live
and recording functions.
Three recording systems to allow recording of audio/video
information from all three cameras as necessary.
Three video monitors, to allow real-time monitoring of up to all
three cameras/recorders to
facilitate observation of
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b. (U) A medium acceptable system would include as follows:
Two remotely controllable video cameras mounted behind viewer
and interviewer respectively.
Video mixing system.
Two recorders and two monitors.
c. (U) A minimum acceptable system would include:
One remotely controllable camera, with two available fixed
mounts -- one behind the viewer, and one behind the interviewer as
described above.
One video recorder and one monitor.
4.
(U)
For present use, recommend that the third option be
implemented, and a single remote-controlled video camera, with two
mounts, one monitor, and one video recorder be acquired for use by
this organization.
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This will allow the video monitoring/recording
concept to be evaluated for the smallest initial expenditure.
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5.
(U)
Provisional estimates from two firms in the Washington,
ARRA
D. C. ^have been obtained for a system as described in option three.
15 $2400.00
Approximate cost of the system
were estimated to be in the -
neighborhood of $2,200.00 to $2,400.00
surveyed
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PROTOTYPE
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