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I would teach my Soldiers about the history and operation of it. Every unit I was in had one of these because of MILTOE requirements.
Cryptography
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Edited 7 y ago
Posted 10 y ago
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I used one from 2000-2008 as a civilian defense contractor at the AF Reserve. I actually almost never had any problems using it. I have a KOI-18 on my bookshelf today. There was an electronics surplus company selling them a few years back. They were demilled, so there is no electronic components inside--just the complete aluminum casing. they also removed the label saying what it is. They sold for $15 each! The company sold out of them very quickly.
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We used it in the Arty to encrypt our digital commo. some times you would have to feed it a couple of times before it took, and if the tape was wrinkled ... good luck loading that up. burned the last tape every day, it was waxie so it gave out black smoke when burned. Bur prior to that we had a KOK card that you would have to manually set, UGH if one setting was off by just a smuge, so ya a tape reader was big improvement......
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Never heard of it.... Is this somehow connected to that elusive box of grid squares?
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I used this many times for daily, weekly, and monthly loads in addition to other paper key fill devices.
I used this many times for daily, weekly, and monthly loads in addition to other paper key fill devices.
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Yes, I used one to load crypto twice a day for years, from 2002 through 2006.
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Bro! It's an obsolete piece of equipment. There are better things to teach and learn about.
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SSG John Gillespie
Meh. It was actually less of a PITA to use a KOI-18 and fill a KYK-13 to load multiple COMSEC devices than to screw around with an AN/CYZ-10 doing repetitive loads multiple times per day. Don't knock it just because it's older. The fully electronic CFDs are more of a PITA when you actually operate in a COMSEC environment.
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SSG John Gillespie - I'm not sure you're understanding my statement. I'm saying Soldiers should learn the older equipment if they can, just as stated in the original discussion description at top. What are you saying?
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SSG John Gillespie
SGT (Join to see) - This is over a year ago but I was responding to the other guy who said it's obsolete, and therefore not worthwhile. I didn't even mention the bits about security, destruction and record keeping for digital vs physical COMSEC MAT. I was on your side here.
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