50 Years Ago Today the National Security Operations Center as National Security Agency was...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"The National Security Operations Center (NSOC) was inaugurated formally with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 21, 1973. In a formal message announcing this event, the Director observed: “The National SIGINT Operation Center, although still evolving, is a significant milestone in the continuing development of a coherent and responsive SIGINT System for the United States.

The NSOC is the part of the United States National Security Agency responsible for current operations and time-sensitive signals intelligence (SIGINT) reporting for the United States SIGINT System (USSS).

An operations center on a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week basis, NSOC provides total situational awareness across the NSA/CSS enterprise for both foreign Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security, maintains cognizance of national security information needs, and monitors unfolding world events."...