(5) Director, National Security Agency
7.
Protection Providing Organization. (PPO)
a. The term PPO refers collectively to the various DoD
entities authorized to carry out protective operation missions
and includes the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID),
the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), the U.S. Air
Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), the Defense
Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), the Pentagon Force
Protection Agency (PFPA), and the National Security Agency
(NSA).
b. NCIS is the PPO for the DON and is responsible to ensure
Master-at-Arms performing protection have successfully completed
the military occupational specialty or classification training
required for PSSs. This training is provided by NCIS and
includes the Protective Service Operations Training Program at
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia
and the United States Army PSD School at Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri. Credentials are also issued by NCIS at the local
field office in which a person performs assigned duties via
NCISHQ.
8. Protective Service Details (PSD).
a. A PSD is the highest level of protection afforded in a
graduated response to increasing threat and vulnerability and is
activated when there is a credible threat that the principal is
a specific target.
b. PSD is a full-time operation, requiring 24-hour-a-day,
7-day-a-week coverage. The PSD will accompany the principal at
all times, whether on official or personal business. Whenever
possible PSDs use armored vehicle support, command posts,
vehicle trackers, personal body armor (for the PSD and the
principal), and a full range of NCIS weapons and technical
support.
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