Code Names

A friend sent me this link, which I found informative, and more surprisingly, very accurate.

Code Names

It sheds some light on the methodology by which codewords and nicknames are assigned, and how they are grouped together. A good read for you black project junkies.

Pyros

well..uh howd your freind get it and where could i get it?

Very well laid out, almost a study on its own.

Will be checking for future updates for sure.

been there, seen that.

The real question has to be, what is your code word?

Everybody has one. Do you know yours?

Someone wrote a book on what almost every Operation codeword ever stood for, with a short blurb on the operation. I forget the name of it, though.

How about code names for agents anything on that? I'm wondering what a specific code name might be related to. I was told one thing recently which made some sense but I'm not sure. So, I'm trying to find out exactly what a particular code name might be related to. If there is a list for all the other code names there might be one for agent code names as well, right?

Thats reaslly helpful, Pyros, thanks!

Very interesting and useful, thanks pyros!

great link i will be sure to add this to my place of things to read and study up on. Well done

thats neat pyro, thanx!! that helpps out a bunch! i have a general question though just out of curiousity. how did your freind find this link? Nice work though!

wondering where your friend found the link?

He would not say how he found the link, however, I suspect he knows the author personally........

He is an ex-Navy intelligence specialist, and still has a lot of friends in the biz.

There is also a direct relation between the "subject" of the classified project and the code-word assigned to that project (this is spoken of as "protecting" the TOP SECRET project.)

This system allows for the identification of the specific project, and so it can/could be referenced withour disclosing any secure (classified) information which it may contain.

It has been my experience that projects that are classified SECRET or TOP SECRET are given a single name CODEWORD.

Good post and I enjoyed putting my "2-cents worth" in.

my frist post..
to add to to this, which is a great site.. Code words or names to a project will change, if something is added to that OI,AFI or any other secret or top secret document... the code names to these things are changed every 180 days, the only time code names do not change is when refuring to an aircraft!!!

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The important codewords, ones that are more time sensitive, you wont see unless you break the law.

These are kewl, especially if you wanted to do some fiction, and look good as a general fyi.

The USAF has a lot "instructions" on e-publishing, that will allow any person a great in depth analysis of policy, control, and implimentation of just about anything USAF. I am suprised personally that they allow this to be a public site.

Try looking for AFI 33-201

hehehe 180 days, maybe thats too much info, next time make sure u can source your info before posting it

[edit on 18-4-2006 by pcxmac]

Originally posted by DeltaNine
Someone wrote a book on what almost every Operation codeword ever stood for, with a short blurb on the operation. I forget the name of it, though.

Yes indeed. The Book is called Code Words and the aurthor is Arkin.

Its a must have and truly a sign of the hard core.......Yes I have one

There are internal use codewords as well as external, many of the agencies have to coordinate inorder to understand how to handle the material. TK no longer exists and was declassified. The rest well seem to be there.
Reguardless if known or not it really doesn't matter, as with a large ship there are compartments that one is given access to. However when a persons clearance sheet is 12 pages long....

Good link... Good reading...

Good reading....Nice link....
Thanks for posting!

(Also a handy way to come up with new band names for emo kids.)

Great read - informative.

Thanks.