Bernard Ardisana

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Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana (October 27, 1924 – January 14, 1978) was the assistant deputy director for operations at the

Ardisana worked for several U.S. military agencies including the Air Force, the NSA, and the Army Signal Corps.[3] In March 1952 he was called to active duty to train at the Brooks Air Force Base as a student in traffic-analysis.

Upon completion of his training in August he was transferred to Washington, DC to work as a language officer for the

In 1966 he became head of the Operations Systems Evaluation and Management Branch at the U.S. Air Force Security Service Directorate of Operations. Between 1967 and 1970 he served in Vietnam as the under various positions before being sent to Frankfurt, Germany to act as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations for the European Security Region. He returned to the United States in 1972.

In 1973 he was assigned to Ft. Meade to serve as part of the National Security Agency. He stayed there for two years before becoming Vice commander of the U.S. Air Force Security Service. He retained that position for two years as well before returning to the NSA as their Assistant Deputy Director for Operations.^[1]

Death

Ardisana died on January 14, 1978, at Kimbrough Army Hospital at Ft. Meade from a heart attack^[3] while serving as the NSA's Assistant Deputy Director for Operations.^[2]

Legacy

Ardisana's expertise in cryptography allowed him to develop a number of important changes to USAF cryptologic operations and procedures. Much of his work in designing the Operations Communications remained the standard for 25 years within the US Air Force. His work was a "key concept" that allowed the development of the Critical Intelligence Communication System.^[2]

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