[GreenKeys] Long overdue: Code facility named for Joe Rochefort

[DR HOUSE]

Joe Rochefort code-breaking facility dedicated at Pearl Harbor
MILITARY TIMES
Posted : Sunday Jan 8, 2012 11:16:17 EST

HONOLULU -- Military personnel who specialize in deciphering foreign
intelligence have a new home at Pearl Harbor.

Federal officials held a dedication ceremony Friday for a building
for service members who work in breaking codes of foreign
adversaries.

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency,
told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser military cryptography work has
continued today to help the U.S. in countries such as Afghanistan
and Iraq.

The facility will be named for Joseph J. Rochefort, a Navy captain
who led a team that deciphered Japanese military messages during
World War II.

Sen. Daniel Akaka, Rep. Mazie Hirono and Rep. Colleen Hanabusa were
among the dignitaries present.

Officials say it will help extend the work that was done in the
original center at Schofield Barracks.

NOTE: A biography of Joe Rochefort entitled "Joe Rochefort's War"
by Elliot Carlson published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press is now
available at Amazon and other book stores.