IOP '06.  To Mr. Estolano “Ben” Benavides, for being the original Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) ranger and pathfinder for the Long Gray Line long before OSINT became fashionable.  As an original contributor to the paper on open source information exploitation for the military intelligence officer under the leadership of LtCol Rob Simmons, USAR (today Congressman Rob Simmons, R-CT-02), and as a Master Trainer who cataloges useful web sites spanning all topics where open source information can contribute to Army and defense policy, operations, acquisitions, and logistics, Ben Benavides is not only in a class by himself, he is “the class before 1.”