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CDR Knox
Responsible to the CO for all facets of the Operations Department |
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| Combat Information Center (CIC) Officer |
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ENS Prestridge
Responsible for the coordination of all CIC functions and watches |
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| primary missions of CIC/CDC |
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| To provide the organized collection, display, evaluation, and dissemination of pertinent tactical information and intelligence command and control stations (GPDED = Gather, Process, Display, Evaluate, Disseminate) |
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| Secondary missions of CIC/CDC |
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| To control and/or assist in specific operations as delegated (control and assist) |
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LTJG SUNBY
Responsible for all external communications |
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| Derived inputs from all sensors |
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| Convert the data to useful information |
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| The information reaching status boards or radar scopes |
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| Determining what info is or what it means to the ship |
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| Getting the info to the stations that require it |
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| take responsibility of control center during casualty |
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| the bridge during sea & anchor, restricted maneuvering, and MOB |
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| Tactical Action Officer (TAO) |
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Direct adviser from the display/decision area
*Has CO directed weapons release authority* |
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| CIC Watch Officer (CICWO) |
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| Responsible for getting timely information to the TAO – Right hand man to the TAO |
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| Electronic Warfare Supervisor (EWS) |
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| Collection and display of all available EW info |
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| Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator (AAWC) |
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Definition
| Responsible for all hostile aviation tracks and ship’s responses to air threats |
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| Surface Warfare Coordinator (SUWC) |
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| Responsible for hostile surface tracks and ship’s responses to surface threats |
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| Air Controllers (ASTAC/AIC) |
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| Responsible for intercept of hostile aircraft targets |
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| CIC Watch Supervisor (CICWS) |
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| Overall control of enlisted watch station in CIC |
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| – Responsible for the close in surface picture while close to shore. Manned during sea and anchor |
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| Manned during sea and anchor. Assists the bridge in navigation |
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| Plots the ship’s course through the water, ensures the ship stays on course |
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| Operational Order (OPORDER) |
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| Order sent to command by “Big NAVY” that assigns the mission |
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| Plan formulated by TASK FORCE/GROUP to execute the order |
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| Operational Tasking (OPTASK) |
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| A temporary grouping of military units or forces under one commander for the performance of a specific operation or assignment (CTF-76) |
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| A component of a naval task unit organized by the commander of a task unit or higher authority |
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| A standing operational naval task force organization of carriers, surface combatants, and submarines assigned to numbered fleets. A battle force is subdivided into battle groups |
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| A naval force composed of a variable number of warships, escorts, and supply vessels, depending on the mission |
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| a large area picture showing position, movement, and strength of friendly and enemy forces within a prescribed operating area (GCCS-M) |
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| a display of positions and movement of all friendly, enemy, and unidentified tracks (radars) |
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| a comprehensive true plot of positions and tracks of friendly, enemy, and unidentified surface, air, and subsurface contacts; true display of surface tracks (DRT) |
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| normally covers an area having a radius of 250 nautical miles from the ship |
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| displays a summary of surface data (list of all friendly ships names, modes, hull numbers used for quick identification) |
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| Up-to-date info on ship’s equipment |
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| Communications Status Board |
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| a display indicating radio circuits, assigned frequencies, circuit designators, listing of quick programmable channelization of patched UHF |
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| displays info on intercept and radar, guard assignments, and EMCON conditions in effect, radiation characteristics of equipment on own ship and ship’s in company; displays electronic warfare information |
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| requirements and reasons for maintaining a navigational plot in CIC/CDC |
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a.CIC assists the navigator in keeping the ship in safe water
b.Assists in SAR, shore bombardment, and amphib ops
c.Secondary nav plot will become primary if the bridge is lost |
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| the purpose of data links |
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| Allows equipped shops to share radar footprint and track data |
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LINK 11: Secure 2-way. Ship-to-ship and ship-to-air
LINK 16: Secure 2-way. Sends tracks to another system. *Frequency hops* ship-to-ship and ship-to-air |
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| Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)(4 MODE +CHARLIE) |
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1 – Mission
2 – Military
3 – Military/Civilian
4 – Encrypted ID (Allies only)
C – Altitude |
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| Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) |
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| *Homing Beacon* Provides course guidance to and from the transmitting station (BHR); helps pilots find their way home |
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| defines bearing and true north |
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Definition
| displays the picture emitted from a radar (SPA-25G) |
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| Dead-Reckoning Tracer (DRT) |
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| display of tracking of the ship from multiple inputs, gives a bird’s eye view of ship and tactical battle picture |
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| Patched in. Assigned different channels. RADIO controls the frequencies. *Voice comms with other units* |
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| Voyage Management System (VMS) |
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| a combination of digital charts, constant global position system fixes, environmental sensors, and electronic command and control – allowing a ship to eliminate the constraining aspects of navigation with paper charts |
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| depending on conditions can either increase or decrease radar effectiveness |
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| large waves show up on the screen making it impossible to see small targets |
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| dry air improves speed and range; rain and fog can show up and decrease range |
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| Height of antenna and target |
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| radar is basically line-of-sight so the higher the better |
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| assist in safe navigation |
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| works with CIC to visually verify the info obtained electronically |
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| provides CIC with radio telephone circuits; provides external comms. |
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| notify CIC of all contacts |
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| the reduction of use of signals in certain frequency ranges or signals of any kind transmitted from the ship. |
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| Jamming the radar signal emitted |
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| Countermeasure to jam the person who is jamming your signal |
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Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water
*did not become important until World War I (1914-1918).* |
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| That portion of maritime warfare in which operations are conducted to destroy or neutralize enemy naval surface forces and merchant vessels. |
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| Operations conducted to establish battle space dominance in the underwater environment, which permits friendly forces to accomplish the full range of potential missions and denies an opposing force the effective use of underwater systems and weapons. |
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| Command and Control Warfare (C2W) |
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| The integrated use of operations security, military deception, psychological operations, electronic warfare, and physical destruction, mutually supported by intelligence, to deny information to, influence, degrade, or destroy adversary command and control capabilities, while protecting friendly command and control capabilities against such actions. |
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| a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion |
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| The strategic, operational, and tactical use of mines and mine countermeasures. |
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| may involve collection of tactical information, assurance that one’s own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize the enemy and public, undermining the quality of opposing force information and denial of information-collection opportunities to opposing forces |
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| Maritime Interdiction Order (MIO) |
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| Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) |
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| search for person in water using either small boat or helo |
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| Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) |
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| assistance in the event of a tsunami, typhoon, hurricane, flood |
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| the only actively commissioned ship under foreign control. |
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Definition
| belongs to MSC, designed to perform depot-level maintenance outside the shipyard (mobile shipyard) |
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Term
| CG (Guided-missile Cruiser) |
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Definition
| Anti-air warfare (AAW), Anti-sub warfare (USW), Naval Anti-surface fire support (NSFS), Surface Warfare (SUW), Ballistic missile defense, and command and control // difference between CG and DDG is CG does command and control |
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| CVN (Multi-purpose aircraft carrier nuclear) |
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| Fleet air superiority, anti-air, air-surface, air-ground warfare |
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| DDG (Guided-missile Destroyer) |
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Definition
| multi-mission (AAW, ASW, ASUW), ballistic missile defense |
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| LCC (Amphibious communications/command Ship) |
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Definition
| USN has two; self-contained headquarters complex for fleet and joint task force commanders; USS Blue Ridge and USS Mount Whitney |
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| LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) |
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Definition
| agile and networked surface combatant, with a modular, focused-mission design. |
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| LHA (Amphibious Assault Ship General Purpose) |
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Definition
| same as LHD, only without a well deck |
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| LHD (Amphibious Assault Ship) |
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| – Largest of all amphibious warfare ships; capable of V/STOL, STOVL, VTOL tilt-rotor and rotary wing aircraft operations; contains a well deck to support use of landing craft air cushion (LCAC) and other watercraft |
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| LPD (Amphibious Transport Dock) |
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Definition
| used to transport and land Marines, their equipment, and supplies by embarked LCAC or conventional landing craft and Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFV) or Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) augmented by helos or vertical take-off and landing aircraft. |
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| support amphibious operations including landings via LCAC, convention landing craft and helos onto hostile shores |
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| MCM (Mine counter measure ship) |
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| designed as mine hunter-killers capable of finding, classifying, and destroying moored and bottom mines. |
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Definition
| coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance |
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| T-AE (Transport Ammunition Ship) |
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Definition
| provide underway replenishment of all types of ammunition via connected replenishment and vertical replenishment |
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| – two in fleet USS Mercy and USS Comfort; floating hospital, advance medical care; 1000 beds, 12 operating rooms |
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| Newest class of auxiliary supply ship. Carries fuel, food, and ammo |
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| provide underway replenishment of fuel to USN ships at sea and jet fuel for aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers |
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| T-AOE (Fast Combat Support Ship) |
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| high-speed vessels designed as multi-product ships carrying fuel, ammo, and supplies |
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| to de-beach stranded vessels, heavy lift capability from ocean depths, towing of other vessels, and manned diving operations |
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| T-AGM (Mission range Instrumentation Ship) |
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| equipped with antennas and electronics to support the launching and tracking of missiles and rockets |
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| Surtass, towed array sonar. Surveillance |
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| T-AGS (Ocean Survey Ship) |
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Definition
| conducts ocean surveys and provides essential scientific data |
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| T-ARC (Cable Repair Ships) |
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Definition
| transport, deploy, retrieve, and repair submarine cables, tow acoustic projectors, cable plow, and conduct acoustic hydrographic and bathymetric surveys capable of laying and retrieving deep-water acoustic cables, also capable of supporting oceanographic research |
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| SSN (Fast Attack Submarine) |
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Definition
| designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships; project power ashore; carry out Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
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Term
| b. SSBN (Ballistic Missile Submarine) |
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Definition
| Serve as an undetectable launch platform for intercontinental missiles. |
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| SSGN (Guided-missile Submarine) |
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Definition
| A combination of strike and special operation mission capability within a stealthy, clandestine platform. |
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| all weather fighter-attack |
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| Tactical electronic warfare |
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| all weather, long-range, submarine hunter |
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| reconnaissance version of the S-3 Viking |
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| all weather airborne early warning and battle group command and control |
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| Over water antisubmarine patrol plane |
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| light attack, close air support |
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| all weather cargo plane; capacity: 92 passengers or 64 airborne troops or 74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel or 6 pallets or 2-3 HMMWVs or 2 M113 armored personnel carriers (payload: 45,000 lb) |
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| CH-53 Sea Stallion/Super Stallion |
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| lift and movement of cargo, passengers, and heavy equipment |
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Definition
| minesweeping, mine spotting, and channel marking; same as CH-53 but different mission |
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| SH-60 Sea Hawk (HH-60/MH-60) |
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| inner antisubmarine-zone helicopter |
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Definition
| air/ground support attack helo, air-to-air combat |
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| multi-mission, tiltrotor (replaced CH-46) aircraft with both VTOL and STOL capability |
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| LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) |
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Definition
| 60+ knots advertised speed, 200 miles max range, 75 tons |
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| LCU (Landing Craft Utility) |
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Definition
| 8 knots, 1200 miles max range; 440 troops or 170 tons (but not both at the same time) |
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| AAV (Armored Amphibious Vehicle) |
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Definition
| 7 hours at sea; 200nm on land; carries 21 troops or 10,000lbs of cargo |
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Definition
| used for logistics support over the beach; 10kts in water, 35kts on land; range 200nm on land, 40m on water; crew of 2 |
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| Flags/Pennants/Day Shapes |
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| primarily for transmitting tactical info between ships |
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| directional or omni-directional; utilizes Morse Code |
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| sends messages at short range using the positions of ht senders arms |
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| flares (red, white, and green) that are fired from the boat |
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| 10 minutes or less process time |
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| – the condition imposed in a specific communications area to reduce voice and record traffic so that essential traffic can be efficiently handled |
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| Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI) |
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Definition
| identify specific items of information |
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| a term describing a real-time procedure used to alert circuit operators that an unauthorized disclosure has occurred |
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| a possible intruder on the radio net |
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| expected to cause damage to our nation, and or embarrassment to the U.S. and/or its allies |
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| cause serious damage to national security |
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| cause exceptionally grave damage to our national security |
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| a. CO directed destruction of sensitive and classified material in case of emergency |
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| CO directed destruction of sensitive and classified material in case of emergency |
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Term
| Initial Casualty Reports (CASREP) |
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Definition
| cause of the casualty and initial troubleshooting efforts |
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| UPDATE Casualty Reports (CASREP) |
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| update trouble shooting efforts, parts status, tech assists |
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| Correction Casualty Reports (CASREP) |
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| notification of fully operational system |
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| Cancellation Casualty Reports (CASREP) |
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Definition
| incorrectly sent CASREP or ship entering shipyard period |
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| Initiating Department (CASREP) |
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Definition
| drafting or initial CASREP including steps taken and assistance needed, routing of CASREP up to the Commanding Officer |
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| format and passage to JMCS for transmission |
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| entering of parts support data and ordering the parts |
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| relationship between the casualty category and the mission |
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Definition
| CASREPS are categorized by their impact on the ship’s mission, the greater the impact on the mission, the higher the number. 1-4 (1-primary mission; 4-training commands only) |
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| Logistics Request (LOGREQ) |
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| to make known the logistical requirements of the ship during an import period |
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| report is submitted via message; will assist the chain of command in tracking all vessels for operational/emergency use |
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| minor but newsworthy incidents involving foreign nationals |
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| Unit Situation Report (SITREP) |
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| minor incidents which the CO wants to lay out in detail to the Chain of Command |
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| information contained in a SORTS/DRRS-N |
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| List of CASREPS, system status |
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| Intermediate training cycle |
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| the Planning Board for Training |
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| Long Range Training Plan (LRTP) |
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| Short Range Training Plan (SRTP) |
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| monthly and weekly training |
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| Integrated Training Team (ITT) |
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| coordinated multi-training team drills (Blue Badges) |
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| Combat Systems Training Team (CSTT) |
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Definition
| training the crew or proper casualty control for combat systems (Light blue hats) |
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| Engineering Training Team (ETT) |
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Definition
| training the crew on proper engineering casualty control (Black hats) |
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| Damage Control Training Team (DCTT) |
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| headed by the XO, training the crew and repair lockers on proper damage control (Bright Red hats) |
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| Seamanship Training Team (STT) |
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| training the crew on proper seamanship casualty control (i.e. man overboard, abandon ship, mine swept channel, low visibility, proper lookouts) (Green hats) |
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| Anti-terrorism Training Team (ATTT/FPTT) |
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| training the crew on anti-terrorism force protection (Black hats) |
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| Aviation Training Team (ATT) |
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| training the crew on proper aviation casualty control (White hats) |
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| Combat Information Center (CIC) |
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Definition
| provide the organized collection, display, evaluation, and dissemination of pertinent tactical information and intelligence command and control stations |
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| Joint Intelligence Center (JIC) |
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Definition
| responsible for providing and producing the intelligence required to support the joint force commander and staff, components, task forces and elements, and the national intelligence community. |
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| Expeditionary Plot (EXPLOT) |
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Definition
| Provide indications & warnings for BHR(ARG) derived from all-source fusion analysis |
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| Emergency Defense of the Amphibious Task Force (EDATF) mission |
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| the Commander of the Amphibious Task Force may use embarked Marine air defense units to provide air defense protection for the task force |
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repeater of radar data
(1) bridge
(2) CIC,
(1) Debark |
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| Automated Status Board (ASTAB) |
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Definition
| gives status of ship and Op Forces to the TAO and CO and CPR-11 etc. |
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Term
| Digital Dead Reckoning Tracer (DDRT) / Dead Reckoning Tracer (DRT) |
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Definition
| True geographic plot of the ship’s course from the air; it has 2 modes, Normal is 2000yds and Emergency is 200yds |
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Definition
| gives TAO a picture of the battlefield and areas around the ship |
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Definition
| Surface to surface; command ship and its picket ships (Alligator) |
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| ship to ship and ship to air; UHF; frequency hops (Timber) |
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Definition
| 3D Air Search Radar, max range 220NM |
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Definition
| 2D Air Search Radar, max range 256NM |
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| Surface/Primary Navigation (Bridge), max range 96NM |
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Definition
| Secondary surface search radar (CIC), max range 96NM |
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Term
| MK-23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) |
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Definition
| weapons control radar, max range 110NM (long pulse) and 22.5NM (short) |
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Definition
OJ-535 green display of symbols only
OJ-451 orange display of symbols and raw video |
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Term
| Joint Maritime Command Information System (JMCIS) |
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Definition
| information sharing of OP Area Assets; OTH Targeting (replaced by GCCS-M) |
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| Automated Status Board (ASTAB) |
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Definition
| gives status of ship and Op Forces to the TAO and CO and CPR-11 etc. |
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Definition
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| Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) |
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Definition
| It’s a Humanitarian Operation |
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| 106 at the hull, 209 at the deck edge elevators |
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| Maximum Speed OF THE SHIP |
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Definition
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| 3,244 Sailors and Marines |
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