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rinall>, the SECNAV Initialises of 1984 greall\ expanded academic access lo 

 miliian deep submergence asseis including ihe manned submersibles SEA CLIFF 

 and TURTLE, the unmanned remotelv operated vehicles SCORPIO and ATV. the 

 onK nuclear research submarine in the world, the NR-1, and their excellent 

 support ships the LANEY CHOUEST and CAROLYN CHOUEST. 



This initiative has been extremeh successful and has resulted in seseral imponani 

 science programs and, equalh important, the transfer of important technologies 

 from the private sector and academia to the military , enhancing their operational 

 readiness. It has also provided scientists access to technolog\ not previoush 

 a\ailable, helped augment military funding from private sources, and led to new 

 applications of militan. iechnolog\ for non-militar>' purposes. 



1 stronglv recommend that the subcommittees represented here loda\ re\iew the 

 hisi()r\ of the 1984 SECNAV Initiatives as I believe they have proven to be 

 extremclv cost effective and have built important bridges between the militar> , 

 ihf prixaie sector, and academia. 1 also believe the> need to be carefulh re\iewed 

 to see what worked and what did not and how the> might be given new life given 

 the nature of reduced federal funding. 



