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By way of introduction let me explain that the 

 Navy's cor.prehensive oceanography program has two 

 principal components of interest to this hearing: 

 Ocean Science and Technology and Operational 

 Oceanography. 



My command, under the Chief of Naval Operations, 

 is charged with the operational execution of Naval 

 Oceanography. It is the world's preeminent 

 organization for the global collection, assimilation 

 and archiving of ocean data; analyses of these data and 

 subsequent modeling and prediction of oceanographic, 

 meteorological, bathymetric, acoustic and other 

 geophysical phenomena; the generation of information 

 useful to Navy and Marine Corps forces and other DoD 

 Services operating from or near the sea; and the 

 delivery of relevant maritime environmental information 

 to and provision of face-to-face operational advice to 

 Naval and other DoD forces. 



A few metrics: we operate a fleet of ocean survey 

 vessels permanently deployed overseas. Today, we are 



