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nearing completion of a recapitalization effort that 

 will deploy eight vessels by the end of the next fiscal 

 year; most are new construction. We operate two world- 

 class supercomputer centers which manage and model 

 ocean and atmospheric information for the Navy and DoD. 

 And, most importantly we maintain a cadre of 

 approximately 3000 military and civilian 

 oceanographers, meteorologists and technicians around 

 the world supporting the operations of the Navy and 

 Marine Corps and Joint forces in many arenas. At once 

 we maintain critical capabilities in operational 

 centers and we are collocated with warfighting forces 

 at sea and forward ashore. By any set of metrics, the 

 Navy has developed a leading capability. 



Our efforts are comprehensive and include: 



1) conduct of ocean survey on a global basis 

 using ships, aircraft, satellites, ROVs, buoys and a 

 worldwide set of international agreements; 



2) global numerical weather and oceanographic 

 analysis, modeling and prediction; 



