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3) first rate management of extensive and 

 high quality data bases on the maritime environment 

 (ocean, air, ice, and ocean bottom) ; and 



4) operation of state-of-the-art, high 

 performance computational devices to manage such vast 

 quantities of data and produce useful information 

 therefrom. 



While not as comprehensive as we would like it to 

 be. Naval Oceanography presents a substantive 

 capability that comes from decades of steady modest 

 Navy (and DoD) investment. Like every other part of 

 the Navy, we do and we will aggressively pursue the 

 resources necessary to accomplish our mission. We seek 

 to retain our talent base (both military and civilian), 

 modernize our survey capability, capitalize on 

 international partnerships, and keep up with the 

 explosive developments in computation and 

 communications/networking. We are not specifically 

 funded to help other, non-Defense agencies complete 

 their ocean-related functions. Yet, we understand that 

 we own and operate certain capabilities that can help 



