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competency. At the same time, I should also make snart 

 investments in improving my capability by harnessing 

 the brainpower of the National scientific body. 



Second, the Navy has committed to stable, long 

 term science and technology investment in oceanography 

 with a rather balanced apportionment of funds between 

 shallow and deep water process studies. As the end 

 user for most science and technology successes, I will 

 continue to argue for priority funding for the ocean 

 sciences within the Navy. 



Third, partnerships between Navy Operational 

 Oceanographers and the civil sector are not new. 

 Today, the Navy operates the National Ice Center with 

 the Coast Guard and NOAA. The Naval Oceanographic 

 Office operates a Major Shared Resource Center which 

 provides supercomputer capabilities to operational 

 ocean modelers and over 2000 Defense-supported civil 

 and Government researchers who need large scale 

 computers for geophysical and other fluid dynamics 

 calculations. We work with other agencies and 



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