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SIO & NATIONAL SECURITY 



In FY 1995, SIO successfully competed for nearly $30 million in Department of 

 Defense contracts and grants. This work continues the more-than 50-year 

 partnership between the Department of Defense and SIO. Through this partnership, 

 DoD and SIO scientists have advanced the frontiers of knowledge of the world's 

 oceans and developed technologies necessary to maintJiin national security. Our 

 nation is bordered by oceans, thus maintaining control of these oceaiw, including 

 the development of a full imderstanding of ocean processes and related 

 technologies, is critical to national security. 



During World War II and continuing today, the DoD has used University- 

 developed knowledge to gain and maintain its operationcd and technological lead 

 over all other nations. With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Defense 

 and the university research community face a whole new set of challenges. 

 Mciintaining support for this historic partnership will be critical to maintain our 

 economic strength and national security. 



The MEDEA project, originally called the Enviroiunental Task Force, is one example 

 of the value of continuing this partnership. The fifty scientists involved in the 

 project were cleared to access highly classified information and were provided with 

 detailed information on a number of intelligence and defense databases, 

 technologies, and methodologies which might be used to develop a more complete 

 view of Earth's environment from climate through land use to volcanoes and 

 earthquakes. MEDEA embodies the elements of partnership that should be 

 transferred to other areas— a shared understanding of our common objectives, a 

 mutual respect for our complementary strengths, and a willingness to explore new 

 territory together. Admiral Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, and Admiral 

 Gaffney, Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, 

 have testified to the considerable value of this partnership and I will not belabor the 

 point except to mention that I am a member of MEDEA. I have brought along a 

 revolutionary map of the world ocean derived by scientists at Scripps and NOAA 

 from declassified satellite data as a tangible example of the success of this ongoing 

 partnership. 



There are other areas where we are working successfully with the Navy. This past 

 summer. Admiral Boorda convened a CNO Executive Board on Oceanography to 

 examine the role of oceanography for the future of the Navy. The Board consisted 

 of members of the academic community as well as Admirals and Navy civilians. 

 The Executive Board launched several initiatives to reinvigorate oceanography's 

 support of Naval operations, including forming an interagency National 

 Oceanographic Facilities Council to coordinate the use of the nation's oceanography 

 assets. I believe that one of the most important recommendations is the Navy's 

 commitment to: 



