14 THE NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS PROGRAM 



graphic support, and oceanography amounts to about 10% of the 

 annual Naval Weather Service Command budget. As of July 1967, 

 there were 22 officer billets, 186 enlisted, and 4 professional grade 

 civilian billets of the Naval Weather Service Command allocated 

 to the operational oceanographic support programs. The fore- 

 going does not include those Anti-Submarine Warfare Environ- 

 mental Prediction Service ( ASWEPS) teams which are an integral 

 part of the afloat staffs involved primarily in antisubmarine 

 warfare operations, The ASWEPS teams are generally comprised 

 of one officer and 4 to 5 enlisted men, all specially trained in the 

 air-ocean environment area. 



