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take lightly. We plan to further strengthen the partnership with other 

 Federal and State agencies, industry — ^both defense and nondefense — 

 and the academic community. 



The basic oceanographic policy of the U.S. Navy is to provide the 

 capability for the Department of Defense to fulfill its assigned mission 

 of maintaining the security of the Nation. The prime objective, then, 

 is to increase the effectiveness of our operations. In fulfilling this ob- 

 jective, we carry out our diverse oceanographic efforts through indus- 

 try. Navy laboratories, universities, nonprofit institutions, and other 

 performers. 



In recognition of the magnitude and importance of the naval ocean- 

 ographic program and to assure program integration, the Secretary^ 

 of the Navy last fall established my Office, the Office of the Ocean- 

 ographer of the Na^^, directly under the Chief of Naval Operations. 

 I act as the Naval Oceanographic Program Director for the Chief 

 of Naval Operations, under the policy direction of the Secretary of 

 the Navy, through the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research 

 and Development. The new organization was designed in the interest 

 of centralized authority, direction, and control, including control of 

 resources, to insure an integrated and effective naval oceanographic 

 program. To further these objectives, the Chief of Naval Research has 

 been assigned additional responsibility as my Assistant Oceanographer 

 of the Navy for Ocean Science, and the Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- 

 tions for Development has been assigned additional responsibility 

 as my Assistant Oceanographer of the Navy for Ocean Engineering 

 and Development. The organizational structure includes an Assistant 

 for Oceanographic Operations whose appointment is pending. 



The Assistant Oceanographer for Ocean Science is responsible for 

 a broad scientific and technical program through support of academic 

 and institutional scientists find engineers throughout the country and 

 within Navy laboratories. This program provides the broad base of 

 knowledge about the ocean en^^ronment upon whicli naval systems 

 are developed and perfected. The program itself is composed of a 

 number of identifiable efforts designed to meet the Navy's needs for 

 knowledge and understanding in such areas as ocean dynamics, air- 

 sea interaction, chemistry of the ocean, Benthic boundary studies, sea 

 floor topography and sediment studies, cnistal and subcrustal studies, 

 oceanic biology, underwater sound, and scientific platforms and instru- 

 mentation. We have recently prepared a report of our ocean science 

 program for the President's Commission, and copies have been for- 

 warded to your subcommittee staff. 



The Assistant Oceanographer for Ocean Engineering and Develop- 

 ment is responsible for major activities which impact not only on our 

 military capability but on all activities under the sea. The largest of 

 these is the deep submergence program, designed to give the Navy a 

 capability to operate at any depth, location, and time within the 

 ocean, which includes : 



(1) The deep submergence systems project, which will develop sub- 

 marine escape, location and rescue; small object location and recovery ; 

 large object salvage; and increased diver working ability (man-in- 

 the-sea). It also includes effort on the deep nuclear research subma- 

 rine, the NR-1. 



(2) The deep ocean technology project, which is specific advanced 

 development effort in ocean engineering and technology covering such 



