CHAPTER 17 



ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICATIONS, 

 AND SUPPLY 



The purpose of this chapter is to provide 

 the Aerographer's Mate 3 or 2 with the knowl- 

 edge necessary to accomplish administrative 

 tasks, and clerical and supply duties, and with 

 knowledge needed to find information in publica- 

 tions. 



Aerographer's Mates 3 or 2 may be assigned 

 to take care of records and reports either afloat 

 or ashore. A thorough knowledge of administra- 

 tive requirements, ordering supplies, and 

 handling publications is essential for good per- 

 formance in an assignment. 



ADMINISTRATION 



Administration means understanding the chain 

 of command and various other relationships be- 

 tween weather units, and the procedures whereby 

 the right people get the right information (that 

 is, weather observations, forecasts, records, 

 or reports) at the right time. 



The term "unit" as used in this chapter 

 means any weather office or personnel having 

 the primary mission of providing weather serv- 

 ice. These units may or may not be "detach- 

 ments" under the command of various centrals 

 and facilities of the Naval Weather Service. Ship- 

 board units and most special types of units are 

 not included in the "detachment" category. 



AREAS OF METEOROLOGICAL 

 RESPONSIBILITY 



The Naval Weather Service system is or- 

 ganized to provide global forecast services to 

 meet Navy environmental requirements and De- 

 partment of Defense oceanographic require- 

 ments. The system embraces the Naval Weather 

 Service and elements of the Operating Forces, 

 Shore Establishment, and Navy Department to 

 which oceanographic meteorological or weather 

 observing personnel are assigned. 



As military technologies have advanced and 

 become more complex, naval operations have 

 become more sensitive to the natural environ- 

 ment in which they are conducted. Because 

 of this, the concurrent evolution of the present 

 functional Naval Weather Service system has 

 taken place. 



Naval Weather Service 

 Command (NAVWEASERVCOM) 



At the time of writing this manual 

 the NAVWEASERVCOM was being merged with 

 the Oceanographer of the Navy to form the new 

 command of Navy Oceanography and Meteorol- 

 ogy (NAVOCEANMET) under a director. Imple- 

 menting instructions as to the new command had 

 not been received to include them in this manual. 

 Personnel should refer to latest instructions 

 for organizational changes, reporting procedures, 

 responsibilities and etc. 



Relationships With 

 Other Commands 



It is important that the Aerographer's Mate 

 understand the relationships which exist between 

 the Naval Weather Service and the naval com- 

 mands with which he may become associated. 



Detailed information on the relationships 

 which exist between the NAVWEASERV and vari- 

 ous commands may be found in the Manual of 

 the Naval Weather Service Command, Volume 

 One. 



Other Relationships 



The Naval Weather Service system is not 

 self-sufficient with regard to the fulfillment of 

 its mission. No single weather service is. The 

 world's ocean-atmosphere environment must be 

 observed and studied on a global scale. Co- 

 operation and coordination on national, re- 

 gional, and international levels are mandatory, 



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