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| What are the primary responsibilities of the FLTOPS Directorate? |
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Definition
| Provide timely, comprehensive, accurate, and pertinent METOC products and services in direct support to Strike Group Commanders, Joint exercises, multi-national operations. |
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| What AORs is the FLTOPS responsible for? |
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Definition
| Throughout the entire AOR |
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| Who is the CO of FWC-Norfolk? |
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| Which detachment falls under FLTOPS Chain of command? |
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| Explain FLTOPS role within the METOC community. |
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Definition
| They are responsible for command and management of the Naval Oceanography Program, utilizing meteorology/oceanography to leverage the environment to enable successful strategic, tactical, and operational battlespace utilization. |
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| What are the 3 levels of war? |
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Definition
1. Strategic
2. Operational
3. Tactical |
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| Explain FLTOPS role within Teir 0 of BonD. |
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Definition
| Collect data form various sources. |
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| Explain FLTOPS role within Teir 1 of BonD. |
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Definition
| Data from satellites, altimetry, gliders, buoys and other collection methods are incorporated to forecast future state of ocean/atmosphere. |
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| Explain FLTOPS role within Teir 2 of BonD. |
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Definition
| The environmental modeled data in Tier 1 will impact sensors, weapons, platforms and people, providing opportunities and restrictions for operations. |
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| Explain FLTOPS role within Teir 3 of BonD. |
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Definition
| All is applied to decision making process and provide recommendations. |
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| How does FLTOPS align with CNMOC 2025 vision? |
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Definition
-Collect: Collecting environmental data over a period of time.
-Analyze: Transforming the data into information. Current state of environment.
-Exploit: Integrating all information into operational activities
-Predict: Describe and anticipate the future state of the environment through models. |
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| Describe FLTOPS primary customers and mission area locations. |
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| Who is responsible for providing briefing support to the customer? |
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| What is the primary equipment used to collect/analyze METOC data within FLTOPS? |
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Definition
-SATMOD
-IR Gun
-SMQ-11
-NITES
-MRS |
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Term
| Which forecasting models/tools are used to forecast for costumers? |
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-COAMPS
-BALWIND
-TAWS
-AREPS
-OPARS
-MetCast
-Meteograms
-SAT pics
-WEBSAR
-NRL Dust models |
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| What publication contains METOC criteria used to aid in the warfighters decision making process? |
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