Operations Flashcards
Who is the OPSO?
Captain Select Hammond
Describe CDC
- Combat Directional Center
- Mission is to gather, process, display, evaluate, and disseminate information
- also controls and assist.
- Located in 03-165-0-C
Name warfare areas in Operation
Air Warfare, Survace Warfare, Undersea Warfare, Mine Warfare, Amphibious Warfare, and C2W
Describe AIC
- Air Intercept Controller
- Maintains Close Advisory Control of aircraft, God’s Eye view.
Describe ADWC
- Air Defense Weapons Coordinator
- Gets reports from ID OP and passes onto TAO
- Coordinates with Point Defense
Describe TAO
- Tactical Action Officer
- Responsible for defending the ship
- Only person other than CO that has weapons realease authority
Describe CDCWO
- Combat Direction Center Watch Officer
- Responsible for the coordination of all CDC functions; overall in charge of the surface picture
Describe TIC
- Tactical Informaton Officer
- Manages data links to provide a bigger picture and maintains communications
Describe ID OP
- Identification Operator
- Identifies air contacts and reports them to the Air Defense Weapons Coordinator and Tactical Action Officer
What does the Elecronic Warfare Supervisor do?
-Supervises the collection and display of all Electronic Warfare information and the rapid dissemination of all threat emitters.
Describe GCCS-M
- Global Command Control Systems - Maritime
- Provides non-real time tracks and is used to form tactical decisions
What is an OPORDER?
-Order issued by a commander for the execution of an operation in the immediate future
What is a Task Group?
- A task group is a componentof a force
- Can be as many as 10 task groups in a force
What is a Battle Group?
-A Naval task group, designed to destroy hostile submarine, surface, and air forces within the group’s area of responsibility
What is a Gyro Repeater?
- Repeater that recieves inputs from the ship’s master gyrocompass
- Determines course in relation to true north
How does wether affect radar?
-Clouds and and rain squalls are highly visible on radar and can clutter the radar scope
What is the purpose of a lookout?
- To correlate lookout information on surface and air contacts to determine target’s course, speed, and CPA
What is ES, EA, and EP?
- Electronic Support
- Electronic Attack
- Electronic Protect
What is the length of the flight deck?
-1,092ft
How many padeyes are on the flight deck?
-4,376
How much does arudder weigh?
-24 Tons
What is the ship’s displacement?
-95,000 Tons
How many acres is the flight deck?
-4.52 Acres