OPERATIONS Flashcards
- Who’s the Operations Officer?
a. CDR Frierson
- Who’s the Assistant Operations Officer?
a. LCDR Karo
- Who’s Combat Information Center Officer (CICO)?
a. ENS Nicholas
- Who’s the Plans and Tactics Officer (PTO)?
a. LCDR Griffin
- What is the primary mission of CIC?
a. Gather, process, display, evaluate, and disseminate information.
- What is the secondary mission of CIC?
a. Control and Assist the bridge
- What are the different warfare areas in Operations?
a. Air Warfare (AW)
b. Surface Warfare (SUW)
c. Undersea Warfare (USW)
d. Command and Control Warfare (C2W)
e. Amphibious Warfare
f. Mine Warfare (MW)
g. Information Warfare
- Link-11
a. Proword
i. Alligator
b. UHF/ HF
c. Protocol
i. Polling
d. Net Control Station (NCS
- Link-16
a. Proword
i. Timber
b. UHF
c. Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
d. Net Time Reference (NTR
- Satellite Link-16 (STJ)
a. Proword
i. Black Timber
b. SAT UHF
- Multicast TADIL J (MTJ)
a. Proword
i. Browser
b. EHF
- Unicast TADIL J (UTJ)
a. Proword
i. Puzzle
b. SHF
- Cooperative Engage Capability (CEC)
a. Proword
i. Spider
b. UHF
c. Not a link
d. Uses other friendly fire control radar to engage target
- What is the purpose of Data Links?
a. Secured data transmission to capable ships
- Common Data Link Management System (CDLMS)
a. 1 system to manage all links
- How many modes of IFF do we use?
a. Mode 1
i. Mission
b. Mode 2
i. Specific ID
c. Mode 3
i. Commercial code (all aircraft must have this)
d. Mode C
i. Altitude
e. Mode 5
i. Military ID (friendly/hostile)
- What is Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)?
a. Homing beacon for aircraft
b. Gives you
i. Azimuth
ii. ID of aircraft
iii. Distance
iv. squitter (made up noise)
c. Proword
i. Father
- What does SSDS stand for?
a. Ships Self-Defense System
- What are the IFF emergency codes and what are they used for?
a. 7500
i. Hijacking
b. 7600
i. Loss of communications
c. 7700
i. General emergency
- During Sea & Anchor what other watch stations in CIC are stood up for safety of navigation?
a. Piloting Officer
b. Shipping Officer
c. Navigation scope operator
- How many Emission Control (EMCON) postures are there?
a. 8
- What is the purpose of Emission Control (EMCON)?
a. Limits our radar emissions to avoid detection by other sensors and vulnerability to satellites
- What is the SLQ-32 (v3)?
a. SLQ-32 (v3) is a passive system that listens for radar signals. Only gives bearing
- What is SLQ-25?
a. NIXIE.
b. It is towed anti-ship torpedo countermeasure.
c. Two towed bodies, but only one is able to stream at a time.
d. Max cable length is 2100ft.
e. Pay out to 1800ft, 300ft for anchor
- What is the SLA-10B?
a. It prevents the SLQ-32 (v3) from collecting on own ships radars
b. Blanking system
- What is the MK 53 DLS?
a. Decoy Launching System.
b. Ships soft kill system capable of passively defeating anti-ship cruise missiles
- How many DLS launchers do we have and where are they located?
a. 6 chaff launchers with 6 tubes.
b. Located on the 02 weather decks
- What types of soft kill rounds do we have?
a. MK 214
i. Seduction chaff
ii. Cloud of metallic material to reflect RF energy
b. MK 245
i. Giant IR
ii. 5 sub munitions that fire sequentially
iii. defends against IR seeking missiles
- What does JIC stand for?
a. Joint Intelligence Center
- What is the mission of JIC?
a. Gather intel, surveillance, and reconnaissance information for situational awareness
- What does SSES stand for?
a. Ships Signal Exploitation Space
- What is the mission of SSES?
a. Collection of signals enhance situational awareness and provide I&W (indications and warning) to the TAO
- What does METOC stand for?
a. Meteorological Oceanographic Center
- CASREPs
a. Category 1 (CAT 2)
i. Update every 30 days
ii. Minor degraded equipment
b. Category 2 (CAT 3)
i. Updated every 10 days
ii. Major degraded equipment
c. Category 3 (CAT 4)
i. Update every 3 days
ii. Total loss of equipment
- What are the two types of Amphibious Operations?
a. Tactical and Logistic
- What are the 5 phases of Amphibious Operations?
a. Planning
b. Embarkation
c. Rehearsal
d. Movement
e. Assault / Action
- What is LFOC?
a. Landing Force Operations Center.
b. Space where Marine Landing Operations are monitored and controlled
- CATF
a. Commander of Amphibious Task Force
b. Controls the ship to shore and exercises control of surface-borne assault and the TACGRU
- Who is CLF?
a. Command of Landing Force
b. In charge of TACLOG Group (Tactical Logistics and Landing Force Supply Party)
- What proword is spoken when the Amphibious Craft hit the beach?
a. Touchdown
- What is L-Hour?
a. When the first helo LANDS on the beach
- What is H-Hour?
a. When the first assault craft HITS the beach
- How many LCACS can we have onboard?
a. 3
- What is D-Day?
a. The day the amphibious assault/action
- What message gives us general information we need for all Amphibious Operations?
a. OPTASK Amphib
- How many LCUs can we have onboard?
2
- How many AAVs can we have onboard?
14
- How many types of Amphibious Operations do we have and what are they?
a. 5 (Raid, Withdrawal, Demonstration, Assault, and Support to Crisis Response)
- What flag does the Boat Group Commander display?
a. Zero
- What flag does the Assistant Boat Group Commander display?
a. Whiskey
- What flag is displayed when an AAV has an emergency?
a. November
- When do we submit an OPREP-3 Navy Blue?
a. When any personnel incidents could attract high level navy interest
- What are OPREP-3 Pinnacle’s used for?
a. Reporting events of national importance
- What is a OPREP-5s used for?
a. It is a reflection of a unit’s status and summary of completed and planned events
- What can affect the radars?
a. Atmospheric conditions, sea return, weather, and height of antenna and target
WATCH STATIONS
- TAO
a. Tactical Action Officer
i. Responsible for fighting the ship. Given weapon release authority for self-defense
- CICWO
a. CIC Watch Officer
i. Responsible for the coordination of all CIC functions
- ADWC
a. Air Defense Weapons Coordinator
i. Responsible for monitoring, and controlling the air engagement picture
- SUWC
a. Surface Warfare Coordinator
i. Responsible for monitoring, and controlling the surface picture
- CICWS
a. CIC Watch Supervisor
i. Supervises overall control of all watch stations in CIC
- TIC
a. Tactical Information Coordinator
i. Responsible for managing Tactical Data Links and CEC
- ID OP
a. Identification Operator
i. Conducts queries and warning on IAD. Responsible for implementing and monitoring ships and strike group ID policy. Often combined with TIC in Condition 3 Ops. Reports to ADWC
- SDT
a. Surface Detection Tracker
i. Responsible for initial detection, tracking, and classification of all surface targets
- AADS
a. Amphibious Assault Directional System
i. System used to help guide LCACs from ship to beach/beach to ship using GPS. Communicates via text
- AIC
a. Air Intercept Control
i. Controls fighter jets for strike missions.
- SENSUP
a. Sensor Supervisor
i. Tunes all RADARS in CIC
- SLQ-32 Operator
a. Responsible for the evaluation and dissemination of electronic (RADAR) signals received and processed by the SLQ-32
- SLQ-32
a. Primary mission is Anti-Ship Missile Defense (ASMD). Use CHAFF/NULKA for soft kill engagements against missiles
- EWS
a. Electronic Warfare Supervisor
i. Monitors, analyzes, and disseminates electronic signals intelligence from SLQ-32 Operator
- GCCS-M
a. Global Command and Control System-Maritime
i. Non- real time track picture of the Area Of Responsibility (AOR)
- EXCOMM
a. SIPR Chat (PF) (Force Operational Track Commander)
i. Manages the common operational picture. Non-real time picture. Can receive Link-11 tracks using Passive Link Tap. Requires a dummy link and C2P to receive Link-16 info
- DWC
a. Defense Weapons Coordinator
i. Supervises the firing or missiles from NATO and RAM
- CIWS
a. Close In weapons system
i. Fire MT 21 and 22 from CIC