Operations Flashcards
CDC
Combat direction center
What is the purpose of CDC?
• Gather, process, display, evaluate, disseminate information
Location of CDC?
03-160-0-C
OS
Operation Specialist
STG
Sonar Technician Surface
FC
Fire Control Man
ET
Electronics Technician
Geographical plot purpose
- Maintain a true picture.
* Enemy, and identified surface, subsurface, and air tracks.
DDRT
Digital Dead Reckon Tracker
What is the primary purpose of a DDRT?
Maintains Plot
What is the secondary purpose of the DDRT?
MOB
IFF
Identification Friend or Foe
How many modes of IFF are there?
5
IFF mode 1
Mission
IFF mode 2
Name
IFF mode 3
Commercial Communications
IFF mode 4
Military ONLY Emergency
IFF mode C
Altitude
How many emergency modes does IFF have?
4
(IFF EMERGENCY)
4x
Military Only
IFF EMERGENCY
7500
Hijacking
IFF EMERGENCY
7600
Loss Of
IFF EMERGENCY
7700
General
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
What is TACAN?
- Polar Coordinate Navigation System
- Provides aircraft range, bearing
- Can chip identify within a 200 mile radius
Where is TACAN located?
Top of Mast
EMCON
Emission Control
What does EMCON do?
Management of Electromagnetic/Electroacoustic Emission.
Hides/disguises the ship
Most restricted EMCON?
Alpha
Least restrictive EMCON?
Delta
What does the Q-70 do?
Provides Digital Display Picture
Q-70 located?
CDC
SSDS
Ship Self Defense System
SPS-48E
Range?
Features?
- Primary Air Search Radar
- 220 NM
- 3D bearing, range, Altitude
SPS-49
Range?
Features?
- Secondary Air Search Radar
- 256 NM
- 2-D bearing, range, Altitude
SPS-67R
Range?
Features?
- Primary Surface Search Radar
* 56.5 NM
SPS-73
Range?
Primary Navigational Radar
96 NM
SPQ-9B
Modes?
Ranges for each mode?
- Fire Control Radar
- Air, Surface
- 80 NM (air) 20 NM (surface)
SLQ-32
Where is it located?
- Electronic Countermeasures
* EW Module
SPA-25H
How many, and where are they located?
- Radar Repeater
- 5
- METOC
- TOP
- BRIDGE
- AUX CONN
- CDC
CVIC
Carrier Intelligence Center
Who works in CVIC?
What do they do?
- Intelligence Specialist
* Provide ship’s intel
CATCC
Carrier Air Traffic Control Center
Who works at CATCC?
What are the radars used in CATCC?
• Air Traffic Controllers
SPN-41
SPN-43
SPN-46
COTOP
Location?
- Commanding Officer’s Tactical Operations Plot
* 08 behind bridge
METOC
Meteorology and Oceanography
Who works in METOC?
What does METOC provide?
Where is METOC located?
- Aerogeographical mate
- Meteorological data, weather predictions, Sea state
- 05-180-1-C
TAO
Tactical action officer
What does the TAO do?
What special authority does the TAO have?
- Fights the ship
* The only person with weapons release authority, other than the CO
ADWC
Air Defense Watch Coordinator
What does the ADWC do?
- Coordinates air picture
* Assigns weapons to targets and issues Fire order
CDCWO
Combat Direction Watch Officer
What are the responsibilities of the CDCWO?
- Manages Surface Picture
* Identify/tracks contacts through the surface module and TOP
DBM
Database Manager
What does DBM do?
Manages the Maritime picture
CDCWS
Combat Direction Center Watch Supervisor
What is the CDCWS responsible for?
To supervise all enlisted watch stations CDC
AICS
Air Intercept Control Supervisor
What are the responsibilities of the AICS?
• Managing Warship Air Control Assets.
AIC
Air Intercept Controller
ASTAC
Anti-Submarine Tactical Air Controller
What are the responsibilities of the AIC?
- Control fixed wing aircraft
* Fire tactics to facilitate death
What are the responsibilities of ASTAC?
- Control rotary wing aircraft + USW air craft
- ASW operations
- Conduct SSC
Surface tracker
- Tracks surface
- Primary Radar SPS-67
- Q70 console
TIC
Tactical Information Coordinator
Responsibilities of the TIC?
Controls the links
ID-OP
Primary Air Radar SPS 48E
Purpose of links?
• Exchange data among ships, aircraft, and short-based units.
How many types of links are there?
3
Link-4A
“Dolly”
• Two-way data link to our aircraft
Link-11
“Gator”
• Two-way, encrypted data link operated at HF or UHF
Link-16
“Timber”
• Unable to be jammed.
FLIR
Forward Looking Infrared
ISAR
Inverted
Synthetic
Aperture
Radar
DDRT
Digital
Dead
Reckoning
Tracker
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
EMCON
Emission Control
ECM
Electronic Countermeasures
CVIC
Carrier Intelligence Center
CATCC
Carrier Air Traffic Control Center
METOC
Meteorology and Oceanography
GCCS-M
Global Command and Control Systems - Maritime