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Naval Oceanography Fleet Weather Centers Increase Readiness, Centralize Operations
February 14, 2023 — “. . . it means that coordination across commands and services needs to be a reflex and not an afterthought." Secretary Of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Recently, Naval Oceanography’s Fleet Weather Centers (FWC), San Diego (SD) and Norfolk (N), announced publication of an electronic platform to share vital information between the commands in effort to optimize operational readiness. The electronic platform, or sharepoint page, will ensure FWC-SD and FWC-N have integrated capacities in paralleled: Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and process; point of contact lists; watchbills and accompanying watchstanders, to name a few. "Integrated deterrence means all of us giving our all," said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a command ceremony for the U.S. Indo-Pacific. "It means that working together is an imperative, and not an option...it means that capabilities must be shared across lines as a matter of course, and not as an exception to the rule…and it means that coordination across commands and services needs to be a reflex and not an afterthought." ... MORE

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