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What does CSOSS stand for?
Combat Systems Operational Sequencing System
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What does CSOOW stand for?
Combat Systems Officer of the Watch
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What does CSRO stand for?
Combat Systems Readiness Officer
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What does CWO stand for?
Communications Watch Officer
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What does IFF stand for?
Identify Friend or Foe
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What does EMCON stand for?
Emissions Control
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What does TACAN stand for?
Tactical Air Navigation
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What does RADAR stand for?
Radio Detection and Ranging
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What does SONAR stand for?
Sound, Navigation, and Ranging
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What does HERO stand for?
Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordinance
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What does CIWS stand for?
Close-In Weapon System
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What does RAM stand for?
Rolling Airframe Missle
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What does SSDS stand for?
Ships Self Defense System
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What does POTS stand for?
Plain Old Telephone System
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What does TVDTS stand for?
Television Direct to Sailor
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What does HYDRA stand for?
Hierarchical Yet Dynamic Reprogrammable Architecture
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What does DDRT stand for?
Digital Dead Reckoning Tracer
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What is the purpose of CSOSS?
Provides procedures to combat casualties on Combat Systems equipment to maximize up time and minimize down time
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Condition 5 (In port) Watch Stations:
CSOOW, CSOSS Technicians
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Condition 3 (Normal Underway) Watch standers
TAO, CSOOW, CSOSS Area Supervisors, CSOSS Technicians
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Condition 1 (GQ) Watch standers:
TAO, CSRO, CSOOW, CSOSS Area Supervisors, CSOSS Technicians
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What does ESS stand for and what does he manage?
Electronics Systems Supervisor - Tactical data systems, Link 4A, Link 11, Link 16 SSDS
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What does ICS stand for and what does he manage?
Interior Communications Supervisor - Phones, TV, Alarms
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What does ISS stand for and what does he manage?
Information Systems Supervisor - ADP, NIPR, SIPR, NTCSS, MCMS
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What does RSS stand for and what does he manage?
Radar Systems Supervisor - WSN-7 and all radars, except SPS-48 and SPQ-9B
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What does WSS stand for and what does he manage?
Weapons Systems Supervisor - NATO, RAM, SPS-48, SPQ-9B
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What does XCS stand for and what does he manage?
External Communications Supervisor - HF, VHF, UHF, SHF, EHF, HYDRA
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What is the Purpose of Fire Control?
To direct ordinance to strike a desired target
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Warfare areas that utilize missiles?
Air, surface, subsurface, strike
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What is the range of CIWS?
1 nautical mile
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What is the range of RAM?
4 nautical miles
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What is the range of ESSM?
9 nautical miles
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What is the range of Harpoon?
60 nautical miles
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What is the range of Tomahawk?
1350 nautical miles
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What is the Fire Control Radar, its range, and product?
- SPQ-9B, 80 nautical miles, 2D picture
- (Replaced the TAS radar)
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What does CIWS stand for, what is it's firing capabilities, and what ammo does it use?
Close-In Weapon System; 4500 rounds per minute for air targets, 3000 rounds per minute for surface targets, drum capacity is 1550 rounds, each made of heavy metal tungsten (previously used depleted uranium)
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How many .50 caliber gun mounts do we have?
10
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What are the 4 D's of a weapon system?
Detection, Direction, Delivery, and Destruction
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What does HF stand for, its band, and use?
- High Frequency
- 3-30Mhz, long range communications
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How many transmitters does HF use? How many systems and types? How many antennas and types?
- 17 transmitters, 28 receivers
- 4 systems (2 broadband, 2 narrowband)
- 5 antennas (2 broadband, 2 narrowband, 1 receiver)
- Used for HF Link 11 capabilities
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What is VHF, its band, and use?
- Very High Frequency
- 30-300Mhz, bridge to bridge maritime communications
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Where are VHF transmitters located?
- Shipboard: Pilot House, Aux Con, Sea Combat, and Flag Bridge
- Mobile: Both RHIBs and admirals barge
- Used for safe navigation of the ship
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What is UHF, its band, and use?
- Ultra high frequency
- 300Mhz-3Ghz
- Line of Sight and Satellite communications
- Used for voice and data tactical communication circuits
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What are the applied uses of UHF onboard?
- Dedicated radios for watch stations in pri-fly, CATCC, and LSO Platform
- 32 LOS radios, two SATCOM systems
- SATCC is primary interface with UHF for communication with aircraft
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What is SHF, its band, and use?
- Super high frequency
- 3-30Ghz, DSCS (Defense Satellite Communications System) and CBSP (Commercial Broadband Satellite Program)
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What are the applied uses of SHF onboard?
- Satellite communications
- Used for IP services (Internet, email, phones)
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What is EHF, its band, and use?
- Extremely High Frequency
- 30-300Ghz, Tomahawk mission data planning, tactical comms, IP services for strike
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What does HYDRA stand for? What is the primary and secondary use underway and in port?
- Hierarchical Yet Dynamic Reprogrammable Architecture
- Underway, primary use is Flight deck comms, secondary is DC
- In port, primary use is Security forces, secondary is DC
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What is WQC-2A for and what is it also known as?
underwater telephone system, used to communicate with submarines, aka Gertrude
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Where is Gertrude located?
Pitsword trunk
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What does GBS stand for and what is it?
- Global Broadcast System
- Secondary television and secure video feed
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What is the purpose, range, and product of the SPS-48?
- Primary Air Search radar
- 220 nautical miles
- 3D air search
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What is the purpose, range, and product of the SPS-49?
- Secondary Air Search radar
- 256 nautical miles
- 2D air search
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What is the purpose, range, and product of the SPS-67?
- Primary Surface Search
- 100 nautical miles
- 2D surface search
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What is the purpose, range, and product of the SPS-73?
- Secondary Surface Search
- 96 nautical miles
- 2D navigation
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What is WSN-7, what does it do, and where is it?
- RLGN - ring laser gyro navigator
- Provides ships position data, including pitch and roll data
- Located in fore and aft IC
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What is the purpose and range of the SPS-74?
- Periscope
- 32 nautical miles
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What are the factors that affect radar?
- Atmospheric conditions
- sea return
- weather
- radar height
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What is the fathometer?
provides depth of water
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What is the pitsword?
provides speed through water
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What is Moriah?
provides wind speed data
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Where is the Belknap Pole and what is on top of it?
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What is the digital compass?
Provides bearing data
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What does DDRT do?
Used to plot ship's recent course
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What is the 1MC?
General Announcing System, Ship-Wide
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What is the 3MC?
General Announcing System, Hangar Deck
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What is the 4MC?
Damage Control Announcing, Repair Lockers/DC Central
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What is the 5MC?
General Announcing System, Flight Deck
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What is the 23MC?
Engineering/Reactor Announcing circuit
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What is 46MC?
Weapons and Magazines
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What are sound powered phones used for?
Damage Control, Lookouts, and Casualty Control
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What is the IVN (Integrated Voice Network)?
Ship's Telephone System
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What is ICSM and who monitors it?
- Alarm System
- monitored by MCMS
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How many edge switches do we have?
12
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How many backbone switches do we have?
2
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What combat systems spaces are manned 24/7 underway?
CSMC, Maincomm, EKMS Vault, ADP
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What is the route email takes from sailor to commercial email?
Workstation > Edge Switch > Backbone Switch > Exchange Server > Backbone Switch > ADNS Router > RF Path (WSC-6, WSC-8, or EHF) > Satellite > NOC (3rd fleet goes to Hawaii, 5th fleet goes to Bahrain) > Commercial Email
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Where are the RAM launchers?
FWD port, Aft Stbd
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Where are the NATO launchers?
FWD Stbd, Aft Port
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Where are the CIWS mounts?
Fwd Stbd, aft port
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Where is the WSC-8 antenna?
Aft port
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Where is the HF Receiver antenna?
Belknap pole
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Where are the WQC-2A transducers?
7th deck, FWD-most frame
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Where is the pitsword?
Pump room #2 (FWD mess decks, by the phones)
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Where is the fathometer?
Pitsword trunk
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Where is the sea valve?
Pitsword trunk
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Where is CSMC?
03-113-2-Q
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Where is Maincomm?
03-108-0-C
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Where is the unclass network managed?
ADP
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What type of missile does the ESSM use?
RIM-162D
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What type of missile does the RAM use?
RIM-116A
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What is a hang-fire?
Delay in ignition
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What is a mis-fire?
Failure in ignition
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What is a hot gun?
Temperature is high enough to "cook-off" rounds
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What is the train warning circle?
Painted line 18" from the farthest projecting point of a weapons launcher
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What does HE-PD stand for?
High explosive point detonation
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What does HE-VT stand for?
High explosive variable time
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What does HE-IR stand for?
High explosive infrared
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What does WP stand for?
White phosphorous
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What is a "blue band"?
Dummy round
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What is the 4D step process for NATO engagement?
- Detection - SPQ-9B or air radars detect contact and establish position, this is then send to SSDS
- Direction - SSDS relays target to NATO and weapon system positions to "paint" the target
- Delivery - Proper firing voltages are set and one or more ESSMs are fired to intercept the painted target
- Destruction - Missile intercepts target and either impacts skin-to-skin or by focused blast
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What does NTCSS consist of?
RADM, RSUPPLY, OMMSNG, and NALCOMIS
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