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1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES
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... To be waged successfully, it demands fong-term commitment to research and development, acquisition, threat assessments, tactical and operational analysis, training, education, and realistic fleet exercises. A primary need for amphibious operations, made obvious by recent actions is to detect, locate, and either avoid or clear mines and obstacles from shallow water approaches to and through the craft landing zones.
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... to provide useful products to warfare commanders. He challenged symposium participants to identify ways to collect environmental data in a real-time tactical environment, to improve and apply satellite capabilities, to find ways to develop prototype models rapidly, and to correct deficiencies in our present high-resolution modeling efforts.
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... provided an overview of Naval Special Warfare from World War I' through the current operations in Somalia, focusing on the mission, organization, and capabilities of special forces in the littoral environment. The discussion included planning considerations and data needs prior to entering the theater of operations, as well as a summary of meteorology and oceanography data requirements (i.e.


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