METOC Exam QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the METOC community? - CORRECT ANSWER METOC Officers and
Aerographer's Mates who support naval operations by providing environmental information,
weather forecasts, ocean conditions, and PNT.
What is the NEC and training pipeline for an AG? - CORRECT ANSWER NEC: J00A
9 month course at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS
Who is the ADCON/TYCOM/OPCON for METOC Community - CORRECT
ANSWER ADCON/TYCOM: NAVIFOR
OPCON: CNMOC
Ship's TYCOM: SURFLANT/PAC
Air Wing TYCOM: AIRLANT/PAC
List the CTG 80.7 Organization - CORRECT ANSWER CTG 80.7: CNMOC (CDR,
Navy Meteorology & Oceanography Command - Stennis, MS) -CNMOC serves as the
operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program.
CTG 80.7.1: NAVO (Navy Oceanographic Office- Stennis, MS) -
CTG 80.7.2: FNMOC (Fleet Numerical, Meteorology, & Oceanography Center - Monterey,
CA)
CTG 80.7.3: USNO (U.S. Naval Observatory - DC)
CTG 80.7.4: NOOC (Navy Oceanography Operations Center - Stennis, MS)
CTG 80.7.4.1: NOSWC (Navy Oceanography SPECWAR Center)
CTG 80.7.4.2: NOMWC (Navy Oceanography Mine Warfare Center)
CTG 80.7.6: FWC-N (Fleet Weather Center - Norfolk, VA)
CTG 80.7.6.1: NAVICE (NOAA National Ice Center - Suitland, MD)
CTG 80.7.6.2: SCOT (Strike Group Oceanography Team - Norfolk, VA)
, CTG 80.7.7: FWC-SD (Fleet Weather Center - San Diego
CTG 80.7.7.1: NAVICE (NOAA National Ice Center - Pearl Harbor, HI)
CTG 80.7.7.2: SCOT (Strike Group Oceanography Team - San Diego, CA)
CTG 80.7.7.3: NOAC (Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare Center - Yokosuka, JP)
What is the difference between FWC Norfolk and San Diego? - CORRECT
ANSWER The main difference between the two are the subordinate commands and the
areas that they focus on. Norfolk focuses on ice and SD focuses more on tropical.
How can units receive support directly from subordinate commands? - CORRECT
ANSWER By requesting for DIRAUTH (Direct Authority)
What strategic reports are FNMOC and USNO sending to USSTRATCOM? - CORRECT
ANSWER FNMOC provides BALLPARS, which are weather conditions at the
trajectory of a ballistic missile. USNO provides the celestial and terrestrial reference frames.
How does NAVO collect ocean data? - CORRECT ANSWER T-AGS ships, gliders,
LiDAR sensors from aircraft, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV's), and Expendable
Bathythermographs (XBT's)
What is the difference between NAVO's TAG-S ship collection and FST's collection? -
CORRECT ANSWER NAVO's TAG-S ship: hydrography/bottom mapping
FST's: littoral data
What warfare area is at the NOOC for reach back support? - CORRECT
ANSWER Undersea Warfare (USW), which incorporates both ASW and MIW
What does the SGOT provide and consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER Strike Group
Oceanography Team provides METOC products and services to assigned naval forces.
Products and services include DD-175-1 for aviators (when/where an aircraft is going) and
Graphical Enroute Weather Forecast (GWEAX):
CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the METOC community? - CORRECT ANSWER METOC Officers and
Aerographer's Mates who support naval operations by providing environmental information,
weather forecasts, ocean conditions, and PNT.
What is the NEC and training pipeline for an AG? - CORRECT ANSWER NEC: J00A
9 month course at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS
Who is the ADCON/TYCOM/OPCON for METOC Community - CORRECT
ANSWER ADCON/TYCOM: NAVIFOR
OPCON: CNMOC
Ship's TYCOM: SURFLANT/PAC
Air Wing TYCOM: AIRLANT/PAC
List the CTG 80.7 Organization - CORRECT ANSWER CTG 80.7: CNMOC (CDR,
Navy Meteorology & Oceanography Command - Stennis, MS) -CNMOC serves as the
operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program.
CTG 80.7.1: NAVO (Navy Oceanographic Office- Stennis, MS) -
CTG 80.7.2: FNMOC (Fleet Numerical, Meteorology, & Oceanography Center - Monterey,
CA)
CTG 80.7.3: USNO (U.S. Naval Observatory - DC)
CTG 80.7.4: NOOC (Navy Oceanography Operations Center - Stennis, MS)
CTG 80.7.4.1: NOSWC (Navy Oceanography SPECWAR Center)
CTG 80.7.4.2: NOMWC (Navy Oceanography Mine Warfare Center)
CTG 80.7.6: FWC-N (Fleet Weather Center - Norfolk, VA)
CTG 80.7.6.1: NAVICE (NOAA National Ice Center - Suitland, MD)
CTG 80.7.6.2: SCOT (Strike Group Oceanography Team - Norfolk, VA)
, CTG 80.7.7: FWC-SD (Fleet Weather Center - San Diego
CTG 80.7.7.1: NAVICE (NOAA National Ice Center - Pearl Harbor, HI)
CTG 80.7.7.2: SCOT (Strike Group Oceanography Team - San Diego, CA)
CTG 80.7.7.3: NOAC (Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare Center - Yokosuka, JP)
What is the difference between FWC Norfolk and San Diego? - CORRECT
ANSWER The main difference between the two are the subordinate commands and the
areas that they focus on. Norfolk focuses on ice and SD focuses more on tropical.
How can units receive support directly from subordinate commands? - CORRECT
ANSWER By requesting for DIRAUTH (Direct Authority)
What strategic reports are FNMOC and USNO sending to USSTRATCOM? - CORRECT
ANSWER FNMOC provides BALLPARS, which are weather conditions at the
trajectory of a ballistic missile. USNO provides the celestial and terrestrial reference frames.
How does NAVO collect ocean data? - CORRECT ANSWER T-AGS ships, gliders,
LiDAR sensors from aircraft, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV's), and Expendable
Bathythermographs (XBT's)
What is the difference between NAVO's TAG-S ship collection and FST's collection? -
CORRECT ANSWER NAVO's TAG-S ship: hydrography/bottom mapping
FST's: littoral data
What warfare area is at the NOOC for reach back support? - CORRECT
ANSWER Undersea Warfare (USW), which incorporates both ASW and MIW
What does the SGOT provide and consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER Strike Group
Oceanography Team provides METOC products and services to assigned naval forces.
Products and services include DD-175-1 for aviators (when/where an aircraft is going) and
Graphical Enroute Weather Forecast (GWEAX):
