Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

E-METOC LOI
E.1.1 METOC LOI Example 1
MSGID/GENADMIN/USEUCOM/J33/DEC//
SUBJ/METOC LETTER OF INSTRUCTION-OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR//
REF/A/DOC/CJCS1 3810.01, METEROROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHICAL SUPPORT, 30
JUN 93//
REF/B/DOC/JOINT PUB 3-59, JOINT DOCTRINE FOR METEOROLOGICAL AND
OCEANOGRAPHIC SUPPORT, 22 DEC 93//
REF/C/DOC/CINCSOUTH OPLAN 40105, 24 NOV 95//
REF/D/DOC/CINCEUR OPLAN 4243, 2 DEC 95//
NARR/REF A AND B DESCRIBE NOTIONAL METOC SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS. REF C IS
THE NATO OPLAN DESCRIBING OVERALL NATO FORCES OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF
“OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR”, AND REF D IS THE US SUPPORTING PAGE 03
RUSNMHS1026 UNCLAS
OPLAN TO REF C.//
POC/T. E. COE/MAJ/DSN: 314-430-8141//
RMKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS METOC LETTER OF INSTRUCTION (LOI) IS FORWARDED TO
AMPLIFY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN REFERENCE D. COORDINATION BETWEEN NATO
METEOROLICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC (METOC) ELEMENTS IS CRITICAL FOR
OPERATION JOINT ENDEAVOR (JE) IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE UNITY OF EFFORT. THIS LOI
DESCRIBES US METOC FORCE AUGMENTATION TO NATO HEADQUARTERS AS
REQUESTED BY SHAPE IN THEIR CRISIS ESTABLISHMENT DOCUMENT, AND US FORCES
DEPLOYING IN SUPPORT JE.
2. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONOPS). US METOC PERSONNEL WILL PROVIDE METOC
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS TO NATO AND US HEADQUATRERS ELEMENTS, AND TO US
FORCES SUPPORTING US, NATO, AND UN OPERATIONS IN THE JE AOR IAW
REFERENCES A AND B. SINCE JE IS A NATO OPERATION IAW REF C, ALL US METOC
FORCES (EXCEPT TALCE SUPPORT) WILL BE PLACED UNDER THE OPERATIONAL
CONTROL OF THE SENIOR US METOC OFFICER (SMO), LOCATED WITH THE NATO
IMPLEMENTATION FORCES (IFOR) COMMANDR. THE FOXX BULLETINS PRODUCED BY
THE EUROPEAN METOC CENTER (EMC) AT PAGE 04 RUSNMHS1026 UNCLAS
TRABEN-TRARBACH, GE, ARE THE OFFICIAL LAND FORECASTS FOR US OPERATIONS
SUPPORTING JE. THE EMC WILL COORDINATE THESE FORECASTS WITH THE NATO
UNIFIED WEATHER FORECAST, PRODUCED BY THE AFSOUTH METOC BRANCH AT
NAPLES, ITALY; AND WITH THE NAVY EUROPEAN METOC CENTER (NEMOC) AT ROTA,
SPAIN. ANY DEVIATION FROM THESE FORECASTS SHOULD BE COORDINATED IN
ADVANCE WITH THE EMC. EACH SERVICE COMPONENT WILL COLLECT METOC
INFORMATION FROM AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THEIR SUBORDINATE UNITS
(SEE PARAGRAPH 4).
3. LOCATIONS AND TASKS. ALL DEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS ARE CURRENT AS OF 12 DEC
95.
A. IFOR HEADQUARTERS, ZAGREB, HR (KQLM). THE IFOR SENIOR US METOC OFFICER
(SMO) WILL DEPLOY TO SUPPORT THE NATO IFOR SENIOR US METOC OFFICER (SMO)
WILL DEPLOY TO SUPPORT THE NATO IFOR HEADQUARTERS. HE WILL DPLOY WITH THE
AFSOUTH NATO CHIEF MET OFFICER (C MET O), AND ONE AF AND ONE NAVY METOC
TECHNICIAN (E-6/E-7). HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THE COLLECTION
AND DISSEMINATION OF NATO AND US OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS. THIS
INCLUDES DETERMINING WHICH UNIT WILL PROVIDE THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATION
AND/OR FORECAST FOR EACH
PAGE 05 RUSNMHS1026 UNCLAS
LOCATION WHERE THERE IS MORE THAM ONE UNIT. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS TIME-
SENSITIVE DATA BE TRANSMITTED INTO THE AWN / MIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
EUCOM WILL DISSEMINTE THE HQ IFOR KQ IDENTIFIER ONCE THEY DETERMINE THE
FINAL HQ IFOR DEPLOYMENT LOCATION.
E-2