Excerpt from Leveraging National Oceanographic Capabilities: Hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development of the Committee on National Security and the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans of the Committee on Re Rear Admiral Paul Gaffney, commander of the Navy, Meteoro logical and Oceanographic Command at the Stennis Space Center, will be our Sixth witness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.