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Senior Officer Present Afloat — Senior Officer Present Afloat, usually referred to as SOPA, is a U.S. Navy term to indicate the U.S. Navy officer, with the highest ranking by rank, or number in rank, present in a harbor occupied by more than one U.S. Navy vessel. That officer… … Wikipedia
Senior Officer Present Afloat — Senior Officer Present Afloat, im allgemeinen militärischen Sprachgebrauch nur SOPA genannt, ist eine temporäre Dienststellung der US Navy für den ranghöchsten oder – bei mehreren Offizieren gleichen Dienstgrads – rangältesten Kommandeur eines im … Deutsch Wikipedia
Officer in Tactical Command — (OTC) is a NATO term used to designate the naval officer exercising tactical command of a group of ships in a tactical formation such as a task unit, task group, or task force. Ships traveling together on a specific mission might have one of the… … Wikipedia
Officer in Tactical Command — (OTC) ist im Sprachgebrauch der NATO und englischsprachiger Marinen die Bezeichnung für den taktischen Führer eines Marineverbandes auf der Ebene einer Task Unit, Task Group oder Task Force. Als OTC wird regelmäßig ein Verbandsführer eingesetzt,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Flag officer — A flag officer is a commissioned officer who is senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to represent where he exercises command. Typically, usage of the term flag officer refers to the senior officers in a nation s navy, specifically those who … Wikipedia
Supply Officer — was a specialisation in the British Royal Navy which has recently been superseded by the Logistics Officer, although the function remains the same. In centuries past, the Supply Officer had been known as the Clerk, Bursar, Purser and, later, the… … Wikipedia
SOPA — • Senior Officer Present Afloat … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
SOPA — senior officer present afloat (USN) … Military dictionary
List of U.S. Navy acronyms — The U.S. Navy, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. Servicemembers sometimes refer to this as NAVSpeak. Like other organizational slang, its use often… … Wikipedia
Isaac C. Kidd — Infobox Military Person name= Isaac Campbell Kidd born= birth date|1884|3|26 died= death date and age|1941|12|7|1884|3|26 placeofbirth= Cleveland, Ohio placeofdeath= killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor placeofburial= caption=Captain (future Rear … Wikipedia
