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Officer Of The Deck Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org
officer of the deck
Term Source:
JP 3-04
(Joint Shipboard Helicopter and Tiltrotor Aircraft Operations)
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1.) When underway, the officer designated by the commanding officer to be in charge of the ship, including its safe and proper operation.
See Also:
- also called OOD
In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Term Classification: operations
Source:
Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Term sourced from JP 3-04: Joint Shipboard Helicopter and Tiltrotor Aircraft Operations, updated December 2012
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This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015
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