COMBAT INFORMATION CENTERS

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agencies found on most major combat vessels which coordinate the activities of naval departments and divisions during preparations for battle and in actual battle (abbreviated CIC). CIC is the sensory center of the ship, the place in which tactical information is gathered and evaluated, and action coordinated. Specifically, CIC is charged with the responsibility of gathering all possible information concerning friendly or enemy ships or aircraft within range of the equipment, evaluating this information, delivering parts of the evaluated information to appropriate stations aboard ship and controlling tactical units. —How To Live Though an Executive. Final approval 31.10.89