DUTY OFFICER

1. there is a Duty Officer appointed by the Flag Executive Office Manager daily to do expediting and comm functions requiring footwork so that all the Flag Executive Office Unit staff will not be pulled off their cycles in progress. Routine requests should be given to him. (FO 2381)[The term Duty Officer more generally applies to an officer or person on duty covering specific duties often in rotation with other officers.] 2. in Condition II the Conning Officer passes his orders as in Condition III to the OOW and calls the Captain on any change. But there is a Duty Officer junior to the OOW who keeps the watch in order and attends to the ship internally, such as loose boats or lines, etc. The attention of the OOW in Condition II is outside the ship. (FO 80)