OLE Study Guide

Question 1

Legacy Missions

Answer 1

Marine Safety
Aids to Navigation
Living Marine Resources(Fisheries/LE/LMR)
Marine Environmental Protection
Ice Operations
SAR

Question 2

Homeland Security

Answer 2

Ports, Waterways,and Coastal Security(PWCS)
Drug Interdiction
Migrant Interdiction
Defense Readiness
Other Law Enforcement

Question 3

Sector Commander Authorities “6 hats”

Answer 3

Commanding Officer
SAR Mission Coordinator
Captain of the Port (COTP)
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator
Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC)
Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspections

Question 4

High Interest Vessels

Answer 4

Based on points assigned by the matrix.

• -A commercial vessel intending to enter a U.S port that may pose a high relative security risk to the port
• -Assists operational commanders in identifying those arriving vessels that pose the highest relative security risks in their ports and in allocating their resources to reduce those costs.

Question 5

VOI

Answer 5

Vessel of Interest is based on specific intel.
–Identified by National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC),MIFC, District Intel as potential criminal or security threat.

Question 6

SIV

Answer 6

Special Interest Vessel - Based on vessel’s flag state.
Flagged by certain nations whose relationships with the U.S raises unique national security concerns

–Required to provide more than 96 hours’ notice before arriving in certain U.S ports or may be prohibited from entering U.S ports.

Annex I non-entrant list - Cuba, Iran, N. Korea, Sudan, Syria