Naval Sea Cadet Corps Information Letter 2-98
1. Purpose. To advise units of an Interagency Committee Search and Rescue study of "Rescue for the Next Century", and solicit inputs from NSCC units. 2. Background. Coast Guard Rear Admiral J. D. Hull has invited NSCC Cadets to participate in a project that encourages input from young people to help the government's Interagency Committee on Search and Rescue develop a new vision for future rescue efforts. RADM Hull chairs the committee that includes representatives of the Departments of Defense, Interior, Commerce and Transportation, the FCC, NASA and FEMA. Enclosure(l), outlines the Committee's current vision statement as background for Cadets. Enclosure (2) provides a list of related WEB sites that can help provide various search and rescue viewpoints. Unit Commanding Officers are recommended to bring this important project to the attention of appropriate Cadets to encourage them to initiate a review of available information, to visit appropriate local search and rescue organizations and to develop their own visions offuture search and rescue programs. Their entries should be sent directly to Mr. Ron Wallace, Search and Rescue Mission Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 480, Greenbelt, MD 20771. 3. Cancellation. This letter is cancelled on 31 December 1998.
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