OPERATIONS OFFICER

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Definitions

1. you as an Ops Officer have the duty of keeping a missionaire on his orders and when a mission goes off its orders you get them back on their orders. If you can't get them back on their orders you pull them out. That's very unreasonable, but that's the best definition of an Ops Officer. He's unreasonable. If a mission goes off its orders you have lost control of it. If you have lost control of it, it will diddle fiddle around in that area for a long time. If you ran a rigid form on it you will run it faster. (FO 3508)

2. the head of Bureau IV Flag is entitled Operations Aide. To avoid confusion with the title Ops Officer, the Aide's title is always written in full, not abbreviated, "Operations Aide." "Ops Aide" is incorrect. To further differentiate, "Ops Officer" now becomes "Mission Ops Officer." (CBO 81)

3. CS-4. (FO 2399R)

4. is responsible for successful mission progress and its evidence. (FO 2358)

5. operates the mission and only ceases to do so when the mission gets sent to debrief. (FO 1243R)

6. the primary function of Operations is to keep the mission on target. To see what they require suddenly on their missions and get it to them. To see that the mission comes off with successful completion. Mission members are going to disperse. The Ops Officer is there to steady the mission member. (FO 890)

7. the function of the Operations Officer is to see that a mission stays on target and completes successfully. (FO 769)

8. First Mate. He conducts the mission. (6802C28 SO)

9. (Gung-Ho Group) the Operations Officer actually handles and directs all operations programs and projects in progress. (HCO PL 2 Dec 68)