You are proceeding under NCS (Naval Control of Shipping) when you wish to send a message concerning your ships diversion. Which precedence would you assign this message?
• Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) procedures for reporting diversions or changes in route • Message precedence levels: ROUTINE (R), PRIORITY (P), IMMEDIATE (O), FLASH (Z) • How urgency is determined: safety of the ship, operational impact, and time-sensitivity
• Ask yourself: Does a diversion under NCS typically affect convoy routing, submarine deconfliction, or overall naval control in a way that requires very rapid attention, or just normal processing? • Consider which precedence levels are reserved for situations involving grave and immediate danger or war-fighting emergencies, and which are used for important but not life-or-death operational updates. • Think about how quickly naval authorities must know that a ship has changed its planned route for control and protection purposes.
• Verify which precedence is normally used for operational movements and changes that must be acted on promptly but are not a distress or attack report. • Eliminate any precedence codes that are usually reserved for highest-level emergencies (such as imminent attack or extreme danger). • Check your study materials on NCS communications for the standard precedence assigned to diversion or routing change messages.
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