Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ROA (acronym used by the USCG)
English answer:
reconnaissance, observation and appraisal/assessment
Added to glossary by
Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
Jan 3, 2007 10:52
17 yrs ago
English term
ROA (acronym used by the USCG)
English
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acronym/abbreviation in a report by the U.S. Coast Guard on the actions prior to boarding a suspicious vessel
Hello, colleagues.
In a report by the U.S. Coast Guard on the actions prior to boarding a suspicious vessel, I have the following:
Here, “RUL” stands for RFA Wave Ruler (the USCG’s ship).
So far, I have been unable to find any meaning/explanation of “ROA” that fits this context.
Any help will be more than appreciated.
Manuel
In a report by the U.S. Coast Guard on the actions prior to boarding a suspicious vessel, I have the following:
Here, “RUL” stands for RFA Wave Ruler (the USCG’s ship).
So far, I have been unable to find any meaning/explanation of “ROA” that fits this context.
Any help will be more than appreciated.
Manuel
Responses
| 2 +1 | reconnaissance, observation and appraisal/assessment |
David Moore (X)
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| 3 | Remotely Operated Aircraft |
Anton Baer
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| 3 | Restricted Operations Area |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 2 | a couple of guesses |
Ken Cox
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reconnaissance, observation and appraisal/assessment
This looks as if it might fit your context...after all, the USCG wouldn't want to board a suspicious vessel in international waters WITHOUT appraising or assessing the situation, would they?...WOULD THEY???
Note from asker:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ken Cox
: yep, appraisal/assessment fits better than 'acquisition' here
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "You are very good guessers!
This should be the meaning.
Many thanks to you all.
"
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Remotely Operated Aircraft
Might be this.
http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/Testimony/lautenbacher060805...
"NOAA demonstrated the support ROAs could provide through streaming video from a ROA operating off the coast of California and provided to the Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) in Washington, D.C. While only an initial demonstration, NOAA fed live video imagery over a satellite Internet connection to NOAA’s Boulder, Colorado facility and then directly to the HSOC, showing the potential these platforms can provide for both incident and situational management"
http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/Testimony/lautenbacher060805...
"NOAA demonstrated the support ROAs could provide through streaming video from a ROA operating off the coast of California and provided to the Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) in Washington, D.C. While only an initial demonstration, NOAA fed live video imagery over a satellite Internet connection to NOAA’s Boulder, Colorado facility and then directly to the HSOC, showing the potential these platforms can provide for both incident and situational management"
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1 hr
a couple of guesses
May be a nonstandard abbreviation of 'reconnaissance, observation and acquisition', or possibly derived usage of 'reconnaissance operating area' (for which ROA is a standard abbreviation).
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 12:44:22 GMT)
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Make that confidence level 1 -- I'm really guessing.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 12:44:22 GMT)
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Make that confidence level 1 -- I'm really guessing.
Discussion
I wanted to let you that after many pages (a dozen of them handwritten) full of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols (including , , ,≤,Ø,,), I finally reached the statements of these guys where they use normal language and whole words.
The solutions to this guessing game are as follows:
ASSA => at-sea space accountability
BT => boarding team
ISI => (basic) initial safety inspection
ROA => right of approach
TOI => target of interest
Many thanks for your invaluable help, especially to Bill Gray, Jack, JC and Ken for your answers, and also to Airmail, Emma, Heinrich, Kurt and Mehmet (I hope I haven’t forgotten anyone) for your comments.
Best regards.
Manuel
I had already found these meanings, but I don’t think any of them fits this context, because this “ROA” refers to some kind of action made by law enforcement agents using an RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) for such purpose.