Overall, consistent data is just one operationalelement to master, but it is a critical one for any business aiming toward successful competition and gaining market share.
The BUR added two important sets of metrics to previous DOD assessments of future force structure: a characterization of the operationalelement phases of an MRC and a definition of the forces necessary to conduct such an operation.
As a novel, global data source Argo has also become a central element in operational oceanography and in basic research and has great value in education.