Talk:COMUSNAVCENT

Usage
"Beginning in February 2000, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT) instituted a weekly DNBI incident morbidity surveillance system for all ships within its 'Area of Responsibility' (AOR) which constitutes waters and littoral areas of the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea, Arabian Sea and northwest Indian Ocean." Published online 2006 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-6-9.
 * Riddle, Mark S. et al. Epidemic infectious gastrointestinal illness aboard U.S. Navy ships deployed to the Middle East during peacetime operations – 2000–2001 BMC Gastroenterol 2006; 6: 9.

"The attached comments from GENICOM, PACOM, and the Navy (CINCPACFLT, COMUSNAVCENT, CINCUSNAVEUR and CINCLANTFLT) note operational benefits provided by ..."
 * US General Accounting Office 1988 ''Navy Aircraft Carriers: Cost Effectiveness of Conventionally and Nuclear Powered Carriers.

"COMUSNAVCENT     Commander, U. S. Naval Forces, Central Command"
 * Head, William P. and Tilford, Earl H. (1991) The Eagle in the Desert: U. S. Naval Involvement in in the Persian Gulf War Praeger. Abbreviations and Acronyms, p. xiv.

COMUSNAVCENT
Any takers? Pretty sure it's not a noun. SemperBlotto 08:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It certainly *looks like* a US Navy abbreviation. Maybe "Central Command U.S. Navy". Is it real? DCDuring 14:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * My guess as to meaning seems right. It is readily findable at official military websites. Isn't that enough? If not, it ought to be possible to find newspaper references to it. DCDuring 15:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I have posted 3 usages from on-line copies of hard-copy documents: 1 refereed journal, 1 govt. report (non-DoD), 1 book; spanning 18 years. The book citation is just a single line from a glossary. DCDuring 16:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC)