21 January 2022 CNO and DCNO Visit Naval Oceanography STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (Jan. 20, 2022) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler visited various Naval Oceanography commands at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi,...
21 January 2022 Fleet Weather Center San Diego Conducts Change of Command CORONADO, Calif.— Captain Kate Hermsdorfer relieved Captain Shane Stoughton, as Commanding Officer of Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWC-SD) during a Change of Command Ceremony, January 21, 2022 at Naval Air Station North Island. Capt. Stoughton assumed command of FWC-SD in January 2020,...
07 January 2022 Naval Oceanography Staff embark USNS Pathfinder Sailors and staff from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM) and Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) embarked on USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60), an oceanographic survey ship for an operational familiarization transit, Jan. 4-7.Launched in 1993, Pathfinder is a 330-foot vessel with...
29 December 2021 Interview with AG2 Corniche King and his acceptance into STA-21 Program Recently, Naval Oceanography had one of its own, Aerographer’s Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class (AG2) Corniche King, accepted into the Seaman to Admiral-21 Program (STA-21) that offers qualified enlisted Sailors the ability to move into officer ranks in the U.S. Navy, December 10, 2021.Since the 1960s,...
13 December 2021 Graduation of CELP 2020 Cohort “People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” President Theodore Roosevelt.STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. — U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC) graduated five civilian and two naval officers from the CNMOC Executive Leadership Program (CELP), Nov. 19,...
08 December 2021 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Visits Naval Oceanography Naval Oceanography hosted Mr. James Griffith, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director, Source Operations and Management Directorate—along with other NGA personnel—for a detailed overview of Commander Naval Meteorology ad Oceanography Command (CNMOC) for operational briefs and...
18 November 2021 Change of Command for Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center San Diego, CA -- CDR Jeff Palmer was relieved by CDR Mark Hebert as Commanding Officer, Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center (NOSWC), in a ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Nov. 18, 2021.The Change of Command ceremony is not prescribed specifically by U.S. Navy Regulations, but...
09 November 2021 Naval Oceanography, National Weather Service Streamline Aviation and Maritime Forecasting The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and Fleet Weather Centers (FWC), San Diego and Norfolk, implemented advanced software—Automated Weather Interactive Processing System II (AWIPS)—acquired from the National Weather Service (NWS) creating operational advantages for the U.S. Navy Fleet and...
08 November 2021 Fleet Survey Team, USM build STEM workforce with Pearl River College Fleet Survey Team (FST), in collaboration with University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) School of Ocean Science and Engineering, demonstrated hydrographic systems to Pearl River Community College’s (PRCC) STEM club, this Oct.19, 2021. PRCC recently added two new hydrographic classes to its...
27 October 2021 Naval Oceanography Officer Battles Breast Cancer While Active-Duty The noble call to serve in our nation’s military is a demanding feat requiring high-moral character and, as Army Gen. (Ret.) Colin Powell would say, “…a vigilance that is perpetually optimistic.”In a relatively short timeframe, Naval Meteorology-Oceanography (METOC) Officer, Oviedo, Florida-native...