30 May 2023 Ships and Sailors Safe, Naval Oceanography Tracks Super Typhoon in Western Pacific “The information we gather is then disseminated and utilized for resource protection…making sure that our people and our assets [U.S. Navy Ships and Sailors] are protected and out of harm’s way ahead of these destructive systems,” said Mr. Brian Strahl, JTWC Director.
26 May 2023 Naval Oceanography Gives Tactical Support to Indo-Pacific Exercise "We are facing major geopolitical shifts in this [Indo-Pacific] region, and maintaining interoperability between our forces is important … as our competitors continue to push the limits of international norms …[t]raining opportunities like these … prepare us to defend together… to maintain a free
23 May 2023 The Navy Week Program sets sail for the Inaugural visit to Lincoln MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring the first ever Navy Week to Lincoln, Nebraska during the week of Aug. 21-27, in conjunction with the Guardians of Freedom Airshow featuring the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.
22 May 2023 USS Milius Departs Shimoda After Participating in 84th Annual Black Ship Festival The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Shimoda, Japan, on May 22, after a scheduled port visit in celebration of the 84th Black Ship Festival.The festival commemorated the 170th anniversary of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in 1853, a
19 May 2023 Retired Navy Captain Joins Naval Oceanography Workforce-Family Recently, Alabama-native (Mobile) and U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Todd Monroe, joined the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (Naval Oceanography) as the new Deputy Maritime Operations Center Director.Monroe’s outstanding Navy career is full of invaluable experiences that have allowed
18 May 2023 Summary History of Naval Reserve Unit NWS 106 Naval Air Facility, Washington, DC - 1974-2009 A number of actions occurred in the early 1970s dealing with meteorology and oceanography as a Naval Reserve activity. It’s important to recall that the question of the role of the military reserves in augmenting the active duty forces was a high priority issue in the Department of Defense (DOD)
18 May 2023 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Berger Visits FNMOC Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, & Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer Meredith Berger visited Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Command (FNMOC) in Monterey, California, April 26, 2023.Berger met with Sailors and Civilians, toured command facilities and
17 May 2023 Naval Oceanography Handles Space Business at California Summit Naval Oceanography attended the DoD Space Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Summit─hosted by Air Force Colonel Dennis Birchenough, Senior Materiel Leader for the Environmental Monitoring & Tactical ISR Delta, Space Systems Command─ held at The Aerospace Corporation near the Los Angeles Air Force
16 May 2023 The U.S. Naval Observatory: Providing Precision Time and Location Data for the U.S. Department of Defense—and the Entire World The U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO), the historic origin of METOC, today performs some of the American Military’s most technical, far-reaching, and critically-important work. While not directly involved in meteorological and oceanographic observation and prediction, the USNO provides precise time and
10 May 2023 Fleet Weather Center Norfolk Change of Command Fleet Weather Center Norfolk (FWC-N) held a Change of Command ceremony at The Brashear Conference Center on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach, Virginia on April 21, 2023 where Captain Mark Murnane, Syracuse, New York native, relieved Captain Erin E. O. Acosta, a Mechanicsburg,