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,...
08 May 2023 Naval Oceanography Critical Part of U.S. Citizen Evacuations in Sudan Recently, the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (Naval Oceanography) proved mission-essential in the first U.S.-led evacuation of hundreds of American citizens from the, currently war-torn, country of Sudan.Naval Oceanography provided critical forecasts and surveys of ports, harbors...
05 May 2023 Naval Oceanography Operations Command Conducts Ceremony for New Leadership Recently, Captain J. P. Garstka was relieved by Captain Heather Quilenderino as Commanding Officer, Naval Oceanography Operations Command (NOOC) at Stennis Space Center on the 27th of April.During ceremony, NOOC’s Sailors, civilians and other guests bided farewell to Garstka while offering a warm...
03 May 2023 U.S. National Ice Center Welcomes New Director Commander R. D. Travis Wendt, USN relieved Commander Casey J. Gon, USN as Commanding Officer of the U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) during a change of command ceremony, April 28.Commanding Officers of USNIC also dually serve as Director of the agency.Subordinate to U.S. Naval Meteorology and...
03 May 2023 John Nyberg: The Ocean Mapping Leader Driving Collaborative Action John Nyberg has dedicated much of his life to ocean mapping, with over 20 years of experience working with government and public sector stakeholders to facilitate international cooperation initiatives that ensure the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of marine transportation. Throughout his...