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SGOT Norfolk Celebrates Command Establishment
October 1, 2020 — Strike Group Oceanography Team Norfolk (SGOT-N) held a virtual ceremony Oct.1 to formally recognize its establishment as an Echelon V command, reporting to Fleet Weather Center Norfolk (FWC-N)... MORE

New Stennis-based Vessel has Special Namesake
August 17, 2020 — Fleet Survey Team (FST) launched a new Hydrographic Survey Vessel (HSV), the 'Norma May,' which went underway for the first time on the Pearl River on Aug. 6, 2020, for testing and training... MORE

Typhoon Season - Are You Ready?
August 12, 2020 — Despite the current COVID-19 environment, Naval Oceanography Anti-Submarine Warfare Center (NOAC) Yokosuka, Japan, conducted the annual Typhoon Ready Reliant Gale exercise on 27-30 April 2020. This annual typhoon preparedness exercise is conducted prior to the onset of typhoon season to prepare staffs and crews for potential impacts to infrastructure and fleet operations... MORE

SGOT San Diego Celebrates Command Establishment
July 9, 2020 — Strike Group Oceanography Team San Diego (SGOT-SD) held a virtual ceremony on Jul. 9, to formally recognize its establishment as an echelon five command, reporting to Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWC-SD)... MORE

Naval Oceanography Improves the Fleet’s Asymmetric Advantage
April 29, 2020 — The Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) version 2.0 became operational on April 29, 2020, advancing weather and ocean forecasting and greatly improving overall Fleet safety and operations... MORE

Hospital Ships Arrive Safely With Help From Meteorologists, Oceanographers
April 2, 2020 — While USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort prepare to receive patients, Naval Oceanography's team of meteorologists and oceanographers ensured these ships were safe from hazardous weather as they traveled to their destinations... MORE

USNS Mercy and Comfort: Getting there safely
April 2, 2020 — USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) arrived safely in Los Angeles last week and USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrived safely in New York on Monday. While the Navy’s hospital ships prepare to receive patients, Naval Oceanography’s team of meteorologists and oceanographers ensured these ships were safe from hazardous weather as they traveled to their destinations... MORE

Naval Oceanography Visits Australia to Cement Partnerships
April 1, 2020 — Rear Adm. John Okon, commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, traveled to Australia earlier this month for an engagement and familiarization visit with the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation and Royal Australian Navy meteorology-oceanography activities... MORE

Fleet Synthetic Training Gets the Fleet Ready in a Virtual Battlespace
January 23, 2020 — For a decade, Sailors in all of the Navy’s carrier strike groups (CSG), expeditionary strike groups (ESG), and amphibious readiness groups (ARG) have prepared for deployments with an exercise in a virtual environment called Fleet Synthetic Training... MORE

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center Becomes Naval Information Warfare Training Group Gulfport
August 14, 2018 — Naval Information Warfare Training Group Gulfport (IWTG Gulfport) leadership has announced the command's transition from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center (NMOPDC) to IWTG Gulfport... MORE

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