09 January 2023 Naval Oceanography: Pathfinders of the American Military – Part 1 The modern U.S. Navy operates some of the most technologically advanced systems ever created. These include much heralded programs such as the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier, the F-35C Lightning II fifth-generation multirole combat jet, and Virginia-class attack submarines. Icons of...
09 January 2023 NPS Research in Electromagnetic Waves Hunts for Ship’s ‘Ghost Signals’ Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the world and finding ships at sea ; especially those that do not want to be found is still quite a challenge. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Meteorology professor Qing Wang is on the hunt, tracking atmospheric conditions that result in what are...
17 December 2022 Back At It: JTWC Conducts Training With USS Daniel Inouye Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) resumed fleet liaison observation training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii starting with USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), on Dec. 15, 2022. For the first time since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii resumed its...
15 December 2022 Naval Oceanography Hosts U.K. Hydrographic Office Rear Adm. Ronald Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), and his staff hosted a visit by Rear Adm. Rhett Hatcher, Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer for United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), to CNMOC Headquarters at Stennis Space Center,...
02 December 2022 Naval Oceanography Visits Australia Rear Adm. Ron Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, visited Australia to meet with his counterparts from the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during a scheduled visit to the region, Nov 7-11, 2022. The Naval Oceanography...
22 November 2022 Naval Oceanography Takes Part in U.S. Pacific Fleet Junior Officer Undersea Symposium and Training Event More than 50 junior officers gathered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the inaugural Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Junior Officer Undersea Symposium and Training (JOUST) event, Nov. 14-18, 2022.“This symposium was an all-community event, planned and executed by our best and...
21 November 2022 USNS Mary Sears Hosts U.S Ambassador to Australia Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) hosts U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy during the ship’s scheduled visit to Sydney, Australia, on Nov 8, 2022.The port visit highlighted the strong U.S. commitment to the region built on shared values and principles and helped...
18 November 2022 Don't Be a Turkey When Hitting the Roads There were 440 fatal crashes and an estimated 33,000 crashes resulting in injuries that occurred in wintry conditions in 2019, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA). Additionally, an estimated 182,000 police-reported crashes also occurred in freezing conditions...
31 October 2022 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group & SGOT-SD Complete COMPTUEX Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG 11) and Strike Group Oceanography Team - San Diego (SGOT-SD) Detachment returned to homeport Oct. 28, after completing Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), its final training period before a scheduled deployment later this year.COMPTUEX is designed to fully...
28 October 2022 New Satellite Data Aids DOD’s Typhoon Forecasters Data from two novel satellite instruments have recently been made available to forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to evaluate the instruments’ ability to aid in the analysis and prediction of tropical cyclones, Oct. 28. The Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems...