13 June 2022 Naval Oceanography’s part in BALTOPS 2022 Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command is participating in the 51st iteration of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) via the embarked Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) detachments aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the Blue Ridge-class command and control
10 June 2022 South Korea and U.S. Navy Strengthen Ties with New Agreement Naval Oceanography hosted representatives from the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN) for a two-day tour of U.S. Navy (USN) commands at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two navies, June 7-8, 2022. This MOU, a regularly-signed joint agreement,
10 June 2022 U.S. National Ice Center Confirms A-74 Iceberg Split Near Berkner Island U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) confirmed iceberg A-74 (Fig. 1) split, or calved, into two icebergs—identified as A-74A and A-74B—near Berkner Island in the Weddell Sea, June 7, 2022. A-74A was centered at 76° 55' South and 45° 54' West , measuring 28 nautical miles on its longest axis and 18
08 June 2022 Annual Joint Typhoon Warning Center “Road Show” Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) kicked off their annual “Road Show” a two-week outreach tour across U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and the western Pacific during the climatological lull in global tropical cyclone activity, June 5-21, 2022. During the “Road Show,” JTWC is typically
06 June 2022 SLIC hosts Naval Oceanography The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS), located at Stennis Space Center, hosted Mr. Ivory Reinert during the security cooperation command’s Strategic Leader’s International Course (SLIC), June 6 He discussed the operational impacts of weather and how military
19 May 2022 Canadian Delegation Visits Naval Oceanography Stennis Space Center, Miss.—— Military and government representatives from Canada’s Naval Geospatial Intelligence Maritime and Directorate of Meteorology and Oceanography (DMETOC) toured Naval Oceanography HQ and subordinate commands at NASA Stennis Space Center for an overview of mission goals,
28 April 2022 JTWC Hosts Tropical Cyclone Conference 2022 HONOLULU——Naval Oceanography’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) hosted the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Tropical Cyclone Conference 2022 (TCC-22), a three-day event, for civilian and military meteorologists and forecasters, held at the East-West Center, Apr. 26-28.The conference
27 April 2022 Iceberg C-39 Has Calved From Scott Glacier area of the Shackleton Ice Shelf SUITLAND, MD — The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) has confirmed that iceberg C-39 (figure 1, below) has calved from the Scott Glacier area of the Shackleton Ice Shelf in the Wilkes Land Region of Antarctica. As of April 22, C-39 was centered at 65° 40' South and 99° 44' East and measured 15
25 April 2022 Naval Oceanography Participates in NOLA Navy Week NEW ORLEANS —— The city of New Orleans hosted Navy Week 2022 and U.S. Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command (Naval Oceanography) attended with a full static display on the Julia Street pier next to the Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers USS Farragut and USS Lassen, USCG Cutter Daniel Tarr, and
22 April 2022 Change of Command for Strike Group Oceanography San Diego SAN DIEGO --Cmdr. Kimberly Freitas was relieved by Cmdr. James Scianna as Commander, Strike Group Oceanography Team San Diego (SGOT-SD), in a ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), Apr. 22.The Change of Command ceremony is not prescribed specifically by U.S. Navy Regulations, but rather