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Naval Oceanography Fleet Weather Centers Increase Readiness, Centralize Operations
February 14, 2023 — “. . . it means that coordination across commands and services needs to be a reflex and not an afterthought." Secretary Of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Recently, Naval Oceanography’s Fleet Weather Centers (FWC), San Diego (SD) and Norfolk (N), announced publication of an electronic platform to share vital information between the commands in effort to optimize operational readiness. The electronic platform, or sharepoint page, will ensure FWC-SD and FWC-N have integrated capacities in paralleled: Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) and process; point of contact lists; watchbills and accompanying watchstanders, to name a few. "Integrated deterrence means all of us giving our all," said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a command ceremony for the U.S. Indo-Pacific. "It means that working together is an imperative, and not an option...it means that capabilities must be shared across lines as a matter of course, and not as an exception to the rule…and it means that coordination across commands and services needs to be a reflex and not an afterthought." ... MORE

Back At It: JTWC Conducts Training With USS Daniel Inouye
December 17, 2022 — 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 long-standing practice of fleet liaison... MORE

Fleet Weather Center San Diego Conducts Change of Command
January 21, 2022 — CORONADO, Calif.— Captain Kate Hermsdorfer relieved Captain Shane Stoughton, as Commanding Officer of Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWC-SD) during a Change of Command Ceremony, January 21, 2022 at Naval Air Station North Island. Capt. Stoughton assumed command of FWC-SD in January 2020, overseeing 430 military and civilian personnel in the creation of full-spectrum meteorological capabilities that deliver the margin of victory in combat operations, decision superiority, and facilitates risk management and resource protection. His follow-on assignment is Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Staff, Washington, DC. ... 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

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