STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss.——Recently, a U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (Naval Oceanography) employee completed a first-of-its-kind Department of Defense (DOD) program—the Navigation Leadership Development Program (NLDP)— designated for the Navy’s Information Warfare Community...

Weather’s Impact on Military Campaigns Historically, weather events have played key roles in outcomes of battles and entire campaigns. This happened famously during the Revolutionary War when George Washington moved much of his army across the East River under cover of fog after the Battle of...

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...

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...