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The NOAA Corps is the smallest [17] of the eight uniformed services of the United States government. It has over 300 commissioned officers, but no enlisted or warrant officer personnel. The NOAA Corps today employs professionals trained in engineering, earth sciences, oceanography, meteorology, fisheries science, and other
Samuel P. Debow, Jr., is a retired rear admiral of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps who served as Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and director, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations from 2003 to 2007. [1]
Cary was born in Cordova, Alaska, and raised in Juneau, Alaska. [1] He received a bachelor of science in environmental science with an emphasis in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the NOAA Corps and later a Master of Science in geography from Portland State University and a graduate certificate in legislative studies from Georgetown University.
Michael S. Devany is a former vice admiral in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps who last served as the deputy under secretary for operations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from January 2, 2014 to April 2016.
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps almost exclusively use direct commission to commission their officers, although NOAA will occasionally accept commissioned officers from the U.S. Navy, primarily Naval Aviators, via interservice transfer.
Silah transferred to the NOAA Corps in 2002. During his NOAA Corps career, he has served as chief of staff of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), as chief of staff of the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and as aide-de-camp to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Richard R. Behn, is a retired one-star rear admiral of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps who served as director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine and Aviation Operations Centers (part of NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO)), from August 2004 to September 2007.
In 1972, Chelgren joined the NOAA Corps and completed the NOAA Basic Officer Training Course in Kings Point, New York, thereafter being commissioned an ensign, the first woman to receive an officer commission in the service's history. [1] [3] [5] At the time of joining