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Meet the Crew: Garret Mayer, Hydrographic Senior Survey Technician
NOAA's professional mariners play a key role in NOAA's scientific research by directly participating in the operation and handling of scientific gear in the tumultuous ocean environment. Meet Garret Mayer, Hydrographic Senior Survey Technician on NOAA Ship Fairweather.
![Garret Mayer with NOAA Ship Fairweather in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-06/68E17409-AC03-4B6B-B241-2930E6C26BA4%20-%20Garret%20Mayer%20-%20NOAA%20Federal.jpeg?itok=l_VnqibA)
48 hours in the life of the DriX: NOAA's newest uncrewed surface vehicle
Learn more about what operations look like for the DriX and its team during hydrographic surveys.
![A red DriX uncrewed surface vehicle](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-06/PXL_20230701_231736344~2.jpg?itok=06lDAVID)
NOAA Corps Officer Profile: Rear Adm. Ben Evans
The NOAA Corps is one of the nation’s eight uniformed services and supports nearly all of NOAA’s programs and missions. Meet NOAA Corps officer RDML Ben Evans.
![RDML Ben Evans stands atop a structure over the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-06/PortNOLAMeetingThreeCroppedClose.jpg?itok=HpHA7_eE)