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Holiday travel comes with delays, heavy traffic, overbooked flights and other complications — but for 12 cold-stunned sea turtles, the timing was just right to fly south after an upgrade from standby status.
NOAA leadership was joined by partners today to celebrate the keel-laying for Navigator, a new charting and mapping vessel being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC., in Houma, Louisiana.
NOAA Hurricane Hunters flew over 100 hours for Hurricane Melissa, deploying more than 250 dropsondes and 12 uncrewed aircraft systems. Afterward, NOAA’s King Air supported Jamaica’s recovery with high-res aerial imagery.
NOAA Corps officers and professional mariners must maintain high levels of readiness when operating NOAA vessels at sea. Their preparation for underway missions is met through Operational Readiness Training where they gain familiarity with general ship operations and emergency response procedures.
NOAA leadership was joined by partners today to celebrate the keel-laying for Surveyor, a new charting and mapping vessel being constructed for NOAA. The vessel is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, LLC., in Houma, Louisiana.
Uncrewed systems are a rapidly emerging tool for NOAA in hurricane research and forecasting as they allow researchers to gather data from otherwise inaccessible regions of the storm.
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold a hiring event in August in Norfolk, Virginia to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships.
The NOAA Corps gained 21 new officers on July 10. The second NOAA Corps Basic Officer Training Class (BOTC) of 2025 graduated after spending 12 weeks as officer candidates and learning skills needed to become leaders in one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.
