How Knauss Fellows are shaping the NOAA fleet
Get to know the Knauss Fellows from the 2025 cohort in NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations.

Get to know the Knauss Fellows from the 2025 cohort in NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations.
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 Lt. Cmdr. Priti Bhatnagar.
NOAA’s mission stretches from space to the seafloor. In order to access the underwater world, NOAA is supported by a network of about 400 divers managed through the NOAA Diving Program.
The NOAA Corps gained 20 new officers on Apr. 3. The first NOAA Corps Basic Officer Training Class (BOTC) of 2025 graduated after spending 12 weeks learning skills needed to become leaders in one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.
NOAA works with partners to advance hurricane research with uncrewed systems.
Two new oceanographic-class research ships, part of NOAA’s plan to modernize its research fleet, have reached a key construction milestone.
NOAA deployed one of its two Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft (N42RF) to Shannon, Ireland, on Jan. 16 to measure ocean-surface winds in winter storms over the North Atlantic.
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 Lt. Cmdr. Dustin Picard.