News & Announcements
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)
Meet the Crew: Bailey Glessner, Second Cook
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 Bailey Glessner, Second Cook on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.
![Bailey Glessner in the galley of NOAA Ship Oregon II](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-05/Bailey%20Glessner%20in%20R2%20Galley_0.jpeg?itok=wIMEuUla)
Meet the Crew: Leslie Allen, Chief Boatswain
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 Leslie Allen, chief boatswain on NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler.
![A NOAA boatswain on a small boat.](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-05/CB%20Leslie%20Allen_0.jpg?itok=jyWlbHpq)
Meet the Crew: Matt McFarland, Chief Bosun
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 Matt McFarland, chief bosun on NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada.
![Matt McFarland holding a large fish.](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2024-05/CB%20McFarland%20with%20an%20elusive%20King%20of%20the%20Salmon%20-%20Matthew%20McFarland.jpg?itok=pBvB_nJL)
Hiring events in San Diego for NOAA research ship jobs
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold two hiring events in June in San Diego, California to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships.
![Two crew members aboard a white NOAA ship pull in a mesh cradle](/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/2023-02/750x500-SEFSC-joshcooper-jamesrhue-cradle-moving-bottomlongline.jpg?itok=p7lF-Af3)
NOAA breaks ground on new marine operations center facility in Newport, Rhode Island
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 6, 2024, for a new facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island that will serve as the future home of the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic.