Officer Candidates from OCS 2-14 and BOTC-123 recently completed their 2-week training cruise (New London, CT to London, CT via Morehead City, NC) aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. The USCGC Eagle was built in Hamburg, Germany in 1936 and was taken by the United States as a war reparation after World War II. The ship now serves as a training platform for future USCG and NOAA Corps officers and provides Officer Candidates with a unique opportunity to obtain at-sea leadership, team building/partnering and professional development experiences.
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CAPT Lawrence T. Krepp, NOAA
Director, CPC
| 17 Apr 2014 | Officer Assignment Board |
| 17 Apr 2014 | EEO Training-Preventing EEO Workshop Conflict |
| 28 Apr–09 May 2014 | Mid-Grade Leadership Training |
| 01 May 2014 | EEO Training-Disability Law and Reasonable Accommodation |
| LTJG Daniel D. Smith | 15 May 2014 |
| CAPT Mark H. Pickett | 01 June 2014 |
| LT Kyle W. Ryan | 15 July 2014 |
| CDR Keith W. Roberts | For outstanding leadership and performance while serving as Commanding Officer of the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker Delivery Team |
| CDR Michael F. Ellis | For exemplary performance and inspired leadership as Commanding Officer, NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai |
| LCDR Donald E. Beaucage | For exceptional and sustained leadership instrumental to the ship's good order, enhanced emergency/operational safety, and successful mission accomplishment as Executive Officer of the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai |
| LCDR Nicole S. Lambert | For sustained superior performance in incident response, high-quality planning and execution of projects, willingness to take initiative and dedication to high-quality support for emergency response during your tenure with the Emergency Response Division of the Office of Response and Restoration |
| LTJG Refael W. Klein | For sustained superior performance as Navigation Officer and Acting Executive Officer aboard the NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana |
| LCDR John A. Crofts | For outstanding service while assigned as Executive Officer to the NOAA Ship: Reuben Lasker Delivery Team |
| LCDR Jennifer E. Pralgo | For superior support to the fleet in providing augmenters to keep the ships sailing, and enhanced tracking and feedback mechanisms |
| LCDR Bradley H. Fritzler | For achievement while serving in the capacity of the Emerging Technologies Officer, increasing communications, enabling operations and representing NOAA's interests in the Arctic National Air Space |
| LT Claire V. Surrey-Marsden | For outstanding service while assigned as Operations Officer to the NOAA Ship: Reuben Lasker Delivery Team |
| LT Andrew J. Ostapenko | For outstanding service while assigned as Operations Officer to the NOAA Ship: Reuben Lasker Delivery Team |
| ENS Cherisa L. Friedlander | For outstanding service while assigned as Junior Officer to the NOAA Ship: Reuben Lasker Delivery Team |
| LCDR Paul A. Kunicki | For service as Senior Watch Officer aboard the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson during inside passage transit of Canadian pilotage water |
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LCDR Chad M. Cary
LT Laura L. Gibson LTJG Jason P.R. Wilson ENS Cherisa L. Friedlander ENS Jon T. Karagiannakis ENS Dustin R. Picard ENS Erick Estela-Gomez |
For rapid response and exceptional professionalism during an oil spill alongside Marine Operations Center – Atlantic |
As a reminder, Promotion Boards are approaching soon. Officers are encouraged to review their medical OPF periodically between now and after the selections have been made to ensure that your medical status is still current. The medical OPF provides detailed information regarding the expiration date of your most recent dental examination, periodic physical examination, as well as other diagnostic tests. Officers may submit outstanding items via the medical OPF online or by using Accellion Secure File Transfer. Please contact CDR Hobson-Powell if there are any discrepancies, or if you have any questions about your medical OPF.
NOAA Corps' Payroll Unit has a new address. Their local Post Office will be closing within the year and may have begun close out procession of some services. Payroll has received email from customers stating that their mail has been routed "Return to Sender" or "Cannot Forward". As a result, please note the new address:
Commanding Officer
U. S. Coast Guard
Pay & Personnel Center
C/O NOAA CORPS PAYROLL
444 SE Quincy Street
Topeka, KS 66683-3591
OMAO is rapidly becoming a leader in utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the collection of environmental intelligence. The NOAA UAS Program Office, OMAO UAS Program Manager and Aircraft Operations Center have employed the use of the RQ-20A Puma and MD4-1000 Quadcopter platforms to date. Additional platforms include the aerial launched Coyote, APH-22 Hexacopter and Manta platforms. OMAO supported UAS operations have increased substantially since FY12. In FY14, UAS will be used to support multiple agency objectives including marine debris detection, marine animal surveys, seabird surveys and joint operations with federal and state partners. For more information please contact, CAPT Phil Hall at 301-713-7611 or LCDR Jason Mansour at 813-828-3310 ext. 3121.
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