Fellow NOAA Corps officers,
One of CPC functions is to process documentation from the operational centers regarding qualifications and designations in order to document them in the officer's Official Personnel Folder. The safe and effective staffing of our platforms is critical to NOAA's mission and the Nation. The commitment exhibited when qualifying to operate our ships and aircraft is commendable and deserves recognition. I would like to acknowledge these significant and important operational milestones in the careers of our officers so every six months we will announce in the Cyberflash the names of those officers who have earned their qualification as either Officer of the Deck Underway, Senior Watch Officer, NOAA Diver, NOAA Aviator, or Aircraft Commander. For the first half of CY2018, according to the CPC database, the following officers have been awarded these operational qualifications for the first time:
OOD:
NOAA Aviator:
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SWO:
NOAA Diver:
Aircraft Commander:
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Bravo Zulu!
CAPT Devin Brakob, NOAA
Director, Commissioned Personnel Center
03 Oct 2018 | CO/XO Command Advisory Board |
11 Oct 2018 | BOTC 132 Billet Night |
TBD Oct 2018 | Officer Assignment Board |
15 Oct - 02 Nov 2018 | REFTRA 85 |
20 Nov 2018 | BOTC 132 Graduation |
CAPT Robert Kamphaus | 01 OCT 2018 |
LT Daniel Langis | 01 OCT 2018 |
LCDR David Cowan | 26 OCT 2018 |
LCDR Brian Prestcott | 01 Nov 2018 |
LT Kyle Salling | 11 Nov 2018 |
LT Adam Ruckman | 15 Nov 2018 |
LT Steven Loy | 15 Nov 2018 |
LT Carmen DeFazio | 16 Nov 2018 |
LT Tanner Sims | 19 Nov 2018 |
CAPT Scott Sirois | 01 Dec 2018 |
LT Felicia Drummond | 21 Dec 2018 |
LTJG Sarah Chappel | 31 Jan 2019 |
The Earth System Research Laboratory's Global Monitoring Division (ESRL/GMD) is holding interviews for the 2020/2021 American Samoa/South Pole Station Chief in October. ESRL/GMD operates four remote Atmospheric Baseline Observatories strategically positioned around the globe. The long-term datasets collected at these observatories track atmospheric constituents that drive climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and baseline air quality.
The officer selected for this billet trains in Colorado for several months before spending one year in American Samoa running NOAA's atmospheric monitoring instruments, managing the observatory facilities, and completing administrative tasking necessary to operate the station. Officers then spend one year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica running a similar suite of instruments at NOAA's South Pole Observatory, coordinating shipping logistics, and assisting with other station duties.
This billet provides independent, self-starting, adventurous individuals with the opportunity to live in the tropical South Pacific, experience six months of light and six months of darkness in Antarctica, and earn the Chief of Party Pin, International Service Ribbon, and Antarctic Service Medal – all within one billet.
Interested officers should update their billet preferences and send their biographies and resumes to Christy Schultz at christine.schultz@noaa.gov by COB Friday, October 5, 2018. Recommendations will be made to the Officer Assignment Board in November.