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OMAO Honors Employees -- & the McARTHUR
The Office
of Marine and Aviation Operations honored six staff members - and
one ship - at its Annual Command Conference last month. The OMAO fleet
supports a wide range of marine activities, including fisheries research,
nautical charting/mapping, and long-range ocean and climate studies.
Photos by Jordan St. John
RADM
Evelyn Fields with LT John Longenecker (center), Junior Officer
of the Year, and CAPT Sam DeBow, of the National Ocean Service's
Coast Survey.
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(left
to right) RADM Nick Prahl, Director of the Marine Operations
Center, CAPT Steve Manzo, the Center's Deputy Director, Dale
North, Employee of the Year (GS-13 and above), and RADM Fields.
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LCDR
Michele Bullock and CDR Craig Bailey, past and current
Commanding Officers of the NOAA ship McARTHUR , Ship
of the Year, and RADM Fields.
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(from
left) CAPT Bob Maxson, Director of the Aircraft Operations
Center, Dr. Jim McFadden, the Center's Projects Director,
LT Carl Newman, Employee of the Year (GS 12 and below), and
RADM Fields.
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(from
left) RADM Prahl, CAPT Manzo, Captain Jack McAdam, Employee
of the Year, Operations/Technical, and RADM Fields.
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(from
left) RADM Prahl, LCDR Andy Beaver, Commanding Officer of
RUDE, Chief Gordon Pringle, Employee of the Year, Support
Services, and RADM Fields.
For
the first time in its 36 years, the McARTHUR worked
in both the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. It supported the Sustainable
Seas Expedition by exploring coral and hard bottom communities
off Belize and Texas, supported a reef fish study and marine
mammal assessment studies, and transited the Panama Canal
for work on tuna, among other projects. When an early season
hurricane developed literally on top of the ship, its crew
had to ride out tremendous seas for 48 hours.
**Not
shown is Employee of the Year, LCDR Michele Pellkey, U.S.
Public Health Service, Marine Operations Center, Pacific.
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