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{{short description|US federal uniformed service}}{{use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}{{Infobox military unit
{{short description|US federal uniformed service}}
| unit_name                    = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
| image                        = NOAA Commissioned Corps.png
| image_size                    = 150px
| caption                      = Emblem of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
| start_date                    = {{start date|1917|5|22|df=yes}}<ref>As the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps]].</ref><br/>({{Age in years and months|1917|5|22}})
| country                      = {{flagu|United States|size=23px}}
| branch                        =
| type                          = [[Uniformed services of the United States|Uniformed service]]
| size                          = 330 officers<ref>{{cite web|title=About Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |url=https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/noaa-corps/about|website=Office of Marine and Aviation Operations|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><br />15 ships<ref>{{cite web|title=Ships Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |url=https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/marine-operations/ships|website=Office of Marine and Aviation Operations|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref><br />10 aircraft<ref>{{cite web|title=Aircraft Operations Office of Marine and Aviation Operations|url=https://www.omao.noaa.gov/aircraft-operations/aircraft-finder|website=Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
| command_structure            = {{flagicon image|NOAA Flag.svg|size=23px}} [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]
| garrison                      = {{Nowrap|[[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]], U.S.}}
| garrison_label                =
| nickname                      = "NOAA Corps"
| patron                        =
| motto                        = "Science, service, stewardship."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/edufun/book/NOAAintroduction.pdf |title=NOAA Introduction |last=Goodwin |first=Mel |date=July 19, 2012 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |pages=1 |language=en |editor-last=Sbeih |editor-first=Nadia  |agency= National Ocean Service  |department=U.S. Department of Commerce}}http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/edufun/book/NOAAintroduction.pdf</ref>
| colors                        = {{color box|#003087}}{{color box|#0085CA}}{{color box|#ffffff}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noaa.gov/office-of-communication/about-noaa-emblem-and-logo|title=About the NOAA emblem and logo|publisher=noaa.gov|date=31 March 2022|access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>
| colors_label                  = Colors
| march                        = *"[[Music of the NOAA Corps|Forward with NOAA]]" (1988–2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omao.noaa.gov/find/media/audio/forward-noaa-noaa-corps-song|title=Forward With NOAA (NOAA Corps Song) - Office of Marine and Aviation Operations}}</ref>
*"[[Music of the NOAA Corps|Into the Oceans and the Air]]" (2017–present)
*{{audio|"Into the Oceans and the Air".ogg|Play}}
| mascot                        =
| equipment                    =
| equipment_label              =
| battles                      = {{bulleted list|[[World War I]]<ref name="NOAA Corps History">{{Cite web|url=http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/about/history1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825120553/http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/about/history1.html|url-status=dead|title=History of the NOAA Commissioned Corps|archive-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>|[[World War II]]<ref name="NOAA Corps History"/>|[[Cold War]]}}
| anniversaries                =
| decorations                  =
| battle_honours                =
| website                      = {{url|http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/|NOAA Corps}}
<!-- Commanders -->| commander1                    = {{Flagicon image|NOAA Vice Admiral Flag.png|size=25px}} [[Vice admiral (United States)|VADM]] [[Nancy Hann]]
| commander1_label              = Deputy Under Secretary for Operations
| commander2                    = {{Flagicon image|NOAA Rear Admiral (upper half) Flag.png|size=25px}} [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|RADM]] [[Chad M. Cary]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rear Admiral Chad Cary {{!}} Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |url=https://www.omao.noaa.gov/omao/rear-admiral-chad-cary |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.omao.noaa.gov}}</ref>
| commander2_label              = Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps<ref>'''Note:''' Also concurrently serves as Director, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations</ref>
| commander3                    = {{Flagicon image|NOAA Rear Admiral (lower half) Flag.png|size=25px}} [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral (lower half)|RDML]] Amanda Goeller<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Amanda Goeller {{!}} Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |url=https://www.omao.noaa.gov/omao/rear-admiral-lower-half-amanda-goeller |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.omao.noaa.gov}}</ref>
| commander3_label              = Deputy Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps<ref>'''Note:''' Also concurrently serves as Deputy Director for Operations, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations</ref>
| commander4                    = {{Flagicon image|NOAA Rear Admiral (lower half) Flag.png|size=25px}} RDML Benjamin K. Evans<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Office of Coast Survey |url=https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/about/bio.html |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=nauticalcharts.noaa.gov}}</ref>
| commander4_label              = Director, Office of Coast Survey
| notable_commanders            = [[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|18px]] VADM [[Henry Arnold Karo|H. Arnold Karo]]<br />[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|18px]] VADM [[Michael S. Devany]]<br/>[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|18px]] VADM [[Nancy Hann|Nancy A. Hann]]
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| identification_symbol_label  = Flag
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| aircraft_recon                = [[Lockheed WP-3D Orion|WP-3D]], [[Gulfstream IV|G-IV]], [[Beechcraft Super King Air|350CER & 360CER]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|DHC-6-300]]
| aircraft_trainer              =
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The '''National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps''' (informally the '''NOAA Corps''') is one of eight federal [[uniformed services of the United States]], and operates under the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA), a scientific agency overseen by the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]]. The NOAA Corps is made up of scientifically and technically trained [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]]. The NOAA Corps and the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]] are the only U.S. uniformed services that consist only of [[Commissioned officer|commissioned officers]], with no [[Enlisted rank|enlisted]] or [[Warrant officer (United States)|warrant officer]] ranks. The NOAA Corps' primary mission is to monitor oceanic conditions, support major waterways, and monitor [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] conditions.
The '''National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps''' (informally the '''NOAA Corps''') is one of eight federal [[uniformed services of the United States]], and operates under the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA), a scientific agency overseen by the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]]. The NOAA Corps is made up of scientifically and technically trained [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]]. The NOAA Corps and the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]] are the only U.S. uniformed services that consist only of [[Commissioned officer|commissioned officers]], with no [[Enlisted rank|enlisted]] or [[Warrant officer (United States)|warrant officer]] ranks. The NOAA Corps' primary mission is to monitor oceanic conditions, support major waterways, and monitor [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] conditions.


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After the war ended in August 1945, the Coast and Geodetic Survey again returned to peacetime scientific duties, although a significant amount of its work in the succeeding years was related to support of military and naval requirements during the [[Cold War]].<ref name="noaahistorynoaacorps" />
After the war ended in August 1945, the Coast and Geodetic Survey again returned to peacetime scientific duties, although a significant amount of its work in the succeeding years was related to support of military and naval requirements during the [[Cold War]].<ref name="noaahistorynoaacorps" />
===ESSA Corps===
===ESSA Corps===
[[File:ESSA Corps seal.jpg|thumb|The seal of the ESSA Corps, a predecessor of the NOAA Corps that existed from 1965 to 1970.]][[File:Environmental Science Services Administration Corps Basic Officer Training Class 21.PNG|right|thumb|ESSA Corps Basic Officer Training Class&nbsp;21, 9&nbsp;September&nbsp;1966.]]When the Coast and Geodetic Survey was transferred to the newly established [[Environmental Science Services Administration]] on July 13, 1965,<ref name="NOAALegis1965">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/act5.html|title=NOAA History - NOAA Legacy/Historic Documents - Reorg Plan Establishing ESSA Under Dept. of Commerce}}</ref> control of the corps was transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to ESSA itself, and accordingly, the corps was redesignated the '''Environmental Science Services Administration Corps''', known informally as the '''ESSA Corps'''. The ESSA Corps retained the responsibility of providing [[Commissioned Officers|commissioned officers]] to operate Coast and Geodetic Survey [[Ship|ships]] and of providing a set of [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] with technical skills in surveying for incorporation into the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. armed forces]] during wartime.
When the Coast and Geodetic Survey was transferred to the newly established [[Environmental Science Services Administration]] on July 13, 1965,<ref name="NOAALegis1965">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.noaa.gov/legacy/act5.html|title=NOAA History - NOAA Legacy/Historic Documents - Reorg Plan Establishing ESSA Under Dept. of Commerce}}</ref> control of the corps was transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to ESSA itself, and accordingly, the corps was redesignated the '''Environmental Science Services Administration Corps''', known informally as the '''ESSA Corps'''. The ESSA Corps retained the responsibility of providing [[Commissioned Officers|commissioned officers]] to operate Coast and Geodetic Survey [[Ship|ships]] and of providing a set of [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]] with technical skills in surveying for incorporation into the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. armed forces]] during wartime.


Following the establishment of the ESSA, [[Henry Arnold Karo|Rear Admiral H. Arnold Karo]] was [[Promotion (rank)|promoted]] to [[Vice Admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] to help lead the agency. He served as the first Deputy Administrator of ESSA and was the first [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], and at the time the highest-ranking [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], in the combined history of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and ESSA Corps. [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[James C. Tison Jr.]] was the first director of the ESSA Corps.
Following the establishment of the ESSA, [[Henry Arnold Karo|Rear Admiral H. Arnold Karo]] was [[Promotion (rank)|promoted]] to [[Vice Admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] to help lead the agency. He served as the first Deputy Administrator of ESSA and was the first [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], and at the time the highest-ranking [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]], in the combined history of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and ESSA Corps. [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[James C. Tison Jr.]] was the first director of the ESSA Corps.
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! width="25" style="text-align:center" |No.
! width="25" style="text-align:center" |No.
! width="75" style="text-align:center" |Portrait
! width="125" style="text-align:center" |Name
! width="125" style="text-align:center" |Name
! width="75" style="text-align:center" |Tenure
! width="75" style="text-align:center" |Tenure
! width="900" style="text-align:center" |Notes
! width="900" style="text-align:center" |Notes
|-
|-
! colspan="5" |United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps
! colspan="4" |United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |1
| style="text-align:center" |1
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Ernest Lester Jones.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |[[Ernest Lester Jones|Ernest L. Jones]]{{nowrap|(1876–1929)}}
| style="text-align:center" |[[Ernest Lester Jones|Ernest L. Jones]]{{nowrap|(1876–1929)}}
| style="text-align:center" |1917–1929
| style="text-align:center" |1917–1929
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |2
| style="text-align:center" |2
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Raymond Stanton Patton.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |[[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]][[Raymond Stanton Patton|Raymond S. Patton]]{{nowrap|(1882–1937)}}
| style="text-align:center" |[[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]][[Raymond Stanton Patton|Raymond S. Patton]]{{nowrap|(1882–1937)}}
| style="text-align:center" |1929–1937
| style="text-align:center" |1929–1937
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |3
| style="text-align:center" |3
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Rear Admiral Leo Otis Colbert.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Leo Otis Colbert|Leo O. Colbert]]{{nowrap|(1883–1968)}}
[[Leo Otis Colbert|Leo O. Colbert]]{{nowrap|(1883–1968)}}
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |4
| style="text-align:center" |4
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Robert Francis Anthony Studds.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Robert Francis Anthony Studds|Robert F.A. Studds]]{{nowrap|(1896–1962)}}
[[Robert Francis Anthony Studds|Robert F.A. Studds]]{{nowrap|(1896–1962)}}
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |5
| style="text-align:center" |5
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Admiral KARO NOAA obit.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Henry Arnold Karo|H. Arnold Karo]]{{nowrap|(1903–1986)}}
[[Henry Arnold Karo|H. Arnold Karo]]{{nowrap|(1903–1986)}}
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|Last Director, Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1955–1965); served as Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. At end of the tour as Director, simultaneously transferred to the new ESSA Corps and received a promotion to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] on 13 July 1965 to serve as Deputy Administrator, [[Environmental Science Services Administration]] (ESSA), from 1965 to 1967. The first [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the combined history of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and ESSA Corps officer to achieve the rank of [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]].<ref name="leaders" />
|Last Director, Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1955–1965); served as Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. At end of the tour as Director, simultaneously transferred to the new ESSA Corps and received a promotion to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] on 13 July 1965 to serve as Deputy Administrator, [[Environmental Science Services Administration]] (ESSA), from 1965 to 1967. The first [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the combined history of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and ESSA Corps officer to achieve the rank of [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]].<ref name="leaders" />
|-
|-
! colspan="6" |United States Environmental Science Services Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (ESSA Corps)
! colspan="5" |United States Environmental Science Services Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (ESSA Corps)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |6
| style="text-align:center" |6
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Rear Admiral James C. Tison, Jr.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[James C. Tison Jr.]]{{nowrap|(1908–1991)}}
[[James C. Tison Jr.]]{{nowrap|(1908–1991)}}
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |7
| style="text-align:center" |7
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM Don A. Jones.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Don A. Jones]]{{nowrap|(1912–2000)}}
[[Don A. Jones]]{{nowrap|(1912–2000)}}
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|Last Director, ESSA Corps. Served as Director, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1968–1970). Then served in NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and was the first Director, [[National Ocean Service|National Ocean Survey]], from 1970 to 1972.<ref name="leaders" />
|Last Director, ESSA Corps. Served as Director, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1968–1970). Then served in NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and was the first Director, [[National Ocean Service|National Ocean Survey]], from 1970 to 1972.<ref name="leaders" />
|-
|-
! colspan="5" |National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps)
! colspan="4" |National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |8
| style="text-align:center" |8
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM Harley D. Nygren.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Harley D. Nygren]]{{nowrap|(1924–2019)}}
[[Harley D. Nygren]]{{nowrap|(1924–2019)}}
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |9
| style="text-align:center" |9
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:LCDR Kelly E. Taggart.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Kelly E. Taggart]]{{nowrap|(1932–2014)}}
[[Kelly E. Taggart]]{{nowrap|(1932–2014)}}
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |10
| style="text-align:center" |10
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM Francis D. Moran.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Francis D. Moran]]
[[Francis D. Moran]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |11
| style="text-align:center" |11
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM Sigmund R. Petersen.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Sigmund R. Petersen]]
[[Sigmund R. Petersen]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |12
| style="text-align:center" |12
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RAdm William L. Stubblefield.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[William L. Stubblefield]]
[[William L. Stubblefield]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |13
| style="text-align:center" |13
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Rear Admiral Evelyn Fields (1).jpg|93x93px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Evelyn J. Fields]]
[[Evelyn J. Fields]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |14
| style="text-align:center" |14
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Samuel P. De Bow Jr.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Samuel P. De Bow, Jr.]]
[[Samuel P. De Bow, Jr.]]
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|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" |15
| style="text-align:center" |15
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Radmjbailey.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Jonathan W. Bailey]]
[[Jonathan W. Bailey]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |16
| style="text-align:center" |16
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM Devany, NOAA.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Michael S. Devany]]
[[Michael S. Devany]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |17
| style="text-align:center" |17
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:RADM David Score, NOAA.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[David A. Score]]
[[David A. Score]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |18
| style="text-align:center" |18
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Michael J. Silah.JPG|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Michael J. Silah]]
[[Michael J. Silah]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |19
| style="text-align:center" |19
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Rear Admiral Nancy Hann.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Nancy Hann|Nancy A. Hann]]
[[Nancy Hann|Nancy A. Hann]]
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|-
| style="text-align:center" |20
| style="text-align:center" |20
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Rear Admiral Chad M. Cary.jpg|75px]]
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
| style="text-align:center" |Rear Admiral
[[Chad M. Cary]]
[[Chad M. Cary]]
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