Rear Adm. Evelyn Fields, the first woman to head the uniform corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Juana Arias/The Washington Post) Regarding the March 4 front-page ...

Commander Cathy Martin wears a military-style uniform, ... before joining the NOAA Corps, a uniformed service similar to the Army or Coast Guard, in 2000. For six months each year, ...

In fact, that’s why the NOAA Corps was established as a commissioned officer group 100 years ago. If one of the officers is captured by an enemy, they could not be executed as a spy ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --Rear Adm. Chad Cary will lead the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations following confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Part of his duties are ...

Rear Adm. Chad Cary will lead the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations following confirmation by the U.S. Senate.