Hiring events in Oregon and Washington for NOAA research ship jobs
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold three hiring events in August in Oregon and Washington to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships.

NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold three hiring events in August in Oregon and Washington to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships.
The U.S. Senate confirmed on Aug. 1, 2024, President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Adm. Chad Cary to lead the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.
On July 30, NOAA officials were joined by regional partners to break ground on renovations at the agency’s pier facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 6, 2024, for a new facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island that will serve as the future home of the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic.
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In fall of 2023 NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA’s Uncrewed Systems Operations Center, their industry partner Exail and academic partner the University of Rhode Island Inner Space Center conducted field operations utilizing an uncrewed marine system.
On Dec. 5, U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. This facility will eventually be the new home of NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic.