NOAA Corps --
America's 7th Service
Guide Extra: 07/25/99
During the search for John F. Kennedy Jr.'s downed aircraft, TV told us a lot about the NOAA ship RUDE and her advanced Side Scan Sonar system. But, you probably did not learn that the crew of RUDE are fully commissioned United States officers.
The crew of RUDE are part of the 299 member NOAA Corps, the smallest of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
NOAA Corp grew out of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USGS), the oldest scientific service in U.S. Government. Today, the NOAA Corps serves all components of NOAA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard, NASA, and the Department of State.
Representing the United States in many nations and on all the world's oceans, NOAA Corps operates NOAA's extensive fleet of research and survey vessels and aircraft.
Research Links
To learn more about the members, operations, and hardware of NOAA Corps, just
follow these web links:
NOAA Corps - Home Page
Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields
(Director of NOAA Corps)
The RUDE (Her crew, hardware, and
missions)
History of the NOAA Corps
NOAA Fleet (Details of all
NOAA vessels)
NOAA Aircraft Operations Center
NOAA Diving Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
The Uniformed Services of America
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Corps
NOAA Corps
