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NOAA Ship Oregon II at sea.

A bright orange uncrewed Saildrone surface vehicle on the water

A Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle on the water in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2022.

A NOAA diver examining shipwreck.

NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft with model of a small gray uncrewed aircraft

A model of an Altius uncrewed aircraft system with NOAA WP-3D Orion N42RF, nicknamed "Miss Piggy," in the background at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida.

Two pilots in blue flight suits at the controls of a NOAA King Air aircraft

NOAA Corps pilots aboard one of NOAA's Beechcraft King Air 350CER aircraft during a November 22-23 snow survey in the Buffalo, New York area.

A professional mariner aboard a NOAA ship saluting the camera

A NOAA General Vessel Assistant salutes the camera while working on deck.

Rear Admiral Chad Cary with U.S. and NOAA Corps flags behind him

Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Chad Cary, deputy director for operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and deputy director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.

NOAA Corps Basic Officer Training Class 138 members in their service dress white uniforms at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where they train alongside U.S.

The eye of a hurricane and a pilot as seen from the flight station of a NOAA aircraft

A NOAA Corps pilot at the controls of a NOAA WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter.

The eye of Hurricane Ida on NOAA WP-3D Orion N43RF Miss Piggy the morning of August 28, 2021.

Lt. j.g. Edmonds is on the left collecting water samples from a CTD device on the right.

Working aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, U.S. Coast Guard officer Lt. j.g.

A man in an orange and yellow safety vest stands on a beach with his back to the camera. He is piloting a small drone that is flying in the distance over the sand.

A drone operator pilots a drone over the Oregon coast to test imagery technology in partnership with the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA Marine Debris Program