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February 5, 2020

Hello everyone,

I am happy to be back in the Office of Coast Survey for the month of February as acting director while Rear Adm. Smith is on travel. It’s nice to be around familiar faces, as it has already been two years since I was chief of the Coast Survey Development Lab.

I spent the first week of my detail at the Field Procedures Workshop in Virginia Beach. Congratulations to the Hydrographic Surveys Division for putting on such a successful event. More than 100 individuals attended the workshop including internal NOAA representatives, our hydrographic survey contractors and hardware/software vendors, and federal partners such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Naval Oceanographic Office, and the University of Southern Mississippi. You can read more about the workshop below.

This week I am headed to the Basic Hydrographic Training Course in Yorktown, Virginia, to welcome new hydrographers to the mission of Coast Survey. This three-week course serves as the foundation of the practice of hydrography in NOAA, and over the years has provided valuable training to personnel from our ships, offices, and navigation response teams. It provides the opportunity to develop technical expertise in hydrography. Thank you to Lt. Matt Forrest for organizing the training course.

Over the next month, I look forward to connecting once again with all of you and the great work happening every day at Coast Survey.


Capt. E.J. Van Den Ameele
Acting Director, Office of Coast Survey

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